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The ULTIMATE Gothic Book Recs List
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Deanna Graves
Gothic/dark fantasy books you NEED to read 📖
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A beautiful gothic fantasy romance
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1) by Rachel Gillig
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A dark academia sapphic romance with vampires - Interconnected world to A Dowry of Blood with some crossover
An Education in Malice by S.T. Gibson
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A gothic fantasy romance with deadly games & trials
Phantasma (Wicked Games, #1) by Kaylie Smith
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A stunning gothic fantasy romance with lots of world building and complex magic.
Anathema (The Eating Woods, #1) by Keri Lake
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Beautifully written Dracula retelling from the point of view of his first wife, Constanta. Polygamous vampires, HELLO!
A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
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A gothic horror with vampirism, bog bodies, and female rage
Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen
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Dark, eerie, tragic (and sapphic)
My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen
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