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Books Like Frankenstein

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · about this book

Loved Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley? If its classics, gothic fiction and scientist protagonist hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Interview with the Vampire and Wuthering Heights. Every pick is matched by what’s actually inside the book, not just its genre, and we skip other books by the same author so you find someone new.

What’s inside Frankenstein: Classics · Gothic Fiction · Scientist Protagonist · Frame Story · Tragic

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   Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

   Robert Louis Stevenson

   Gothic Horror · Gothic Fiction · Classics · Horror · Epistolary Format

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   Interview with the Vampire

   Anne Rice

   Frame Story · Gothic Horror · Gothic Fiction · Horror · Tragic

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   Wuthering Heights

   Emily Brontë

   Gothic Fiction · Frame Story · Classics · Tragic · Revenge Plot

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   The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

   Stephen Graham Jones

   Epistolary Format · Frame Story · Horror · Revenge Plot · Literary Fiction

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5. 

   The Complete Stories and Poems

   Edgar Allan Poe

   Gothic Horror · Gothic Fiction · Classics · Horror · Tragic

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6. 

   The Left Hand of Darkness

   Ursula K. Le Guin

   Classics · Belonging · Epistolary Format · Science Fiction · Atmospheric

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7. 

   Dracula

   Bram Stoker

   Gothic Fiction · Gothic Horror · Classics · Epistolary Format · Horror

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8. 

   Empire of the Dawn

   Jay Kristoff

   Frame Story · Gothic Horror · Horror · Tragic · Revenge Plot

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9. 

   The Island of Dr. Moreau

   Herbert George Wells

   Classics · Horror · Scientist Protagonist · Science Fiction · Frame Story

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10. 

    The Time Machine

    H. G. Wells

    Scientist Protagonist · Frame Story · Classics · Science Fiction · First Person Narrator

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11. 

    Carrie

    Stephen King

    Epistolary Format · Tragic · Classics · Horror · Revenge Plot

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12. 

    House of Leaves

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    Frame Story · Epistolary Format · Horror · Atmospheric · Literary Fiction

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13. 

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck

    Classics · Tragic · Belonging · Male Lead · Literary Fiction

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14. 

    The Complete Maus

    Art Spiegelman

    Frame Story · Tragic · Classics · First Person Narrator · Male Lead

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15. 

    The Death of Jane Lawrence

    Caitlin Starling

    Gothic Horror · Gothic Fiction · Horror · Atmospheric · Dark

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16. 

    Corrag

    Susan Fletcher

    Epistolary Format · Frame Story · Tragic · First Person Narrator · Atmospheric

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17. 

    The God of Endings

    Jacqueline Holland

    Gothic Fiction · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator · Atmospheric · Dark

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18. 

    A House with Good Bones

    T. Kingfisher

    Gothic Horror · Scientist Protagonist · Gothic Fiction · Horror · First Person Narrator

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19. 

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Bronte

    Gothic Fiction · Classics · Atmospheric · Literary Fiction · First Person Narrator

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20. 

    Juniper & Thorn

    Ava Reid

    Gothic Horror · Gothic Fiction · Horror · Atmospheric · First Person Narrator

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