Books Like The Historian

by Elizabeth Kostova · about this book

Loved The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova? If its vampires, gothic fiction and atmospheric hooked you, these 20 books hit the same notes — starting with Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and The Bewitching. 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 The Historian: Vampires · Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Epistolary Format · Multiple Timelines

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil
V E Schwab

Vampires · Multiple Timelines · Gothic Fiction · Nonlinear Narrative · Atmospheric

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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Stephen Graham Jones

Vampires · Epistolary Format · Frame Story · Dual Timeline · Slow-Paced

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The Bewitching
Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Gothic Fiction · Multiple Timelines · Atmospheric · Family Secrets · Historical Fiction

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The Only One Left
Riley Sager

Gothic Fiction · Epistolary Format · Dual Timeline · Atmospheric · Family Secrets

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The Invited
Jennifer McMahon

Gothic Fiction · Treasure Hunt · Dual Timeline · Atmospheric · Family Secrets

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The Complete Vampire Chronicles 12-Book Bundle
Anne Rice

Vampires · Gothic Fiction · Frame Story · Atmospheric · Multiple POV

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House of Leaves
Mark Z. Danielewski

Epistolary Format · Nonlinear Narrative · Frame Story · Atmospheric · Slow-Paced

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The God of Endings
Jacqueline Holland

Vampires · Multiple Timelines · Gothic Fiction · Slow-Paced · Historical Fiction

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S. Ship of Theseus.
V. M. Straka, Doug Dorst

Epistolary Format · Multiple Timelines · Nonlinear Narrative · Frame Story · Slow-Paced

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Dracula
Bram Stoker

Vampires · Epistolary Format · Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Multiple POV

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The God of the Woods
Liz Moore

Nonlinear Narrative · Dual Timeline · Atmospheric · Family Secrets · Slow-Paced

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson

Gothic Fiction · Epistolary Format · Frame Story · Atmospheric · Mystery

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The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern

Nonlinear Narrative · Quest Narrative · Frame Story · Atmospheric · Slow-Paced

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The Heiress
Rachel Hawkins

Gothic Fiction · Epistolary Format · Dual Timeline · Family Secrets · Multiple POV

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The Egyptologist
Arthur Phillips

Epistolary Format · Treasure Hunt · Frame Story · Historical Fiction · Mystery

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Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Epistolary Format · Gothic Fiction · Frame Story · Atmospheric · First Person Narrator

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Vampires of El Norte
Isabel Cañas

Vampires · Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Slow-Paced · Historical Fiction

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The House on Biscayne Bay
Chanel Cleeton

Gothic Fiction · Family Secrets · Dual Timeline · Atmospheric · Mystery

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The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware

Epistolary Format · Gothic Fiction · Atmospheric · Mystery · First Person Narrator

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Homecoming
Kate Morton

Frame Story · Slow-Paced · Atmospheric · Dual Timeline · Historical Fiction

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