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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorWide Sargasso Sea
Jean Rhys · 189 pages
Jean Rhys's reputation was made upon publication of this passionate and heartbreaking novel, in which she brings into the light one of citsion's most mysterious characters: the madwoman in the attic from Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". A sensual and protected young woman, the narrator grows up in the lush, natural world of the Caribbean. She is sold into marriage to the cold-hearted and prideful R
Drood
Dan Simmons · 963 pages
On June 9, 1865, while traveling by train to London with his secret mistress, 53-year-old Charles Dickens--at the height of his powers and popularity, the most famous and successful novelist in the world and perhaps in the history of the world--hurtled into a disaster that changed his life forever. Did Dickens begin living a dark double life after the accident? Were his nightly forays into the wor
Mary Reilly
Valerie Martin · 240 pages
This retelling of the enigmatic Dr. Jekyll-Mr. Hyde tale deserves praise for suspense, character creation, and historical verisimilitude. Mary Reilly, a loyal, trusted servant in the household of Dr. Jekyll records in her diary the mysterious circumstances which lead to her Master's tragic fate. The hierarchy of social classes, relationships among servants and domestics, and details of language an
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 70 pages
Affinity
Sarah Waters · 368 pages
A spellbinding ghost story, a complex and intriguing historical mystery, and a poignant romance with an enexpected twist.An upper-class woman recovering from a suicide attempt, Margaret Prior has begun visiting the women’s ward of Millbank prison, Victorian London’s grimmest jail, as part of her rehabilitative charity work. Amongst Millbank’s murderers and common thieves, Margaret finds herself in
Silent on the Moor
Deanna Raybourn · 465 pages
This isn't your average eBook...Prepare to go beyond the page with this ebook exclusive Enriched Edition of Silent on the Moor! It is enhanced with a recipe, list of characters, letter from Lady Julia Grey, and an excerpt from Morag's journal by author Deanna Raybourn that will bring the world of Silent on the Moor to life, all without leaving your screen.Despite his admonitions to stay away, Lady
The Waterworks
E.L. Doctorow · 264 pages
New York of 1870 is the background of this tale of a journalist who finds out that his father forged his own death so that he could be part of the experiment of a mad scientist to prolong his life.
Dracula, My Love: The Secret Journals of Mina Harker
Syrie James · 562 pages
"Bestselling author Syrie James has crafted her most powerful tale yet in this amazingly written retelling of Dracula from Mina Harker's perspective. Perfect for anyone who loves vampires--and there are millions of readers out there who do--this novel deftly unveils Mina's story, a woman falling into into a forbidden, dangerous love and whose powerful emotions are subdued by the restrictions of he
The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe · 30 pages
"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque of Amontillado" [a.mon.ti.ˈʝa.ðo]) is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book. The story, set in an unnamed Italian city at carnival time in an unspecified year, is about a man taking fatal revenge on a friend who, he believes, has insulted him. Like several of Poe's
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
Shirley Jackson · 187 pages
Shirley Jackson's beloved gothic tale of a peculiar girl named Merricat and her family's dark secret Taking readers deep into a labyrinth of dark neurosis, We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate. This edition features a new introduction by Jo
The Asylum
John Harwood · 269 pages
After waking up in a small asylum in England with no memory of the past several weeks, Georgia Ferrars learns that her family believes she is an imposter.
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Bronte · 474 pages
The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where she acquires friends and role models but also suffers privations and oppression; her time as the governess of Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her Byronic employer, Edward Rochester; her ti
The Moonstone and The Woman in White
Wilkie Collins · 843 pages
The Thirteenth Tale
Diane Setterfield · 424 pages
Sometimes, when you open the door to the past, what you confront is your destiny. Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for so long.
Rebel Angels
Libba Bray · 548 pages
Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note, tending to her ailing father. As she prepares to ring in the New Year, 1896, a handsome young man, Lord Denby, has set his sights on Gemma, or so it seems. Yet amidst the distractions of London, Gemma's visions intensify--visions o
The House of a Thousand Lanterns
Victoria Holt · 351 pages
Jane Lindsay was fascinated by the mere idea of the house. but it was a world away, in the teeming oriental port of Kowloon, and she knew she'd never see it. Quite unbelievably her dream came true, altering her life forever. Now the wife of a wealthy art dealer, Jane's life is shattered by the menacing secret of The House of a Thousand Lanterns...
Belladonna
Adalyn Grace · 400 pages
> Nineteen-year-old orphan Signa Farrow confronts Death – and her own deathly powers – when she investigates the mysterious murder of a relative at the Thorn Grove estate.
A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham · 368 pages
When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, her own father had confessed to the crimes and was put away for life, leaving Chloe and the rest of her family to grapple with the truth and try to move forward while dealing with the aftermath. Now twenty years later, Chloe is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and getting ready for he
The Secret History
Donna Tartt · 557 pages
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to corruption and betrayal, and at last - inexorably - into evil.
Elijah's Mermaid
Essie Fox · 406 pages
Since she was found as a baby, floating in the Thames one foggy night, web-toed Pearl has been brought up in a brothel known as the House of Mermaids. Cosseted and pampered there, it is only when her fourteenth birthday approaches that Pearl realises she is to be sold to the highest bidder. Meanwhile, orphaned twins, Lily and Elijah, have shared an idyllic childhood, raised in a secluded country h
Sharp Objects
Gillian Flynn · 297 pages
WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker's troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille's first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her legSince she left town eight years a
The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
Stuart Turton · 432 pages
The Angel's Game
Carlos Ruiz Zafon · 537 pages
From master storyteller Carlos Ruiz Zafon, author of the international phenomenon The Shadow of the Wind, comes The Angel's Game--a dazzling new page-turner about the perilous nature of obsession, in literature and in love."The whole of Barcelona stretched out at my feet and I wanted to believe that, when I opened those windows, its streets would whisper stories to me, secrets I could capture on p