Oh and Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire may be worth looking into. It’s gothic horror and vampires while being a little more modern than Dracula (but not too modern as it’s from the 70s)

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For classic gothic horror lit I’d recommend Carmilla (lesbian vampire, predated Dracula) and Frankenstein. For modern gothic horror I’ve heard very good things about The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling though that’s more medieval gothic horror.

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Oh and check out Shirley Jackson too if you want some supernatural gothic horror. The Haunting of Hill House and We Have Always Lived in the Castle are two classics. They’ll generally be more focused on characters than outside world building but yeah

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I wasn’t sure if they had to involve vampires or not so I tried to include some recs both with and without. Hope this helps!

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Edgar Allan Poe is also a classic for gothic horror. If you’re interested in juxtaposing newer vs older gothic horror for your research, there’s a recent retelling of his story ‘The fall of the house of usher’ called ‘What moves the dead’ by T. Kingfisher. I thought it was decent, but a little short

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Lovecraft country might work. Although obviously it’s more lovecraftian horror than straight up gothic

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