Gothic horror prefers the single haunted house, so most of its landmarks are standalones. The series below extend the tradition across multiple books.
Series in Reading Order
- Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Photograph-led series, begun 2011. - Lockwood Co. by Jonathan Stroud — 6 books · 2013–2017
Ghost-hunting agency in an alternate London. - The Woman in Black by Susan Hill
Novella, 1983; also a long-running stage adaptation. - We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
1962 novel; a touchstone for the modern gothic. - The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
1959 novel; adapted for screen several times.
How to read these series
Numbered entries follow the order the books were published, which is the order the story was written and the safest order for a first read. Where a series has side novels or novellas, reading them in publication order avoids spoilers from later books.
Where the numbers come from
Book counts and publication years on this page are taken from the series entries in the GoBookSeries index. Each title links to the full book list for that series.
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