Books like The Haunting of Hill House

If you liked The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe · 2026

    Because shares tags: horror, gothic, classic.

    The full Poe shelf in one volume: mad narrators, rotting houses, Dupin, and the Raven.

  2. American Psycho

    Bret Easton Ellis · 1991

    Because shares tags: horror, classic, psychological.

    Patrick Bateman hides violent urges behind suits and reservations in Ellis's 1991 satire of 1980s Manhattan wealth, brands, and moral…

  3. The Historian

    Elizabeth Kostova · 2005

    Because shares tags: horror, gothic.

    A daughter traces her father's search for Dracula through letters and archives across Europe.

  4. Mexican Gothic

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020

    Because shares tags: horror, gothic.

    In 1950 Mexico, glamorous Noemi Taboada leaves Mexico City for High Place after a desperate letter, to rescue cousin Catalina from the…

  5. Northanger Abbey

    Jane Austen · 1817

    Because shares tags: classic, gothic.

    Naive Catherine Morland mixes gothic novels with real Bath society and love.

  6. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

    Robert Louis Stevenson · 1886

    Because shares tags: gothic, horror.

    A London lawyer traces a violent stranger to his respectable friend in Stevenson's 1886 tale of two selves.

  7. The Silence of the Lambs

    Thomas Harris · 1988 · Hannibal Lecter #2

    Because shares tags: horror, psychological.

    Clarice Starling seeks Hannibal Lecter's help to catch Buffalo Bill before Catherine Martin runs out of time.

  8. 'Salem's Lot

    Stephen King · 1975

    Because shares tags: horror, gothic.

    A writer returns to Jerusalem's Lot as an old house fills with vampires.

  9. Misery

    Stephen King · 1987

    Because shares tags: horror, psychological.

    A novelist crashes in Colorado snow and wakes in the home of his self-declared number one fan, who will not let him leave.

  10. Interview with the Vampire

    Anne Rice · 1976 · The Vampire Chronicles #1

    Because shares tags: horror, gothic.

    Louis tells a reporter how Lestat made him and how Claudia doomed them all in New Orleans and Paris.

  11. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde · 1890

    Because shares tags: gothic, horror.

    Dorian Gray retold: Basil paints, Henry talks, wish holds youth while canvas bears years.

  12. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

    Ransom Riggs · 2011 · Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children #1

    Because shares tags: gothic, horror.

    Jacob Portman finds his grandfather dead in the woods, follows a cryptic letter to a ruined orphanage in Wales, and meets children living…

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