Books like The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

If you liked The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson, start here: 12 similar summaries, with why each one matches.

  1. The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Arthur Conan Doyle · 1902 · Sherlock Holmes #5

    Because shares tags: classics, mystery, horror.

    Holmes Watson probe spectral hound killing Baskervilles on Dartmoor.

  2. The Green Mile

    Stephen King · 1996

    Because shares tags: horror, mystery, classics.

    Guard Paul Edgecombe watches John Coffey show healing miracles on death row in 1932 Louisiana.

  3. Mexican Gothic

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia · 2020

    Because shares tags: horror, gothic, mystery.

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

  4. 'Salem's Lot

    Stephen King · 1975

    Because shares tags: horror, classics, gothic.

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

  5. Rebecca

    Daphne du Maurier · 1938

    Because shares tags: gothic, classics, mystery.

    A shy bride at Manderley learns she competes with Maxim's perfect dead wife Rebecca.

  6. Interview with the Vampire

    Anne Rice · 1976 · The Vampire Chronicles #1

    Because shares tags: horror, gothic, classics.

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

  7. The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde · 1890

    Because shares tags: classics, gothic, horror.

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

  8. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

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

    Because shares tags: gothic, mystery, horror.

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

  9. Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Brontë · 1847

    Because shares tags: classics, gothic, victorian.

    Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre retold: Lowood, Thornfield, the attic secret, and Jane's refusal to shrink.

  10. Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley · 1818

    Because shares tags: classics, gothic, horror.

    Frankenstein retold: Victor builds, the creature wakes, Arctic letters, demand and refusal.

  11. Dracula

    Bram Stoker · 1897

    Because shares tags: classics, horror, gothic.

    Count Dracula sails for England in letters and diaries, and Van Helsing leads the hunt to stop him.

  12. The Outsider

    Stephen King · 2018

    Because shares tags: horror, mystery.

    Coach Terry Maitland's DNA and witnesses point to an impossible murder, until Ralph Anderson and Holly Gibney trace it to El Cuco.

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