Dark Academia and Gothic Fiction

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London, 1919: a city of ghosts and absences, haunted by the men who marched away but never came back. 'A poignant and readable mystery' THE TIMES Grace Armstrong believes that...

Packed full of atmosphere and deliciously gothic detail, the first in a brand-new adventure series: when three cousins discover they're descendants of Dracula, they combine their powers to form the...

Benjamin Stevenson meets Nine Perfect Strangers in a story about writerly ambition, self-discovery and - of course - revenge. Sharp, fresh, bold, thrilling and gothic - gripping suspense from a...

After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband,...

A picture is worth a thousand nightmares... The twisty and compelling adult dark fantasy debut from award-winning author, Kosoko Jackson. Struggling painter Lewis Dixon can't shake the feeling there's something...

'Her Number On It' is a compelling portrait of kleptomania; the 'Unsuspected Talent' of a dissatisfied wife has dangerous consequences; and 'Don't Tell Cissie' upends our expectations of a ghost...

Author: Kaaron Warren Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 384 'Hauntingly creepy' - ERIN KELLY'A unique jewel of a book' - LIZZY BARBER'A heartfelt and chilling gothic tragedy' - CHRIS WHITAKERPeople...

Imagine you could be rid of your sadness, your anxiety, your heartache, your fear. Imagine you could take those feelings from others and turn them into something beautiful. Imagine the...

'Goodman's ladies are the undercover Regency heroes we've been waiting for! This is sparkling, thrilling, romantic fun' TONI JORDAN Meet Lady Gus and Lady Julia: unmarried, unruly and ready for...

'One to savour and re-read again and again' LIZ HYDER ___________________ THE MONSTER THEY SEEK MAY NOT BE THE ONE THEY FIND ' The Bone Hunters has cemented Joanne Burn's...

A dark and twisty gothic horror for fans of Sarah Waters and Carly Reagon 'Victorian horror at it best' NetGalley Reviewer 'A model of Victorian gothic... should be read by...

A village haunted by stories. Two women bound by a secret. A haunting gothic tale of ancient darkness and a love that defies convention, from Sunday Times #1 bestseller Bridget...

*PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF BRIDGET COLLINS' STUNNING NEW NOVEL, THE NAKED LIGHT * The Sunday Times bestseller, from the author of The Binding 'Utterly original... ensnared me from the very...

Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insatiable hungers from S.T. Gibson, author of the cult hit A Dowry of Blood...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A STUDY IN DROWNING comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare's most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power...

"A twisty, deeply satisfying ride." -Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty Little Liars In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of...

Jane Eyre meets The Thirteenth Tale in this new modern gothic mystery from two-time Mary Higgins Clark Award-winner Carol Goodman, about a reclusive writer who is desperate to rewrite the...

I'm not saying I don't experience fear - I've seen enough to worry about every female coed walking home alone at night ... But that's why I chose this job....

On New Year's Day 1818, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein was first published in an anonymous three-volume edition of 500 copies. Some thought the book was too radical in implication. A...

A stunning classic horror story - perfect for fans of Mary Shelley! '[A] wonderful twisted gothic novel ... [an] evocation of a weird and wonderful world with compulsive characters and...

A spellbinding historical novel of obsession, the lure of fame, and the power of illusion, perfect for fans of The Binding, Bone China and The Lost Ones The lure of...

In this spine-chilling gothic thriller, a woman on the brink travels to a remote writers' retreat to uncover the secrets of her past and lands herself in a deadly situation...

'Breathtaking... dark academia at its most compelling' ERIN KELLY 'A very clever dark campus novel... really packs a punch' DAILY MAIL 'An extraordinary story of female power, rage and oppression'...

From the author of the USA Today bestselling Priest and New Camelot series comes a high-heat, gothic, dark academia fairy tale full of lantern-lit rituals, foggy moors, and obsessions that...

The much anticipated sequel to the Sunday Times bestselling debut, The Curse of Saints. As Aya's powers grow, danger rises . . . Aya has returned home at last. But...

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Settled into his new life, Lewis seems content living with his magical Uncle Jonathan and neighbour Mrs Zimmermann. He even has a new best friend, Rose Rita, who loves to...

Author: Mathew WestFormat: Paperback, 135mm x 216mm, 320g, 304 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, 2023What the sea takes for its own can never return... Portugal, 1754. Cecilia Lamb knew being...

Author: Megan Abbott Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR DAILY TELEGRAPH * DAILY MIRROR * DAILY EXPRESS * WALL STREET JOURNAL * BOSTON GLOBE...

Author: Alicia FosterFormat: Paperback, 129mm x 16mm, 181g, 256 pagesPublished: Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, 2014Four women create propaganda in WWII's darkest hour in this gripping fact-based debut novel. Buckinghamshire,...

Author: Jillian Cantor Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A gripping tale of romance, intrigue and deadly secrets - for fans of Daphne du Maurier's Rebecca, Colleen Hoover's Verity and...

Author: Emma Rous Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 ***COSMOPOLITAN 'BOOKS OF 2019 TO BRING TO YOUR BOOKCLUB'*** 'Entrancing, compelling, atmospheric, reminiscent of Daphne du Maurier. A beautiful read that...

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Author: Kent Wascom Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 New Orleans, May 1862. The largest city in the ill-starred confederacy has fallen to Union troops. Twelve-year-old Joseph Woolsack...

'Eloquent, impressive . . . while her touch is witty, her manner almost buoyant, her themes are sinister beyond belief. She touches the frontiers of the human' Hilary Mantel Boston,...

'Stunning . . . Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia for Faeries meets Jane Eyre ' MEGAN SCOTT 'A sensual, gothic feast, full of forbidden romance and wild magic' SARAH HAWLEY 'A fearsome...

'A drizzly, moody, and lustrously carnal rendition of a storybook tale, Savage Blooms is the holy grail for lovers of dark academia and faery magic alike. By the time I...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew characters in all of literature have captured the world's imagination quite like the brilliant, eccentric detective of 221B Baker Street — and Sherlock Holmes:...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the wild and windswept Yorkshire moors, a love story unfolds that is as savage and unrelenting as...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn the wild and windswept Yorkshire moors, a love story unfolds that is as tempestuous and unrelenting as...

WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY. A bullet-ridden body is unearthed from a buried WW2 plane - but the body isn't from WW2. Dr Ruth Galloway must...

It is no tragedy that seventeen-year-old Catherine Morland is not cut out to be the heroine of one of the Gothic novels she reads so avidly with her new friend...

' WOW! If this isn't a book to brag about I don't know what is ... I started The Favourite late last night. Never did I anticipate I would be...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew novels in the English literary canon have endured with such ferocious emotional power as Charlotte Brontë's Jane...

'Tense, original and lyrically told; this is a gripping story of a community spellbound by collective mania and the search for what cannot be found...' Gail Jones This is the...

Paris, 1810. Haunted by the French Revolution, Marie Tussaud has locked herself away in her shop with the death masks she was forced to make to avoid the guillotine. Philidor,...

' The Buried's undoubted strengths include Bolton's deftly shaded portrayal of the attitudes of yesteryear towards women and the bonds of necessity between them' THE TIMES AN OLD ENEMY IS...