Some of the most bone chilling books were written in the last two centuries—so we're bringing you a selection of old school reads. Best of all: You can download them for free.
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Ten Days in a Mad-House
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A classic of investigative journalism: an undercover exposé that gives an up-close look at the horrific conditions at a notorious 19th-century insane asylum.
The Castle of Otranto
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The classic Gothic novel that influenced writers from Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley to Edgar Allan Poe and beyond.
The Monk
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In what is widely considered to be the first Gothic novel, a famously pious monk is slowly corrupted by numerous temptations when a mysterious woman arrives at the abbey...
“The offspring of no common genius.” —Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Yellow Wallpaper
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A groundbreaking feminist masterpiece and an exquisite psychological horror story that, in the words of H.P. Lovecraft, “rises to a classic level.”
The Mystery Mind
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The Mystery Mind is an action-packed tale of the occult featuring a plucky heroine, murderous devil worshippers, and the mind-bending science of hypnotism.
The Vampyre
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A short novel of gothic horror based on a fragment written by Lord Byron in 1816, before Dracula ever existed. It was then built upon by the author—who was a friend of Byron’s—making it the first true vampire story.
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