7 must-read gothic books like Bezill by John Symonds

Cover of Bezill by John Symonds

Bezill

By: John Symonds

3.22

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Geoffrey Pellerin travels to a remote English mansion, Bezill Tower, to serve as tutor to the boy o…

If you liked the gothic plot in Bezill by John Symonds , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Troubling Love by Elena Ferrante, Ann Goldstein

1. Troubling Love

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.26

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Set in Naples, Italy, this debut novel by New York Times bestselling author Elena Ferrante (My Bril… read more

Similar categories in Elena Ferrante's Troubling Love book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Tales of the Grotesque: A Collection of Uneasy Tales by Richard Dalby, L.A.   Lewis, Dave Fletcher

2. Tales of the Grotesque: A Collection of Uneasy Tales

By: Richard Dalby , L.A. Lewis , Dave Fletcher

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

GROTESQUE TALES... UNEASY TALES... "The emaciated sodden legs beat a ceaseless march on the unresis… read more

Similar categories in Richard Dalby's Tales of the Grotesque: A Collection of Uneasy Tales book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fiction
  • horror
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3. The Curse of the Montrolfes

By: Edward Gorey , Rohan O'Grady

3.66

Format: 146 pages, Hardcover

A strange and macabre Gothic tale, THE CURSE OF THE MONTROLFES is also a story of passion and love … read more

Similar categories in Edward Gorey's The Curse of the Montrolfes book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
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4. Cold Moon Over Babylon

By: Michael McDowell

3.99

Format: 292 pages, Paperback

Terror grows in Babylon, a typical sleepy Southern town with its throbbing sun and fog-shrouded swa… read more

Similar categories in Michael McDowell's Cold Moon Over Babylon book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror

5. Great Granny Webster

By: Honor Moore , Caroline Blackwood

4.12

Format: None pages, Paperback

Great Granny Webster is Caroline Blackwood's masterpiece. Heiress to the Guinness fortune, Blackwoo… read more

Similar categories in Honor Moore's Great Granny Webster book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • gothic
  • horror
  • fiction
  • british literature
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6. Of Foster Homes and Flies

By: Chad Lutzke

3.97

Format: 172 pages,

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  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. The Fisherman

By: John Langan

3.91

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reser… read more

Similar categories in John Langan's The Fisherman book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"You can make an oyster surrender its pearl,"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

"Have you ever been so scared of something you move toward it, try to touch it, that kind of thing?"

-John Langan, The Fisherman

8. When Nights Were Cold

By: Susanna Jones

3.89

Format: None pages, Paperback

As Queen Victoria's reign reaches its end, Grace Farringdon dreams of polar explorations and of esc… read more

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9. When Darkness Loves Us

By: Elizabeth Engstrom

4.50

Format: 60 pages,

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10. The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral

By: Robert Westall

4.14

Format: None pages, Paperback

Soon after steeplejack Joe Clarke begins work on one of the spires of Muncaster's medieval cathedra… read more

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11. In a Lonely Place

By: Karl Edward Wagner

4.07

Format: 189 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Contents: xi * Introduction * Peter Straub * in 1 * Prologue to In the Pines ["Lonely Places"] * vi… read more

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12. The Hole

By: Sora Kim-Russell , Hye-Young Pyun , None

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A Bestseller in Korea, a Psychological Thriller about Loneliness and the Dark Truths We Try to Bury… read more

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13. Dead Eleven

By: Jimmy Juliano

3.72

Format: 439 pages, Hardcover

On a creepy island where everyone has a strange obsession with the year 1994, a newcomer arrives, h… read more

Similar categories in Jimmy Juliano's Dead Eleven book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1) by Adam Cesare

14. Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1)

By: Adam Cesare

3.74

Format: 346 pages, Hardcover

Quinn Maybrook just wants to make it until graduation. She might not make it to morning. Quinn a… read more

Similar categories in Adam Cesare's Clown in a Cornfield (Clown in a Cornfield, #1) book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • contemporary
  • fiction
  • horror
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15. A Haunting on the Hill

By: Elizabeth Hand

3.35

Format: 326 pages, Hardcover

From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth Hand's A Haunting on the Hill book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • gothic
  • fiction
  • horror
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16. Come with Me

By: Ronald Malfi

3.94

Format: 407 pages, Kindle Edition

A masterful, heart-palpitating novel of small-town horror and psychological dread from a Bram Stoke… read more

Similar categories in Ronald Malfi's Come with Me book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fiction
  • horror
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17. The Lake of the Dead

By: André Bjerke

3.82

Format: 206 pages, Hardcover

Deep in the darkest part of the Norwegian woods stands Dead Man's Cabin, the site of tragedy a cent… read more

Similar categories in André Bjerke's The Lake of the Dead book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Wakenhyrst

By: Michelle Paver

3.87

Format: 359 pages, Hardcover

1906: A large manor house, Wake's End, sits on the edge of a bleak Fen, just outside the town of Wa… read more

Similar categories in Michelle Paver's Wakenhyrst book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. My Darling Dreadful Thing

By: Johanna van Veen

3.89

Format: 375 pages, Paperback

In a world where the dead can wake and walk among us, what is truly real? Roos Beckman has a spi… read more

Similar categories in Johanna van Veen's My Darling Dreadful Thing book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • gothic
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
"The question everyone wants answered is this: Was I or was I not actually possessed? But it is not so simple as that."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"There’s a reason the word ‘haunting’ is rarely used in a positive way. To never be free of someone, well, that’s not always a comfort."

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"It’s a dangerous thing, to try and give someone everything. One day, you might find you’ve given away things you should’ve kept. Some parts of us must remain inviolate if we are to survive as a perso…"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

"I was never a happy child. I think that, if I had been, things would have gone very differently with me. For one, I don’t think Ruth would have become my constant companion. Spirits like her are not …"

-Johanna van Veen, My Darling Dreadful Thing

Cover of Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us by Rachel Aviv

20. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

By: Rachel Aviv

4.12

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

In Strangers to Ourselves, a powerful and gripping debut, Rachel Aviv raises fundamental questions … read more

Similar categories in Rachel Aviv's Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us book and John Symonds's Bezill

"It's startling to realize how narrowly we avoid, or miss, living radically different lives."

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

"For a child, solipsistic by nature, there are limits to the ways that despair can be communicated. Culture shapes the scripts that expressions of distress will follow. In both anorexia and resignatio…"

-Rachel Aviv, Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us

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21. Siblings

By: Brigitte Reimann

3.55

Format: 133 pages, Paperback

'Spare, chilling, with wild flashes of vivid colour and the tempo of a thriller, Siblings jolts us … read more

Similar categories in Brigitte Reimann's Siblings book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fiction
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22. Hell Hound

By: Ken Greenhall

3.91

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

‘What are the possibilities of my strength? That is a thought I have never had before. What if some… read more

Similar categories in Ken Greenhall's Hell Hound book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fiction
  • horror
"Does everyone have to have an obsession?' 'Certainly. It's your choice of one that determines whether you're sane or not."

-Ken Greenhall, Hell Hound

"As Jason drove through the twilight he wondered weather people really could love animals. No, he thought. What they love is themselves; a part of themselves they see reflected in the animal."

-Ken Greenhall, Hell Hound

"Trust is the ultimate weakness and a kind of madness.... It may be inevitable that anyone who lives in the town, even I, must become afflicted with moments of trust. It is something one must accept. …"

-Ken Greenhall, Hell Hound

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23. They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces

By: Eric LaRocca

3.59

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

From the author of the viral sensation Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke comes They Were… read more

Similar categories in Eric LaRocca's They Were Here Before Us: A Novella in Pieces book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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24. Flux

By: Jinwoo Chong

3.38

Format: 341 pages, Hardcover

A blazingly original and stylish debut novel about a young man whose reality unravels when he susp… read more

Similar categories in Jinwoo Chong's Flux book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fiction
Cover of A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon

25. A Magical Girl Retires

By: Park Seolyeon

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

A millennial turned magical girl must combat climate change and credit card debt in this delightful… read more

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  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • contemporary
"The person I loved and respected the most in the world called me a genius; therefore, I was a genius."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"If I could become a magical girl at twenty-nine, then surely it was never too late to become a watchmaker."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"Grandfather, I just love watches. When I look at them, I just... It's like they're a whole universe. The universe itself. Even the smallest watch."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

"She had a point. I mean, when did my own girlhood begin and end, exactly? I couldn't quite circle a lasso around it, but I knew, at least, when it had ended. Three years ago, when Grandfather died."

-Park Seolyeon, A Magical Girl Retires

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26. A Helping Hand

By: Celia Dale

3.60

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

Josh and Maisie Evans are Good Samaritans and enjoy lending a helping hand to lonely elderly ladies… read more

Similar categories in Celia Dale's A Helping Hand book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • horror
  • fiction
  • british literature
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27. The Dead Hours of Night

By: Lisa Tuttle

4.12

Format: 236 pages, Hardcover

In a career spanning almost 50 years, Lisa Tuttle has proven herself a master of the weird tale, an… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Tuttle's The Dead Hours of Night book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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28. The Scarlet Boy

By: Arthur Calder-Marshall

3.35

Format: None pages, Paperback

George Grantley has fond memories of his boyhood days spent at Anglesey House with his childhood pl… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Calder-Marshall's The Scarlet Boy book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • horror
  • british literature
Cover of Bezill by John Symonds

29. Bezill

By: John Symonds

3.22

Format: 148 pages, Paperback

Geoffrey Pellerin travels to a remote English mansion, Bezill Tower, to serve as tutor to the boy o… read more

Similar categories in John Symonds's Bezill book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • gothic
  • british literature
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
Cover of The Examiner by Janice Hallett

30. The Examiner

By: Janice Hallett

4.06

Format: 480 pages, Hardcover

Told in emails, text messages, and essays, this innovative pause-resister follows a group of studen… read more

Similar categories in Janice Hallett's The Examiner book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fiction
  • contemporary
Cover of Slow Burn on Riverside by Chad Lutzke

31. Slow Burn on Riverside

By: Chad Lutzke

4.22

Format: None pages, None

“Taking my mind for granted became my biggest regret.” When 18-year-old Jex moves into a new apa… read more

Similar categories in Chad Lutzke's Slow Burn on Riverside book and John Symonds's Bezill

  • fiction
  • horror

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3.84

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C.J. Leede

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