I also love Wuthering Heights, although purists may protest that it's not a real Gothic romance. I'm not one of those though.

Purists would probably protest that it wasn't a romance at all-gothic or otherwise, Desdemona. No happy ever afters for Heathcliffe and Cathy. But I'm willing to take up the bat for it being a gothic. But no matter what we call it, we love it nonetheless.

As I'm new to the forum, I figure I'll start sharing right away. I would have to say my favorite Gothic Novel would be a tie between three, Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, Horace Walpole's Castle Otranto and Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. The reason I cant decide is that they each bring something new to the table, Otranto could well be the first of its kind, Frankenstein is just amazing, (Ruined by contemporary takes) and Heart of Darkness is just a majestic look at the dark side of man. I believe each of these is a must read.

Easy one for me!

Mysteries of Udolpho by the mistress of enchantment Ann Radcliffe.

I love love love this book!

But I have dozens of other favourites of the older gothic lit. books. I love the 50's, 60's and 70's Gothic romances, nothing from today.

A few other older ones:

Uncle Silas
Midnight Bell
The Italian
Romance of the Forest
Castle of Wolfenbach
The Monk
Varney the Vampire
The Haunted Palace


Well I could go on and on It's a HUGE passion of mine!

Phantoms by Ivan Turgenyev.
Dracula and Dracula´s guest by Bram Stoker
Clarimonde by Theophile Gautier
Carmilla by Sheridan LeFanu
Honorable mentions:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by R L Stevenson
Vampyre by John Polidori