If you enjoyed Emily Bronte’s 1847 gothic classic (or its new film) try these next.
We Live Here Now by Sarah Pinborough
Following a near-fatal accident, Emily and her husband Freddie seek a fresh start at a remote country house, but Emily is soon plagued by terrifying, unexplained events. Because she is the only one experiencing these phenomena and her medical condition can cause hallucinations, Emily struggles to trust her own mind while her skeptical husband dismisses her fears. As her obsession with proving the house is haunted threatens to destroy her marriage, it becomes clear that the house isn’t the only thing hiding dark secrets.
Solsbury Hill by Susan M. Wyler
Summoned to the Yorkshire moors to inherit a family estate, New Yorker Eleanor Abbott leaves her American fiancé behind and is quickly swept up in a world echoing Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. She soon finds herself torn between her life back home and a captivating local man named Meadowscarp, all while uncovering a mystical family legacy connected to Brontë herself. As the powerful, timeless atmosphere of the moors blurs the past and present, Eleanor must navigate a devastating romantic history that threatens to shape her own destiny.
Tripping Arcadia by Kit Mayquist
Working for one of Boston’s most elite families, Lena, when she discovers they are responsible for the ruin of her own family, embarks on a poison-filled quest for revenge that leads her into a hedonistic world where she must decide how much she is willing to risk for payback.
The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr
Before he can bury his famous, Byronesque poet cousin, an historian turned post-mortem photographer agrees to record the details of the writer’s ill-fated marriage as described by his niece and begins seeing things from beyond the grave.
He Drown She in the Sea by Shani Mootoo
Two childhood friends–Harry, the half-caste son of a hard-working maid, and Rose, the daughter of his mother’s employer–form a bond that drives them later in life to break free from the social manacles that have kept them apart, in a story of the dangers of love against all odds.
Catherine the Ghost by Kathe Koja
Cathy Earnshaw. Catherine Linton. Mother. Daughter. They never saw each other alive. In Catherine the Ghost these two young women confront loss, captivity, and the dark edge of eternity itself, to claim their full existence and share their power. This modern gothic punk remix of Emily Bronte’s classic Wuthering Heights is a ghost story told from the POV of Catherine Earnshaw’s restless spirit from beyond the grave.
Katarina Shaw and Heath Rocha, childhood sweethearts turned champion ice dancers, captivated the world with their fiery chemistry until a shocking incident at the Olympics tore them apart, but as a documentary threatens to reshape their legacy, Kat breaks her decade-long silence to reveal the truth behind their intense, obsessive relationship.
Fifteen Wild Decembers by Karen Powell
Torn from the landscape to which she has become so passionately bound, she is simply unable to function. To the outside world, Emily Bronte appears taciturn and unexceptional, but beneath the surface her mind is in a creative ferment. A violent phenomenon is about to burst forth that will fuse her imaginary world with the landscape of her beloved Yorkshire and change the literary world forever.
