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Dark Victorian Fantasy

READING LIST: Dark Victorian Fantasy

One of the hardest questions to answer (for me) is when someone requests "a book like the Night Circus." It's a pretty unique novel, with a specific tone and atmosphere that are difficult to find anywhere else. I've worked on building an answer to this question for years - and it's still a very short list. In order to qualify, I required the books to (1) be set in the Victorian era, (2) contain a supernatural element that we could define as fantasy, and (3) fit into the dark, gothic aesthetic that I love so much. Dark Victorian Fantasy

Night Circus
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Soulless (Parasol Protectorate series)
Clockwork Angel (Infernal Devices series)
The Screaming Staircase (Lockwood & Co series)
A Darker Shade of Magic (Shades of Magic series)
Interview With A Vampire
Dracula

Books I haven't read yet (so little time! so many books!) but which I know belong on this list thanks to trusted recommendations (all of these are on my personal TBR):

Jackaby
The Paper Magician
Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards series)
A Curious Beginning (Veronica Speedwell series)
Gentleman's Guide to Vice & Virtue (Montague Siblings series)

Titles that are out of print, but which I consider relevant:

A Great and Terrible Beauty (Gemma Doyle series) by Libba Bray
Sorcery and Cecelia; or, the Enchanted Chocolate Pot (this is technically set in the Regency period but the vibe is perfect) by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer

I've tried to steer clear of horror, for the most part, but I did include a number of mysteries. I think of horror as being told from the perspective of the victim, whereas the same story, told from the perspective of someone "solving" the crime, is what I think of as a mystery. It's a pretty blurry line for a lot of these (like Dracula, and Interview) but I did my best to steer clear of books whose entire purpose is to terrify the reader.

Honorable mentions:

A Natural History of Dragons (I adore this book but it isn't very dark, so it doesn't quite qualify as Dark Victorian Fantasy)
The Phantom of the Opera (technically, there is no supernatural element, so it isn't fantasy - but it sure feels like it belongs here)
Courtney Crumrin (a graphic novel series)
Good Faeries, Bad Faeries (if Brian Froud isn't dark victorian fantasy, I don't know what is - but he doesnt write novels, so he's in the honorable mentions)
The Historian (since it's set in modern day, it really doesn't count, but it's got the right vibe)
Cordelia Underwood (Moosepath League series)

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By Gail Carriger

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Published: Orbit - April 1st, 2014

Buffy meets Jane Austen in the first book of this wickedly funny NYT bestselling series about a young woman whose brush with the supernatural leads to a deadly investigation of London's high society.

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By Susanna Clarke

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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - August 11th, 2020

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Jackaby (Paperback)

By William Ritter

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Published: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers - August 25th, 2015

This thrilling novel from the author of the New York Times bestselling paranormal mystery Jackaby series pits R.F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplainable and his new assistant, Abigail Rook, against a supernatural serial killer.

Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F.

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By Cassandra Clare

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By Deanna Raybourn

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The New York Times bestselling author of the Lady Julia Grey mysteries returns once more to Victorian England and introduces intrepid adventuress Veronica Speedwell....

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By Jonathan Stroud

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Dive into the first book of this frightfully fun series and join the ghost-hunting gang as they defend our world from the most fearsome phantoms!

A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing throughout the city, and they aren't exactly friendly.

Cordelia Underwood: Or the Marvelous Beginnings of the Moosepath League (Paperback)

By Van Reid

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Published: Down East Books - January 1st, 2016

Step back in time to Portland, Maine, in 1896. When the young, beautiful, redheaded Cordelia Underwood inherits a parcel of land from her seafaring uncle, it sets in motion a chain of events that leads to the unearthing of a family secret two centuries old.

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By Erin Morgenstern

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two starcrossed magicians engage in a deadly game of cunning in the spellbinding novel that captured the world's imagination. • "Part love story, part fable ... defies both genres and expectations." —The Boston Globe

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By Bram Stoker, Edward Gorey (Illustrator)

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Introducing the ultimate collector's edition of Dracula by Bram Stoker, the best-known vampire novel of all time, now in an exquisite special edition featuring sprayed edges and an introduction and appendices by renowned fantasy editor Marvin Kaye.

The Paper Magician (Paperback)

By Charlie N. Holmberg

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"Charlie is a vibrant writer with an excellent voice and great world building. I thoroughly enjoyed the Paper Magician." --Brandon Sanderson, author of Mistborn and The Way of Kings

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By Janella Angeles

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Published: Wednesday Books - June 8th, 2021

"Vibrant imagery, jaw-dropping set pieces, sizzling romantic tension, and unstoppable heroine Kallia bring this ambitious debut novel to spectacular life. Fans of Caraval and The Night Circus will be delighted!" - Claire Legrand, New York Times bestselling author of Furyborn

A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy #1) (Paperback)

By Libba Bray

$11.04
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ISBN: 9780385732314

Published: Ember - March 22nd, 2005

The first book in the critically acclaimed New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestselling Gemma Doyle trilogy, the exhilarating and haunting saga from the author of The Diviners series and Going Bovine.

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue (Montague Siblings #1) (Paperback)

By Mackenzi Lee

$13.59

ISBN: 9780062382818

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Published: Katherine Tegen Books - September 4th, 2018

A Kirkus Prize nominee and Stonewall Honor winner with 5 starred reviews! A New York Times bestseller!
Named one of the best books of 2017 by NPR and the New York Public Library!

A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir by Lady Trent (The Lady Trent Memoirs #1) (Paperback)

By Marie Brennan

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ISBN: 9780765375070

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Published: Tor Books - February 4th, 2014

Marie Brennan begins a thrilling new fantasy series in A Natural History of Dragons, combining adventure with the inquisitive spirit of the Victorian Age.

The Phantom of the Opera (Paperback)

By Gaston LeRoux

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ISBN: 9780486434582

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Published: Dover Publications - April 22nd, 2004

The lights of the Paris Opera House dim and a lovely singer holds the audience spellbound with her enchanting voice. Two men are rivals for her love: one of them the beloved friend of her childhood -- and the other the terrifying "opera ghost" who haunts the theater and wields a strange power over the performer.

Good Faeries Bad Faeries (Hardcover)

By Brian Froud

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ISBN: 9780684847818

Published: Simon & Schuster - October 15th, 1998

"Once upon a time, I thought faeries lived only in books, old folktales, and the past.

Courtney Crumrin Vol. 1: The Night Things (Paperback)

By Ted Naifeh, Warren Wucinich (Illustrator)

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ISBN: 9781620104194

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Published: Oni Press - June 27th, 2017

"Courtney Crumrin is a fun series, cover to cover." — School Library Journal

Courtney Crumrin grumbles about everything, but now she's really got something to grumble over. Having run out of credit cards, her parents are moving to the wealthy suburb of Hillsborough, to live rent-free with their creepy old uncle Aloysius.

Interview with the Vampire (Vampire Chronicles #1) (Mass Market)

By Anne Rice

$8.49

ISBN: 9780345337665

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Published: Ballantine Books - September 13th, 1991

The spellbinding classic that started it all, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author—the inspiration for the hit television series

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Dark Victorian Fantasy

READING LIST: Dark Victorian Fantasy