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Houses That Are The Villain

Not haunted houses. Houses that want something. There is a difference and it is the whole genre.

a list by Bex7 books

  1. The Haunting of Hill House

    “The blueprint. Whatever walked there, walked alone.”

    Shirley Jackson

    Shelve
    1
  2. Rebecca

    “Manderley is a character and it wins.”

    Daphne Du Maurier

    Shelve
    2
  3. Mexican Gothic

    “High Place. The mould is doing the plotting.”

    Silvia Moreno-Garcia

    Shelve
    3
  4. House of Leaves

    “The corridor. Just the corridor.”

    Mark Z. Danielewski

    Shelve
    4
  5. We Have Always Lived in the Castle

    Shirley Jackson

    Shelve
    5
  6. Piranesi

    “The kind one. There is exactly one kind one.”

    Susanna Clarke

    Shelve
    6
  7. Wuthering Heights

    “Two houses, and both of them are the problem.”

    Emily Brontë

    Shelve
    7