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With the new Netflix series Wednesday, based on the fictional Wednesday Addams of the Addams Family, reaching great success, we wanted to share a list of classic books that we think Wednesday Addams would have in her bag. With gothic settings, curious characters, and dark themes, these macabre tales are well-suited to Wednesday's dark, solemn and at times sadistic personality.
Indescribable horrors and gothic terrors from one of the most influential writers of the 20th Century. A must read for any fan of the macabre, including Miss Wednesday Addams of course! The book contains a collection of weird tales, including horror, sci-fi, fantasy and more. Dark universes, age old evil, strange people and places, these tales will make your heart race and your spine tingle. This is the second Omnibus of Lovecraft stories and the writing clearly displays Lovecraft’s great imaginative and creative powers.
Set on the rainswept Cornish coast, this book is riddled with Gothic themes. Wishing to fulfil her late mother’s dying quest, young Mary Yellan moves in with her aunt and uncle at the mysterious Jamaica Inn. The coachman tried to warn her but little did she know how entangled in the dark smuggling schemes of Jamaica Inn she would become. Windswept and isolated, eerie and brooding Jamaica Inn is full of dark secrets. Yet despite all the darkness, there is still a little room for love and moral reasoning. The perfect read for the Wednesday Addams who perhaps carries a little warmth in her heart.
With its grey and black cover, this book is perfectly suited to the black clad and emotionless Wednesday Addams. The volume contains a collection of Poe’s famously suspenseful short stories. Poe’s draws readers right into the heart of each tale, crafting his works with powerful language and chilling themes. From classic gothic horror stories such as The Fall of the House of Usher to detective tales like The Murders in the Rue Morgue, there are a wide range of suspenseful stories to choose from. Illustrated by Steve Salerno, these gruesome and creepy tales might even chill the heart of Wednesday Addams.
A collection containing three gothic novellas: Sanguinarius, Sardonicus, and Sagittarius. Three tales, three demonic creatures and three eerie adventures. The collection begins with the authors own introduction, a confession titled ‘The Haunted Castle: A Confession’. The stories contain many gothic tropes and rest something between homage and pastiche. Russell certainly succeeds in imitating the styles, structures, and atmospheres of the original mid-19th Century Gothic novella. He also references many historical figures in his tales, including the incarcerated Countess Elizabeth Bathory, and Jack the Ripper. A great collection for Wednesday Addams’ literary bag.
Though the cover is bright, the plays inside are dark and tragic. Containing eight Shakespeare tragedies, readers bear witness to the darkness of Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, Timon of Athens, Julius Caesar, Titus Andronicus, Troilus and Cressida, and Coriolanus. Despair, death and disillusion are recurrent themes in these famous plays with famously tragic endings. Though drama rather than fiction, such themes would certainly appeal to the dark, imaginative and intelligent Wednesday Addams.
Robert Louis Stevenson’s masterpiece about the duality of man and the conflict between the good and evil sides of the subconscious mind. It follows the tale of the genteel Dr Jekyll and his evil, inner persona, Mr Hyde. Over one hundred years since its publication, this peculiar, mysterious and chilling narrative still manages to shock its readers. Stevenson demonstrates a remarkable understanding of the human ego and the inner conflicts of the subconscious self. It's intriguing plot and macabre twists and turns, make it the perfect tale for a character as obsessed with death and darkness as Wednesday Addams.
Including Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings, Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, and Bram Stoker’s Dracula this collection crawls with monsters, morality and mysterious themes. From the cold streets of a Christmas Carol and the gloomy moors of Wuthering Heights to the monstrous Frankenstein and terrible Dracula, these stunning gilt embellished books would certainly be found in the bag of the dark and emotionless Wednesday Addams.
Want to read like Wednesday Addams? This comprehensive list of mysterious, thrilling and gothic tales is a great place to start. If you’ve finished binging the Netflix series and are looking for more entertainment, then choose a book or two today!
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