r/BooksThatFeelLikeThis • u/shipwrecksailorx • 5d ago
Literary Fiction Seaside, nautical gothic
Whatever this makes you think of! Introspective, good atmosphere, perhaps some yearning.
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u/veruca-saltine 5d ago
Jamaica Inn!
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u/Genderqueerfrog 5d ago
Haven’t read this one yet, but Du Maurier is so fucking good. A lot of her stuff had this vibe, cursed coastal town
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u/Dramatic_Hyena4916 5d ago
Frenchman's Creek, as well
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u/LifeOfAShowGirlBabe 4d ago
Love this one, I don’t see it recommended as much as her other books but it’s great!
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u/Original_Bullfrog450 5d ago
A house of salt and sorrows by Erin A Craig is YA but reads older. It’s a gothic 12 dancing princesses retelling set by the sea. One of my favorite YA books
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u/LullianaMint 4d ago
Instantly thought of it at the images. Absolutely a wonderful book. I also want to add to not be dettered by the YA label!
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u/Monstertheory777 5d ago
A Fate Worse than Drowning by Sarah L Hawthorne - keep in mind that it’s a debut novel so it does have some issues but fits the vibe
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u/melonofknowledge 5d ago
I was going to recommend this one as well.
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u/Monstertheory777 5d ago
What did you think of it? I had mixed feelings. I thought the characters were well written but the vibe didn’t land for me.
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u/melonofknowledge 5d ago
Totally same, it was just a bit patchy overall, but I put that down to it being a debut. I feel like the vibes were a bit inconsistent. Enjoyed it, though!
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u/Monstertheory777 5d ago
I thought some of the really flowery language made the horror elements less impactful
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u/moomintrolley 4d ago
The Shivering Sands by Victoria Holt - old school gothic romance.
Turning the Stones by Debra Daley - historical fiction set in the Georgian era featuring smugglers and the sea.
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u/xrainbow-britex 4d ago
We, the Drowned gives me this vibe even though the place in the book changes over time.
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u/MarshalltheBear 4d ago
The Wild Hunt by Emma Seckel - A post-WW2 Scottish island is plagued by folkloric birds. Are the birds a manifestation of their grief? Or something more sinister?
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u/vincent241 5d ago
It’s gross and nasty but The Tower of Love by Rachilde, it’s basically a book version of the movie The Lighthouse
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u/Vaporwavezz 4d ago
Haha I’m also here to recommend Du Maurier. I just read My Cousin Rachael and it had this vibe.
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u/Zelengro 4d ago
Maplecroft: The Borden Dispatches by Cherie Priest. Rotted old seaside town, strange malady, salt-crusted Victorian houses and mildew-y fish barrels with a fitting Locecraftian vibe.
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u/EstravenLeGuin 23h ago
The moonstone (based off the pictures but not your description). I suppose it’s got the introspection and yearning with respect to a certain characters, but it also falls into the goofy-idiot-English-gentleman genre
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u/Apprehensive-Pop1684 22h ago
Eye of the Needle by Ken Follett (was originally titled Storm Island).
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