Gothic Saga

The Gothic Saga series is a popular book series of mystery, horror, Gothic, historical fiction, and fantasy genres. It is comprised of a total of 5 books, which were released between the years 1980 and 2013, and written by a well known novelist from America named Loyce Carol Oates. Each and every novel of this series is very successful and is well appreciated by the fans of author Joyce Oates. According to Joyce Oates, the books can be read in any order as the series are not linked with each other and neither does a particular story depend on the rest of the story. Every book in this intriguing series consists of a different set of primary characters, who play important roles to keep the readers engaged in the stories until the very end. A number of critics have reviewed the series’ books as being very complex and having a slow build ups throughout. The final puzzle piece and mystery are not revealed until the stories reach their conclusions. Even though the books have been published within the time period of 23 years, author Carol Oates had penned all of them in the 1980s. Carol Oates’ Gothic Saga begins with the first book titled Bellefleur and concludes with the final novel called The Accursed. Among the five books of this series, one is a collection of short stories and is given the title Mysteries of Winterthurn.