Dracula
Bram Stoker, 1897.
Before you read: A vampire horror story with frightening scenes. Best for teens.
A young lawyer travels to a castle in Transylvania and slowly realizes his host is not human. Back in England, a group of friends join a Dutch professor to track the Count before he can spread his curse. The whole novel is told in diaries, letters, and newspaper clippings.
Public-domain text. First published in 1897; Bram Stoker died in 1912, so this text is in the public domain in the US, Canada, the EU and India. Summary and notes written by ViralScopeHub.