The Thirteenth Tale Reading Order

Diane Setterfield's The Thirteenth Tale (2006) is the Gothic literary novel about a reclusive bestselling author named Vida Winter who summons biographer Margaret Lea to finally tell the true story of her past — a past involving twins, a crumbling house, a mad woman in the attic, and a story that has been suppressed for decades. Deliberately written in the tradition of the Victorian Gothic novel — Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Rebecca — it was a massive international bestseller and remains one of the most beloved contemporary Gothic novels.