Mary Shelley’s League of Supernatural Hunters uses many of the classic horror novels for characters. What you might not know is that it also uses the authors of those novels as “hunters”.
Though you don’t have to read the classics to understand any of the League books there are some Easter Eggs if you know the classic novels. Plus, these are amazing books and I highly recommend reading them.
I’d like to start with a list I found on NPR. This is a great list. And, to show my support of NPR I will link to books on their site for purchase if you care to. But, you can buy these most anywhere. Most of the classics can be found for free online.
Here is the link to the NPR article- 100 Favorite Horror Stories
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/16/632779706/click-if-you-dare-100-favorite-horror-stories
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley
https://www.npr.org/books/titles/146826985/frankenstein-or-the-modern-prometheus-the-1818-text
Dracula by Bram Stoker
https://www.npr.org/books/titles/138248868/dracula
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
https://www.npr.org/books/titles/633229880/the-tell-tale-heart-and-other-tales
The Werewolf of Paris by Guy Endore
https://www.npr.org/books/titles/636359329/the-werewolf-of-paris-a-novel
Here’s a great list from Goodreads
https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/classic-horror
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/51496.The_Strange_Case_of_Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5297.The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/480204.The_Phantom_of_the_Opera
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/93261.The_Legend_of_Sleepy_Hollow
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H.G. Wells
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29981.The_Island_of_Doctor_Moreau
The Vampyre; A Tale by John William Polidori
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/472966.The_Vampyre_A_Tale