Carmilla

Literally finished this book in an hour. Predates Dracula, AND it's lesbian! I didn't find this novel to be particularly difficult to read, either. I do warn that in one paragraph at the beginning, there's a story told of a "horrid black woman in a turban," meant to be a sort of ghost story. It's never mentioned again, but I'm sure this would bother someone.

It wasn't at par with my expectations but it was still a good read.