 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, whose name inspired the term masochism, was inspired by the Báthory legend to write his 1874 novella "Ewige Jugend" ("eternal youth")

Bathory also appears as the main antagonist in the novel "Dracula the Un-dead", a sequel to Bram Stoker's classic novel by his great grand-nephew Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt.In the book, she is cousin to Count Dracula and was the motive behind his decision to move to London in the original novel, as she was murdering women under the guise of Jack the Ripper and he swore to stop her.The historical novel "The Countess" by Rebecca Johns tells a first-person fictionalized account of Báthory's life from her prison cell at Csejthe Castle.