The Art of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre
By: S. Elizabeth
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
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1. Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
By: Lydia Kang , Nate Pedersen
4.00
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
Discover 67 shocking-but-true medical misfires that run the gamut from bizarre to deadly. Like when… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
"Unfortunately, the theory that 'more is better' is a really, really crappy theory when it comes to arsenic."-Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
"It is perhaps oddly appropriate that the symbol for the god Mercury was the caduceus—two snakes entwined on a winged rod. The symbol is commonly and incorrectly associated with the medical establishm…"-Lydia Kang, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything
2. Existentialism from Dostoevsky to Sartre
By: Walter Kaufmann
4.39
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
This volume provides basic writings of Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Rilke, Kafka, Ortega, Ja… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
3. Moomin: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Vol. 1
By: Tove Jansson
3.42
Format: None pages,
Moomin Book One is the first volume of Drawn & Quarterly's publishing plan to reprint the entire st… read more
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4. La civilización del espectáculo
By: Mario Vargas Llosa
2.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
"La cultura, en el sentido que tradicionalmente se ha dado a este vocablo, esta en nuestros dias a … read more
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5. Bone Gap
By: Laura Ruby
3.89
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
Everyone knows Bone Gap is full of gaps--gaps to trip you up, gaps to slide through so you can disa… read more
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6. Maeve Fly
By: C.J. Leede
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more
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"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly
"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly
"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly
7. Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell
By: Nathan Ballingrud
4.09
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A gripping collection of six stories of terror—including the novella “The Visible Filth,” the basis… read more
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- anthologies
- horror
8. The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
By: Greg Lukianoff
3.93
Format: 432 pages, ebook
A timely deep dive into cancel culture, an account of its dangers to all Americans, and the much-ne… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Mistakes abound when groupthink goes unchallenged."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
"There is nothing about standing up for an underdog (or simply claiming to be) that means you're right."-Greg Lukianoff, The Canceling of the American Mind: Cancel Culture Undermines Trust and Threatens Us All—But There Is a Solution
9. The Devil You Know: Stories of Human Cruelty and Compassion
By: Gwen Adshead
4.34
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In eleven vivid narratives based on decades of providing therapy to people in prisons and secure ho… read more
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- nonfiction
10. What I'd Rather Not Think About
By: Jente Posthuma
3.77
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
What if one half of a pair of twins no longer wants to live? What if the other can’t live without t… read more
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"Cracks in the ground aren't always visible to the naked eye. Every movement has the potential to take you down."-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About
"This was shocking to me, because if the oldest person I knew understood even less about the world than I did, then how was it possible that other adults had all the answers? And what was the point of…"-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About
"To be a natural presence, you shouldn't take up too much space, which I always found easy at the beginning of a friendship. It felt nice to reshape myself into precisely the right format until the mo…"-Jente Posthuma, What I'd Rather Not Think About
11. Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck
By: McKayla Coyle
3.45
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Embrace your inner goblin! Learn to decorate, dress, craft, forage, and live according to the gobli… read more
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- nonfiction
- reference
12. Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
By: Megan Rosenbloom
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Hardcover
On bookshelves around the world, surrounded by ordinary books bound in paper and leather, rest othe… read more
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- historical
- nonfiction
- history
- horror
"Human skin books—mostly made by nineteenth-century doctor bibliophiles—are the only books that are controversial not for the ideas they contain but for the physical makeup of the object itself."-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Anthropodermic books tell a complicated and uncomfortable take about the development of clinical medicine and the doctoring class, and the worst of what can come from the collision of acquisitiveness…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"Many confirmed human skin books didn’t begin their print life in this controversial binding but were rebound by collectors, usually doctors who took the oldest or rarest texts in their private collec…"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
"No wonder the public persists in connecting the idea of human skin books with Nazis. It's easier to believe that objects of human skin are made by monsters like Nazis and serial killers, and not the …"-Megan Rosenbloom, Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin
13. Screams from the Dark: 29 Tales of Monsters and the Monstrous
By: Ellen Datlow
3.67
Format: 479 pages, Hardcover
A bone-chilling anthology from legendary horror editor, Ellen Datlow, Screams from the Dark contain… read more
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- anthologies
- horror
14. The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories
By: Eric LaRocca
3.74
Format: 205 pages, Hardcover
A beautifully crafted, devastating short fiction collection from the Bram-Stoker finalist and autho… read more
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- horror
15. The Art of Darkness: A Treasury of the Morbid, Melancholic and Macabre
By: S. Elizabeth
3.99
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
The Art of Darkness is a visually rich sourcebook featuring eclectic artworks from throughout histo… read more
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- gothic
- art
- art history
- history
- historical
- anthologies
- nonfiction
- reference
- horror
16. Artemis Made Me Do It
By: Trista Mateer
4.14
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Bestselling and award-winning author Trista Mateer returns with another magical approach to self-ca… read more
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"Forgive me if I unlearn pretty and learn vicious in its place."-Trista Mateer, Artemis Made Me Do It
"I believe all men think of me as a piece. Correction: Not all men."-Trista Mateer, Artemis Made Me Do It
"Look at you, taking care of everyone but yourself, letting love make you hollow instead of full."-Trista Mateer, Artemis Made Me Do It
"The wolf caught me in its jaws but when I cried out, other only said: I have seen the wolf many times and he has not bitten me"-Trista Mateer, Artemis Made Me Do It
17. Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult
By: Michelle Dowd
3.70
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A moving, heartbreaking, and inspiring true story of the author’s escape from an apocalyptic cult—a… read more
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18. Ghibliotheque: An Unofficial Guide to the Movies of Studio Ghibli
By: Michael Leader
4.28
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Based on the Ghibliotheque podcast, which leafs through the library of films from the world's great… read more
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- nonfiction
19. The Bequest: A Dark Academia Thriller
By: Joanna Margaret
2.97
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
Named a "Most Anticipated" October Thriller by Bustle, PopSugar, & CrimeReads After her profes… read more
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20. Atlas of Forgotten Places: Journey to Abandoned Destinations from Around the Globe (Unexpected Atlases)
By: Travis Elborough
3.75
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Explore the places that time forgot. Abandoned, mysterious, sleeping monuments around the world hav… read more
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- history
- reference
21. Chinese Myths
By: Xueting C. Ni
4.11
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Chinese mythology has been passed down in written and oral form over many millennia, emerging from … read more
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