9 Best nonfiction books like Underworlds: A Compelling Journey Through Subterranean Realms, Real and Imagined by Stephen Ellcock

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Underworlds: A Compelling Journey Through Subterranean Realms, Real and Imagined

By: Stephen Ellcock

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A darkly evocative compendium of images exploring natural, constructed, imaginary, and subconscious…

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1. On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)

By: John Ruskin

3.83

Format: 98 pages, Paperback

Two of Ruskin's famous essays: "The Nature of the Gothic" and "The Work of Iron" from his book The … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • philosophy
  • history
"To banish imperfection is to destroy expression."

-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)

"The demand for perfection is always a sign of a misunderstanding of the ends of art."

-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)

"If the pleasure of change is too often repeated, it ceases to be delightful, for the change itself becomes monotonous, and we are driven to seek delight in extreme and fantastic degrees of it. This i…"

-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)

"Just because we are something better than birds or bees, our buildings must confess that we have not reached the perfection we can imagine, and can not rest in the condition we have attained. If we p…"

-John Ruskin, On Art and Life (Penguin Great Ideas)

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2. Hellblazer, Vol. 4: The Family Man

By: Neil Gaiman , Grant Morrison , David Lloyd , Sean Phillips , Dave McKean , Jamie Delano , Ron Tiner , Dick Foreman

4.10

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Collected for the first time in chronological order and featuring stories by fan-favorite writer Gr… read more

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3. A Field Guide to Getting Lost

By: Rebecca Solnit

2.84

Format: 306 pages, Paperback

Whether she is contemplating the history of walking as a cultural and political experience over the… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
  • history

4. The Weird and the Eerie

By: Mark Fisher

3.69

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the mo… read more

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5. The Skeptic’s Guide to the Great Books

By: Grant L. Voth

4.20

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Hamlet. Moby-Dick. War and Peace. Ulysses. These are just four of what are considered the "Great Bo… read more

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6. Alchemy & Mysticism

By: Alexander Roob

3.94

Format: 264 pages, Hardcover

A fantastical journey through the pictorial world of alchemy and mysticism, the Cabbala and magic, … read more

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7. The Strange Bird: A Borne Story (Borne, #1.5)

By: Jeff VanderMeer

4.15

Format: 96 pages, Kindle Edition

The Strange Bird—from New York Times bestselling novelist Jeff VanderMeer—is a digital original tha… read more

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"Everything added to her and everything taken away had led to that moment and from her perch she had radiated love for every animal she could not help, with nothing left over for any human being."

-Jeff VanderMeer, The Strange Bird: A Borne Story (Borne, #1.5)

8. Ceremony

By: Leslie Marmon Silko

3.82

Format: 160 pages,

Tayo, a young Native American, has been a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II, and the hor… read more

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9. Twilight of the Idols

By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Tracy B. Strong , Richard Polt

3.45

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

Twilight of the Idols. Nietzsche's own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a … read more

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10. I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

By: Peter S. Beagle

3.78

Format: 278 pages, Hardcover

A cast of characters trapped within their roles of dragon hunter, princess, and more must come toge… read more

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"Fear cannot breed where there is action."

-Peter S. Beagle, I'm Afraid You've Got Dragons

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11. The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

By: Olivia Laing

4.07

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

In 2020, Olivia Laing began to restore a walled garden in Suffolk, an overgrown Eden of unusual pla… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"One of the operations by which capitalism perpetuates itself is displacement, the determined and absolute separation of the product from the site of production, so that when we buy petrol or peat fro…"

-Olivia Laing, The Garden Against Time: In Search of a Common Paradise

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12. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir

By: Werner Herzog

4.25

Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition

Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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13. White Holes

By: Carlo Rovelli

4.10

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

A mesmerizing trip to the strange world of white holes from the bestselling author of Seven Brief L… read more

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  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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14. The Haunting of Tram Car 015 (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.3)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.98

Format: 130 pages, Paperback

The Haunting of Tram Car 015 returns to the alternate Cairo of Clark's short fiction, where humans … read more

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15. Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest

By: Phoebe Wahl

4.64

Format: 96 pages, Hardcover

An earthy and beautiful collection of four stories that celebrate the seasons, nature, and life, fr… read more

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16. Enter Ghost

By: Isabella Hammad

4.09

Format: 336 pages, Hardcover

A bold, evocative new novel from the Sue Kaufman, Betty Trask and Plimpton Prize Award winner Isabe… read more

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17. Arboreality

By: Rebecca Campbell

4.06

Format: 117 pages, Paperback

A professor in pandemic isolation rescues books from the flooded and collapsing McPherson Library. … read more

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18. The Story of Art Without Men

By: Katy Hessel

4.31

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before th… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
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19. Nejishiki

By: Yoshiharu Tsuge

3.63

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Un ragazzo approda sulla spiaggia di un piccolo villaggio di pescatori con l'arteria del braccio re… read more

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20. Witchcraft

By: Jessica Hundley

4.31

Format: 520 pages, Hardcover

A spellbinding journey through the global history of witchcraft, the third volume in The Library of… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
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21. The Glutton

By: A.K. Blakemore

3.80

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

A subversive historical novel set during the French Revolution, inspired by a young peasant boy tur… read more

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22. Star Wars: Bounty Hunters, Vol. 1: Galaxy's Deadliest

By: Ethan Sacks

3.31

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Never betray a bounty hunter — especially if it’s Boba Fett! Years ago, Valance and Bossk joined Fe… read more

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23. Once & Future, Vol. 4: Monarchies in the UK

By: Kieron Gillen

4.02

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

Bridgette, Duncan, and Rose fight to rescue the entirety of Britain from the Otherworld, and itself… read more

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24. Once & Future, Vol. 5: The Wasteland

By: Kieron Gillen

4.25

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

The Final Volume and Battle of the Iconic Arthurian Fantasy Series Where the Fate of Kings and Engl… read more

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25. Vermis II: Mist & Mirrors

By: Plastiboo

4.48

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

"Vermis II" is the second of an artbook series by the artist Plastiboo. A pure act of world-buildi… read more

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  • art
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26. とんがり帽子のキッチン 1 [Tongari Bōshi no Kitchen 1]

By: Hiromi Satō

3.96

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

子供たちが寝静まったアトリエ。それは、大人が一瞬だけ自由になれる時間。 昼間は多忙な魔法使い、キーフリーとオルーギオが、魔法を駆使して夜食を作る&食べる! 『とんがり帽子のアトリエ』から、美味し… read more

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27. The Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: Vol. 1: A True and Exact Accounting of the History of Turtle Island

By: Kent Monkman

4.31

Format: 263 pages, Kindle Edition

From global art superstar Kent Monkman and his long-time collaborator Gisèle Gordon, a transformati… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • history
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28. Hagstone

By: Sinéad Gleeson

3.63

Format: 307 pages, Kindle Edition

The sea is steady for now. The land readies itself. What can be done with the woman on the cliff? … read more

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29. By Ash, Oak and Thorn

By: Melissa Harrison

3.95

Format: 248 pages, Paperback

The breath-taking children's debut from acclaimed nature writer and Costa Award-shortlisted novelis… read more

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30. Underworlds: A Compelling Journey Through Subterranean Realms, Real and Imagined

By: Stephen Ellcock

4.35

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

A darkly evocative compendium of images exploring natural, constructed, imaginary, and subconscious… read more

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  • art
  • cultural
  • history
  • research
  • philosophy
  • nonfiction
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31. Panya: The Mummy's Curse

By: Mike Mignola

3.28

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

Thousands of years before Hellboy, the B.P.R.D., and Ragna Rok, there was Panya. As a girl in an… read more

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