Merlin
By: Robert Nye
3.65
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
In this rollicking, bawdy extension of the Arthurian legend, Merlin refuses to act out his role as …
Want to Read"The old, endless, approachable and always answering Sorrow," says my father Lucifer. "For who calls on me never goes unanswered. Only prayers to God go without answers."-Robert Nye, Merlin
"The old, endless, approachable and always answering Sorrow," says my father Lucifer. "For who calls on me never goes unanswered. Only prayers to God go without answers."-Robert Nye, Merlin
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1. The People in the Trees
By: Hanya Yanagihara
3.73
Format: 369 pages, Hardcover
In 1950, a young doctor called Norton Perina signs on with the anthropologist Paul Tallent for an e… read more
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- novels
- fantasy
- fiction
"For what more could we presume to ask from death — but kindness?"-Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees
"to fear death, you must first have something to tether you to life."-Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees
"No existe forma satisfactoria o novedosa de describir la belleza y, por lo demás, me avergüenza hacerlo."-Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees
"Desaprender cosas es mucho más complicado que aprenderlas, y hasta los más audaces de espíritu se ven tentados a recular hacia lo conocido a la primera oportunidad."-Hanya Yanagihara, The People in the Trees
2. A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.01
Format: 183 pages, Paperback
Ged, the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, was called Sparrowhawk in his reckless youth. Hungr… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Master, I go hunting."-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
"Bu bir taş. Gerçek Lisan’da ise “tolk"-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
"To light a candle is to cast a shadow..."-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
"Encender una vela es proyectar una sombra..."-Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
3. Collected Ghost Stories
By: M.R. James
4.14
Format: 568 pages, Hardcover
M. R. James is widely regarded as the father of the modern ghost story, and his tales have influenc… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"The door was opening again. The seer does not like to dwell upon what he saw entering the room: he says it might be described as a frog - the size of a man - but it had scanty white hair about its he…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
"Those that spend the greater part of their time in reading or writing books are, of course, apt to take rather particular notice of accumulations of books when they come across them. They will not pa…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
"But it was in the life-saving competition that Stanley Judkins's conduct was most blameable and had the most far-reaching effects. The practice, as you know, was to throw a selected lower boy, of sui…"-M.R. James, Collected Ghost Stories
4. The Crying of Lot 49
By: Thomas Pynchon
3.69
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot … read more
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- literature
- novels
- fiction
"As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"Death glided by, shadowless, among the empties on the grass."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"I am having a hallucination now, I don't need drugs for that."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"the casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn't look or act a bit alike."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
5. A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Catherine Belsey
3.95
Format: 298 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Shakespeare's intertwined love polygons begin to get complicated from the start--Demetrius and Lysa… read more
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- literature
- fantasy
- fiction
"My soul is in the sky."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Farewell, sweet playfellow."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
"Methought I was enamour'd of an ass."-William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
6. Mevrouw mijn moeder
By: Yvonne Keuls
3.60
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
In deze roman beschrijft Yvonne Keuls haar indische afkomst, de repatriering naar Nederland en de a… read more
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- literature
7. The Neverending Story
By: Michael Ende , Roswitha Quadflieg , Ralph Manheim
3.33
Format: 170 pages, Hardcover
This epic work of the imagination has captured the hearts of millions of readers worldwide since it… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
8. Pandora (New Tales of the Vampires, #1)
By: Anne Rice
3.86
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
En un cafe del Paris actual, el vampiro novel David Talbot invita a Pandora, su igual, a rememorar … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
9. As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more
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- literature
- fiction
10. Lolly Willowes
By: Sylvia Townsend Warner , Alison Lurie
3.50
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
In Lolly Willowes, an ageing spinster rebels against her role as the universal aunt, at everybody's… read more
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11. Castle in the Air (Howl's Moving Castle, #2)
By: Diana Wynne Jones
4.42
Format: 288 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In which a humble young carpet merchant wins, then loses, the princess of his dreams Far to the sou… read more
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12. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.13
Format: 180 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and n… read more
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- novels
- fantasy
- fiction
"COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"He had made follow him. He had called her by her name, and she had come crouching to his hand."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
13. The Queen of Spades
By: Alexander Pushkin , None
2.18
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more
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14. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH (Rats of NIMH, #1)
By: Robert C. O'Brien
3.83
Format: 35 pages, Paperback
Mrs. Frisby, a widowed mouse with four small children, must move her family to their summer quarter… read more
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15. Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil
By: Mike Mignola
4.21
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A murder in a New York wax museum and a missing corpse lead Hellboy and the Bureau for Paranormal R… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Lady, I was gonna cut you some slack, 'cause you're a major mythological figure...but now you've just gone nuts!"-Mike Mignola, Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil
16. Pnin
By: Vladimir Nabokov , David Lodge
4.00
Format: 120 pages, Hardcover
One of the best-loved of Nabokov's novels, Pninfeatures his funniest and most heart-rending charact… read more
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17. Fleishman Is in Trouble
By: Taffy Brodesser-Akner
3.64
Format: 373 pages, Hardcover
Recently separated Toby Fleishman is suddenly, somehow – and at age forty-one, short as ever – surr… read more
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- novels
- fiction
"I went back to the bench and lit a cigarette and inhaled, the smoke entering my body and filling it with poison, with something."-Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble
"They became sophisticated in a way that she wasn’t-in a way she’d never be because sophistication is either your first language or you always have an accent in it."-Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble
"I didn’t like the dark matter part. I feel like you can’t just decide something must exist because everything’s reacting to it. You can’t just give it a name and hope it’s true."-Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble
"He understood divorce in a macro way, of course. But he had not yet adjusted to it in a micro way, in the other-side-of-the-bed-being-empty way, in the nobody-to-tell-you-were-running-late way, in th…"-Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Fleishman Is in Trouble
18. Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
By: Eve Babitz
4.10
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Eve Babitz captured the voluptuous quality of L.A. in the1960s in a wildly original, totally unique… read more
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- fiction
"The only time men fall in love with roses is on douche commercials."-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
"...chivalry was just another nefarious masculine scheme to keep women in their place."-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
"Well, who is he?' I asked, the first time I saw Mary with his glazed expression. 'Money,' Mary said."-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
"It's very easy to stand L.A., which is why it's almost inevitable that all sorts of ideas get entertained."-Eve Babitz, Slow Days, Fast Company: The World, the Flesh, and L.A.
19. Tales of Norse Mythology
By: Hélène A. Guerber
3.93
Format: 464 pages, Leather Bound
Scandinavians of the Viking Age explored the mysteries of life through their sagas. Folklorist Hele… read more
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- mythology
20. Merlin
By: Robert Nye
3.65
Format: 238 pages, Paperback
In this rollicking, bawdy extension of the Arthurian legend, Merlin refuses to act out his role as … read more
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- british literature
- literature
- humor
- fiction
- arthurian
- novels
- speculative fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
"The old, endless, approachable and always answering Sorrow," says my father Lucifer. "For who calls on me never goes unanswered. Only prayers to God go without answers."-Robert Nye, Merlin
