Shirley Jackson's American Gothic
By: Darryl Hattenhauer
3.35
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
Best known for her short story “The Lottery” and her novel The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jack…
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1. Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
By: Carmen Maria Machado
3.84
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders betwe… read more
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"I'm having a crisis of function."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"None of us will make it to the end."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"What I say: “Why did you leave her with me?"-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"Everything is soft, like a fresh oil painting."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
2. Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
By: Shirley Jackson , Ruth Franklin , Sarah Hyman DeWitt , Laurence Jackson Hyman , Laurence Hyman
4.08
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Named one of the best books of the year by NPR • From the renowned author of “The Lottery” and The … read more
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"Why do women always look so funny alone at night? she thought. I guess you're so used to seeing them with some one."-Shirley Jackson, Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
"No soporto escribir temas autobiográficos porque si son aburridos, nadie debería leerlos, y si son interesnates, debería usarlos en una historia."-Shirley Jackson, Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
"Detesto scrivere pezzi autobiografici: se il materiale è noioso non bisognerebbe infliggerlo a nessuno, e se è interessante dovrei usarlo per un racconto."-Shirley Jackson, Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
"I loathe writing autobiographical material because if it's dull no-one should have to read it anyway, and if it's interesting I should be using it for a story."-Shirley Jackson, Let Me Tell You: New Stories, Essays, and Other Writings
3. Wide Sargasso Sea
By: Jean Rhys
3.59
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Wide Sargasso Sea, a masterpiece of modern fiction, was Jean Rhys’s return to the literary center s… read more
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"When trouble comes, close ranks"-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
"I thought I'd try to write her a life"-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
"Have all beautiful things sad destinies?"-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
"I thought if I told no one it might not be true."-Jean Rhys, Wide Sargasso Sea
4. Rosemary's Baby
By: Ira Levin
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unawar… read more
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5. The Girl in the Tower (The Winternight Trilogy #2)
By: Katherine Arden
4.37
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingalecontinues as brave Vasya, now a young wo… read more
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6. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
By: Anne Brontë , Stevie Davies
3.52
Format: None pages, Paperback
Note: Editions of The Tenant that start with: "You must go back with me..." are incomplete. Actual … read more
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7. Deathless (Leningrad Diptych, #1)
By: Catherynne M. Valente
4.17
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Koschei the Deathless is to Russian folklore what devils or wicked witches are to European culture:… read more
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8. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
By: Robert Louis Stevenson , Robert Mighall
3.92
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
'He put the glass to his lips and drank at one gulp... his face became suddenly black and the featu… read more
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"I was still cursed with my duality of purpose."-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
"Don't you know Poole, you and I are about to place ourselves in a position of some peril?"-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
"I saw what I saw, I heard what I heard, and my soul sickened at it; and yet now when that sight has faded from my eyes, I ask myself if I believe it, and I cannot answer."-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
"Instantly the spirit of hell awoke in me and raged. With a transport of glee, I mauled the unresisting body, tasting delight from every blow; and it was not till weariness had begun to succeed, that …"-Robert Louis Stevenson, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Tales of Terror
9. Shirley Jackson: Essays on the Literary Legacy
By: Bernice M. Murphy
4.00
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
Shirley Jackson was one of America's most prominent female writers of the 1950s. Between 1948 and 1… read more
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- nonfiction
- literary criticism
10. Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson
By: Judy Oppenheimer
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
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11. The Turn of the Screw
By: Henry James
3.39
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James that first appeared in serial format… read more
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"When I'm bad I am bad !"-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"He fairly glittered in the gloom."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"I was ready to know the very worst that was to be known."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
"There was something between them." "There was everything."-Henry James, The Turn of the Screw
12. Horrorstör
By: Grady Hendrix , None
3.66
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, … read more
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"All great works must begin with a sacrifice."-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör
"the day had been long and her emotions were toast."-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör
"I know this is your religion, but for me it’s just a job."-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör
"Let's make sure it's really raining before we worry about floods."-Grady Hendrix, Horrorstör
13. The Haunting of Hill House
By: Shirley Jackson , None
4.00
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
The classic supernatural thriller by an author who helped define the genre First published in 1959,… read more
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14. The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
By: Angela Carter
3.92
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the B… read more
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"Her hair falls down like tears"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"ordered me a sky from a florist"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My spite was sharp as broken glass"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
"My father lost me to the Beast at cards"-Angela Carter, The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories
15. Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children, #1)
By: Seanan McGuire
3.74
Format: 168 pages, Hardcover
Eleanor West's Home for Wayward Children No Solicitations No Visitors No Quests Children have alway… read more
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16. The Road Through the Wall
By: Shirley Jackson
3.29
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Everyone knew the residents of Pepper Street were "nice" people -- especially the residents themsel… read more
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17. We Have Always Lived in the Castle
By: Shirley Jackson , Jonathan Lethem
4.32
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
Merricat Blackwood lives on the family estate with her sister Constance and her Uncle Julian. Not l… read more
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18. The Lottery and Other Stories
By: Shirley Jackson
4.32
Format: 480 pages,
The Lottery, one of the most terrifying stories written in this century, created a sensation when i… read more
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19. Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery": The Authorized Graphic Adaptation
By: Miles Hyman
3.93
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The classic short story--now in full color Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" continues to thrill and … read more
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20. The Bird's Nest
By: Shirley Jackson
4.40
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with … read more
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21. The Sundial
By: Shirley Jackson
4.18
Format: 411 pages, Paperback
Aunt Fanny knows when the world will end.... Aunt Fanny has always been somewhat peculiar. No one i… read more
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22. A Haunting on the Hill
By: Elizabeth Hand
3.35
Format: 326 pages, Hardcover
From three-time Shirley Jackson, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Hand come… read more
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23. The Haunting Season: Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights
By: Bridget Collins
3.58
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Winter, with its unsettling blend of the cosy and the sinister, has long been a popular time for ga… read more
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24. The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
By: Katherine Arden
4.49
Format: 384 pages, ebook
Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower, Vasya and Mor… read more
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"The more one knows, the sooner one grows old"-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
"Men do the work of devils, do they not? It has always been so."-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
"You were such a sweet child, when I first met you by this very tree,"-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
"You are not alone, he said, in a voice no one but she could hear. Remember."-Katherine Arden, The Winter of the Witch (The Winternight Trilogy, #3)
25. Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
By: Ruth Franklin
4.01
Format: 624 pages, Paperback
Shirley Jackson reveals the tumultuous life and inner darkness of the literary genius behind such c… read more
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"Constance and Merricat are indeed “two halves of the same person,"-Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
"Brown, they would later write, had taught them that the goal of reading and criticizing was "to know and understand, not to like or dislike, and the aim of writing was to get down what you wanted to …"-Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
"Every description is calculated for what it reveals, both about the character to whom it refers and the person whose attitude it represents ... As always in these descriptions, she has a knack for th…"-Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
"If one is bewildered and unhappy, why not show it, and why will not people explain and comfort? But instead—this pretense at calm satisfaction, where underneath there is all the seething restless des…"-Ruth Franklin, Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life
26. The Harpy
By: Megan Hunter
3.31
Format: 194 pages, Hardcover
Lucy and Jake live in a house by a field where the sun burns like a ball of fire. Lucy has set her … read more
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27. The Letters of Shirley Jackson
By: Shirley Jackson
4.55
Format: 623 pages, Hardcover
A bewitchingly brilliant collection of never-before-published letters from the renowned author of "… read more
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"what a shame that dreams are not the stuff that stories are made on."-Shirley Jackson, The Letters of Shirley Jackson
"The road to hell is very likely paved with my notes for stories and books and articles."-Shirley Jackson, The Letters of Shirley Jackson
"what a past. i swear i'd forgotten most of it until these people started telling me about it."-Shirley Jackson, The Letters of Shirley Jackson
28. Shirley Jackson's American Gothic
By: Darryl Hattenhauer
3.35
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
Best known for her short story “The Lottery” and her novel The Haunting of Hill House, Shirley Jack… read more
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- literary criticism
