7 must-read nonfiction books like The Tarot of Leonora Carrington by Leonora Carrington

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The Tarot of Leonora Carrington

By: Leonora Carrington

4.32

Format: 120 pages, None

An oracular Surrealism: the debut presentation of Leonora Carrington's recently discovered tarot de…

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1. Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art

By: Leonora Carrington , Susan L. Aberth

4.37

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

This is the first book to survey the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (born 19… read more

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  • occult
  • art
  • nonfiction
  • surreal
"If you are in a condition of inferiority, I think it affects you very much creatively. You have incredible visions but you might be too bashful to show them. Your creativity becomes inhibited. I've a…"

-Leonora Carrington, Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art

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2. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho

By: Sappho , Anne Carson

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

From poet and classicist Anne Carson comes this translation of the work of Sappho, together with th… read more

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3. Goose of Hermogenes

By: Peter Owen , Ithell Colquhoun , Eric Ratcliffe

3.66

Format: 336 pages, Paperback

The heroine of this story (described only as "I") is compelled to visit a mysterious uncle who turn… read more

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  • occult
  • surreal
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4. A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

By: Joanna Biggs

4.01

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2023 by the New York Times , The Week , Vulture , Elle, and The Mi… read more

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  • nonfiction
"The wound my unsuspecting heart formerly received is not healed,"

-Joanna Biggs, A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again

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5. Helpmeet

By: Naben Ruthnum

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

It's 1900, and Louise Wilk is taking her dying husband from Manhattan to the upstate orchard estate… read more

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"This isn’t like the nose. That came off, like it was being picked at, pulled, tugged like taffy. This is from the inside. I can feel it when I’m going to sleep. Through the optic nerves. Drinking, ge…"

-Naben Ruthnum, Helpmeet

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6. The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

By: Olga Ravn

3.67

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

A workplace novel of the 22nd century The near-distant future. Millions of kilometres from Earth… read more

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"This is not a human, but a coworker."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Cada ação encerra em si um elemento de caos."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Tudo precisa atravessar enormes distâncias para se tornar o que é."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

"Eu também tenho em mim palavras apagadas que deveria ter dito e já não sei mais o que significam."

-Olga Ravn, The Employees: A Workplace Novel of the 22nd Century

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7. Ghost Wall

By: Sarah Moss

3.73

Format: 152 pages, Hardcover

In the north of England, far from the intrusions of cities but not far from civilization, Silvie an… read more

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"It was bright again, as if England had forgotten how to rain"

-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall

"Lights blind you; there's a lot you miss by gathering at the fireside."

-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall

"Haven't you been listening, people don't bother to hurt what they don't love. To sacrifice it."

-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall

"I knew better than to challenge him; even the word 'Negro' was already some concession to my ideas because he preferred to use a more offensive term and wait, chin raised, for a reaction."

-Sarah Moss, Ghost Wall

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8. A Shining

By: Jon Fosse

3.49

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more

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"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"

-Jon Fosse, A Shining

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9. A Book of Days

By: Patti Smith

4.26

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winnin… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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10. My Death

By: Lisa Tuttle

3.98

Format: 93 pages, Paperback

A widowed writer begins to work on a biography of a novelist and artist—and soon uncovers bizarre p… read more

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11. The Perfect Loaf: The Craft and Science of Sourdough Breads, Sweets, and More: A Baking Book

By: Maurizio Leo

4.66

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • IACP AWARD WINNER • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A dynamic, authoritative… read more

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  • nonfiction
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12. Julia

By: Sandra Newman

3.78

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

London, chief city of Airstrip One, the third most populous province of Oceana. It's 1984 and Julia… read more

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"У цьому весь жах. Ти не маєш вибору, а все ж мусиш діяти точно так, ніби маєш."

-Sandra Newman, Julia

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13. The Forester's Daughter

By: Claire Keegan

4.07

Format: 68 pages, Paperback

Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at… read more

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14. The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington

By: Joanna Moorhead

4.27

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

A personal biography of Leonora Carrington, the debutante who ran away to Mexico and became one of … read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
"Death makes pioneers of us all, whether we like it or whether we don't."

-Joanna Moorhead, The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington

"Leonora [had an] instinctive conviction that the world needs to be seen as a layering of experiences and events."

-Joanna Moorhead, The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington

"You're trying to intellectualise something, desperately, and you're wasting your time ... To make it into mini-logic ... you never understand by that road. - Quoting Leonora Carrington"

-Joanna Moorhead, The Surreal Life of Leonora Carrington

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15. Surreal Spaces: The Life and Art of Leonora Carrington

By: Joanna Moorhead

4.50

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

An illustrated biography of the pioneering British artist and writer, tracing her life and work thr… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
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16. Flunker

By: Dennis Cooper

3.94

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

When Dennis Cooper decides to publish a new collection of short stories with Amphetamine Sulphate, … read more

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17. Final Cut

By: Charles Burns

3.88

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

The beloved and award-winning author of BLACK HOLE's haunting and visually arresting story of an ar… read more

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18. The Tarot of Leonora Carrington

By: Leonora Carrington

4.32

Format: 120 pages, None

An oracular Surrealism: the debut presentation of Leonora Carrington's recently discovered tarot de… read more

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  • art
  • occult
  • nonfiction
  • tarot
  • surreal
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19. Rogomelec (The Envelope-silence, 6)

By: Leonor Fini

3.79

Format: 66 pages, Paperback

The first translation of Leonor Fini’s voluptuous and antipatriarchal gothic novel Originally publi… read more

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20. Good Night, Sleep Tight

By: Brian Evenson

4.30

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

“PERHAPS TOMORROW I WILL WAKE UP ANOTHER PERSON. PERHAPS TOMORROW I WILL WAKE UP NOT A PERSON AT AL… read more

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4.37

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Patti Smith

4.26

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Joanna Moorhead

4.27

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4.50

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Nathan Ballingrud

3.97

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Thomas Ligotti , None

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