14 Best horror books like Demônios by Aluísio Azevedo

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Demônios

By: Aluísio Azevedo

3.96

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

'Demônios' é o primeiro volume de contos de Aluísio Azevedo. Publicado em 1893, reúne pequenas narr…

"E fez-se então a mais completa, a mais cerrada escuridão que é possível conceber. Era a treva absoluta; treva de morte; treva de caos; treva que só compreende quem tiver os olhos arrancados e as órbitas entupidas de terra."

-Aluísio Azevedo, Demônios

"E fez-se então a mais completa, a mais cerrada escuridão que é possível conceber. Era a treva absoluta; treva de morte; treva de caos; treva que só compreende quem tiver os olhos arrancados e as órbitas entupidas de terra."

-Aluísio Azevedo, Demônios

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1. Rage

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.73

Format: 131 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A disturbed high-school student with authority problems kills one of his teachers and takes the res… read more

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"Be'…"

-Stephen King, Rage

"You’re on, Ted,"

-Stephen King, Rage

"That was Dad's life, and I was the birdshit on his windshield."

-Stephen King, Rage

"If I knew what was making me do it, I probably wouldn't have to."

-Stephen King, Rage

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2. Love in the Time of Cholera

By: Gabriel García Márquez , Edith Grossman

3.94

Format: 348 pages, Paperback

In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventuall… read more

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"I’ve remained a virgin for you."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"مايؤلمني في الموت هو ألا أموت حبا"

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"Be calm. God awaits you at the door."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

"He is ugly and sad... but he is all love."

-Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

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3. Troubling Love

By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein

3.26

Format: 139 pages, Paperback

Set in Naples, Italy, this debut novel by New York Times bestselling author Elena Ferrante (My Bril… read more

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4. The Yellow Wall-Paper

By: Charlotte Perkins Gilman , Elaine R. Hedges , Elaine Hedges

4.08

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

Diagnosed by her physician husband with a “temporary nervous depression—a slight hysterical tendenc… read more

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  • horror
"Its time we woke up,"

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"This was not life, this was a nightmare."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"John laughs at me, of course, but one expects that in marriage."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

"It is so hard to talk with John about my case, because he is so wise, and because he loves me so."

-Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Yellow Wall-Paper

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5. South of the Border, West of the Sun

By: Haruki Murakami , Philip Gabriel

3.86

Format: 190 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover edition here. Growing up in the suburbs of post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime t… read more

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"Is that what you see in my eyes, that you know nothing about me?"

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"But you know Hajime, some feelings cause us pain because they remain."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"Loving her, and being loved, was the only way I could hold myself together."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

"What we needed were not words and promises but the steady accumulation of small realities."

-Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun

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6. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

3.34

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Today, F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his novels, but in his lifetime, his fame stemmed from his … read more

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7. The Invisible Man

By: H.G. Wells , Дмитро Паламарчук

3.64

Format: 192 pages, Mass Market Paperback

This masterpiece of science fiction is the fascinating story of Griffin, a scientist who creates a … read more

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  • horror
"But giving drugs to a cat is no joke, Kemp!"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"I never blame anyone," said Kemp. "It's quite out of fashion."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"Very well," said the Voice, in a tone of relief. "Then I'm going to throw flints at you till you think differently."

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

"And there it was, on a shabby bed in a tawdry, ill-lighted bedroom, surrounded by a crowd of ignorant and excited people, broken and wounded, betrayed and unpitied, that Griffin, the first of all men…"

-H.G. Wells, The Invisible Man

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8. Noite na Taverna

By: Álvares de Azevedo

3.76

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

Manuel Antônio Álvares de Azevedo (1831-1852), escritor e poeta romântico, foi em tudo coerente com… read more

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9. Viagem e Vaga Música

By: Cecília Meireles

4.19

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

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10. The Regulators

By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman

3.72

Format: 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback

There's a place in Wentworth, Ohio, where summer is in full swing. It's called Poplar Street. Up un… read more

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"Brad looked at his wife with that expression of love that is the sole property of people who have been married over ten years."

-Stephen King, The Regulators

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11. Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

By: Carolina Maria de Jesus , None

4.47

Format: 199 pages, Paperback

O diário da catadora de papel Carolina Maria de Jesus deu origem à este livro, que relata o cotidia… read more

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"Why is it that the saints of June are honored with fire?"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"A noite está tépida. O céu está salpicado de estrelas. Eu que sou exótica gostaria de recortar um pedaço do céu para fazer um vestido"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"Eskiden unlu maddeler pahalı idi. Şimdi de pirinç ve fasulye onları gölgede bıraktı.Yeni zenginler gibi asillerin tarafına geçtiler. Demek siz de, fasulye ve pirinç, bizi terkettiniz?"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

"Skeçler yazıp sirk müdürüne götürdüm. Bana, "Ne yazık ki zencisiniz." diye cevap verdiler. Kıvırcık saçlarımla, esmer tenimi ne kadar sevdiğimi unutuyorlar halbuki. Hatta zencilerin saçlarını beyazla…"

-Carolina Maria de Jesus, Quarto de Despejo: Diário de Uma Favelada

12. Confessions

By: Kanae Minato , Stephen Snyder

3.51

Format: None pages, Paperback

Her pupils killed her daughter. Now, she will have her revenge. After an engagement that ended in t… read more

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13. Uzumaki, Vol. 1

By: Junji Ito

4.58

Format: 226 pages, Paperback

Shortly after Shuichi Saito's father becomes obsessed with spirals -- snail shells, whirlpools, and… read more

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14. Mar Absoluto/Retrato Natural

By: Cecília Meireles

3.80

Format: 275 pages, Paperback

Escritos em 1945 e 1949, os dois livros de poesia reunidos neste volume sao expressoes de uma exper… read more

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15. The Passion According to G.H.

By: Clarice Lispector , None

4.13

Format: 173 pages, Paperback

G.H., a well-to-do Rio sculptress, enters the room of her maid, which is as clear and white 'as in … read more

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"I don't want beauty, I want identity."

-Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.

"I' is merely one of the world's instantaneous spasms."

-Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.

"The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence."

-Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.

"In the world there exists no aesthetic plane, not even the aesthetic plane of goodness."

-Clarice Lispector, The Passion According to G.H.

16. Antes do Baile Verde

By: Lygia Fagundes Telles

4.14

Format: 200 pages,

Reuniao de narrativas escritas entre 1949 e 1969, Antes do baile verde e considerado por muitos cri… read more

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17. Different Seasons

By: Stephen King

4.21

Format: 391 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A "hypnotic" (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas from Stephen King bound t… read more

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18. Água Viva

By: Clarice Lispector , Benjamin Moser , Stefan Tobler

4.29

Format: 88 pages, Paperback

Lispector at her most philosophically radical. A meditation on the nature of life and time, Água Vi… read more

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"I always give names to things"

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"I'm not a synonym—I'm a proper noun."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"Suddenly I was crying. It was already love."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

"To write you I first cover myself with perfume."

-Clarice Lispector, Água Viva

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19. Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

By: Machado de Assis

4.25

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

A publicação de 'Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas' não só inaugura o Realismo no Brasil, como inicia… read more

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"Quem escapa do perigo vive a vida com outra intensidade."

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

"Em verdade vos digo que toda a sabedoria humana não vale um par de botas curtas."

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

"Diz que o homem tem “uma grande vantagem sobre o resto do universo: sabe que morre, ao passo que o universo ignora-o absolutamente"

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

"هر دوره زندگی چاپ جدیدی است که چاپ قبلی را تصحیح می‌کند و خودش هم در چاپ بعدی تصحیح می‌شود، تا برسد به چاپ متن نهایی که ناشر به کرم ها تقدیم میکندش."

-Machado de Assis, Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas

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20. O Alienista

By: Machado de Assis

4.10

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Clássico da literatura brasileira, este texto de Machado de Assis continua sendo, cento e trinta an… read more

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"Portando que se devia admitir como normal e exemplar o desequilíbrio das faculdades."

-Machado de Assis, O Alienista

"Bacamarte evidenced neither vanity nor modesty; he listened in silence, as impassive as a stone god."

-Machado de Assis, O Alienista

"Los locos de amor eran tres o cuatro, pero sólo les resultaban asombrosos por la curiosa índole de su delirio."

-Machado de Assis, O Alienista

"Till now, madness has been thought a small island in an ocean of sanity. I am beginning to suspect that it is not an island at all but a continent."

-Machado de Assis, O Alienista

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21. Suicidas

By: Raphael Montes

4.12

Format: 488 pages, Paperback

Um porão, nove jovens e uma Magnum 608. O que poderia ter levado universitários da elite carioca – … read more

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22. I Am Legend

By: Richard Matheson

4.06

Format: 162 pages, Kindle Edition

Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman and c… read more

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  • horror
"Miniture protoplasm, the dirty little bastard!"

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

"What would a Mohammedan vampire do if faced with a cross?"

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

"Full circle. A new terror born in death, a new superstition entering the unassailable fortress of forever. I am legend."

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

"It’s horrible," she said. He looked at her in surprise. Horrible? Wasn’t that odd? He hadn’t thought that for years. For him the word “horror"

-Richard Matheson, I Am Legend

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23. Motherthing

By: Ainslie Hogarth

3.67

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

A darkly funny domestic horror novel about a woman who must take drastic measures to save her husba… read more

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"Too much human touching will change a thing."

-Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing

"A Good Woman butchers her meat properly, without cruelty."

-Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing

"I bubble again with blinding-hot, spine-severing cumshitkill."

-Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing

"I can save you. With Secrets of a Famous Chef I can save you."

-Ainslie Hogarth, Motherthing

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24. Cursed Bunny

By: Bora Chung

3.78

Format: 251 pages, Paperback

Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring t… read more

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  • horror
"Her husband had pursued an “alternative lifestyle"

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"One can break the curse, but it is impossible to cure their blindness from greed. They were always ready to wage another war"

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"But there I remained, standing in the bathroom, waiting for someone to miraculously find me, to release me from my ties to this life."

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

"Once you experience a terrible trauma and understand the world from an extreme perspective, it is difficult to overcome this perspective. Because your very survival depends on it."

-Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny

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25. The Chestnut Man

By: Søren Sveistrup

4.21

Format: 519 pages, Hardcover

If you find one, he’s already found you. A psychopath is terrorizing Copenhagen. His callin… read more

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  • horror
"Os mortos não podem fazer sombra aos vivos."

-Søren Sveistrup, The Chestnut Man

"(...) a tristeza é um amor que ficou sem casa, e temos de aprender a viver com ela e a seguir em frente."

-Søren Sveistrup, The Chestnut Man

"- Ninguém sabe. Talvez esteja apenas perdida. Às vezes as pessoas perdem-se e têm dificuldade em encontrar o caminho de casa. Mas, se ela estiver perdida, vamos encontrá-la."

-Søren Sveistrup, The Chestnut Man

"(...) É uma coisa pequena, mas é importante. Os mortos não podem fazer sombra aos vivos. Foi o que lhe disseram os psicólogos e terapeutas, e todas as fibras do seu corpo lhe dizem que eles têm razão."

-Søren Sveistrup, The Chestnut Man

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26. The Good Son

By: You-Jeong Jeong

3.75

Format: 309 pages, Paperback

'The Talented Mr. Ripley meets The Bad Seed in this breathless, chilling psychological thriller by … read more

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  • horror
"O destino não perdoa, Pode fechar os olhos de vez em quando, mas não tarda a abri-los."

-You-Jeong Jeong, The Good Son

"I slept in his room for the rest of that year and continued until the spring I turned nine, the year he died."

-You-Jeong Jeong, The Good Son

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27. Enterre seus mortos

By: Ana Paula Maia

3.83

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Edgar Wilson é “um homem simples que executa tarefas”. Trabalha no órgão responsável por recolher a… read more

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  • horror
"Em todo caso, são dias de penitência."

-Ana Paula Maia, Enterre seus mortos

"Existe uma ausência urgente pairando em cada centímetro do vilarejo."

-Ana Paula Maia, Enterre seus mortos

"É meio filho de Deus, meio filho da puta, assim como a maioria de nós."

-Ana Paula Maia, Enterre seus mortos

"Desde que os recolheu, tornou-se responsável por eles. De certa forma isso o faz se sentir menos miserável, porém não mais feliz."

-Ana Paula Maia, Enterre seus mortos

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28. A estrutura da bolha de sabão

By: Lygia Fagundes Telles

4.15

Format: 204 pages, Paperback

Esta reunião de oito contos escritos por Lygia Fagundes Telles em épocas e circunstâncias diversas … read more

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"Não conte a ninguém, mas descobri, a bolha de sabão é o amor"

-Lygia Fagundes Telles, A estrutura da bolha de sabão

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29. A Vida Eterna

By: Machado de Assis

3.77

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Este eBook foi convertido ao formato digital por uma comunidade de voluntários. Você pode encontra-… read more

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  • horror
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30. Demônios

By: Aluísio Azevedo

3.96

Format: 207 pages, Paperback

'Demônios' é o primeiro volume de contos de Aluísio Azevedo. Publicado em 1893, reúne pequenas narr… read more

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  • horror
"E fez-se então a mais completa, a mais cerrada escuridão que é possível conceber. Era a treva absoluta; treva de morte; treva de caos; treva que só compreende quem tiver os olhos arrancados e as órbi…"

-Aluísio Azevedo, Demônios

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31. Ai de Ti, Copacabana

By: Rubem Braga

4.07

Format: 208 pages, Paperback

'Ai de ti, Copacabana', de Rubens Braga, é um livro que reúne crônicas, escritas de abril de 1955 a… read more

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