House of Horror: The Complete Hammer Films Story
By: Allen Eyles
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Hammer films remains one of the most successful and legendary of all British film companies. Their …
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1. Geek Love
By: Katherine Dunn
3.95
Format: 348 pages, Paperback
Geek Love is the story of the Binewskis, a carny family whose mater- and paterfamilias set out ― wi… read more
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"You must have wished a million times to be normal."-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
"A true freak cannot be made. A true freak must be born."-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
"There are parts of Texas where a fly lives ten thousand years and a man can't die soon enough."-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
"It is coincidence, I decide, and I am getting old and batty, thinking the universe revolves around me."-Katherine Dunn, Geek Love
2. Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
By: Raymond Chandler
4.10
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Marlowe's about to give up on a completely routine case when he finds himself in the wrong place at… read more
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"She was a cute as a washtub."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
"It was a nice walk, if you liked grunting."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
"She gave me a smile I could feel in my hip pocket."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
"The coffee shop smell was strong enough to build a garage on."-Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely (Philip Marlowe, #2)
3. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.95
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more
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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
4. Falling Angel
By: James Crumley , William Hjortsberg , Ridley Scott
3.91
Format: 302 pages, Hardcover
A spellbinding novel of murder, mystery, and the occult, Falling Angel pits a tough New York privat… read more
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"I like your eyes when you get mad," I said. "They glow like embers."-James Crumley, Falling Angel
"Her wavy, shoulder-length hair was the colour of polished mahogany."-James Crumley, Falling Angel
"I was examining the perfumed, coloured candles guaranteed to bring good fortune with continued use when a lovely mocha-skinned girl came in from the back room and stood behind the counter. She wore a…"-James Crumley, Falling Angel
5. The Thin Man
By: Dashiell Hammett
3.82
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve h… read more
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6. The Drowning Pool
By: Ross Macdonald
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face-down in the family pool, the prime suspects are… read more
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7. This Is Orson Welles
By: Orson Welles , Peter Bogdanovich
3.00
Format: 76 pages, Paperback
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8. Psycho
By: Robert Bloch
4.00
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
It was a dark and stormy night when Mary Crane glimpsed the unlit neon sign announcing the vacancy … read more
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9. The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
By: Patricia Highsmith
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing co… read more
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10. Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories
By: Robert Aickman
4.40
Format: 436 pages,
Cold Hand in Minewas first published in the UK in 1975 and in the US in 1977. The story Pages from … read more
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11. The Moving Target
By: Ross Macdonald
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Like many Southern California millionaires, Ralph Sampson keeps odd company. There's the sun-worshi… read more
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12. Dark Harvest
By: Norman Partridge
4.02
Format: 982 pages,
Winner of the Bram Stoker Award and named one of the 100 Best Novels of 2006 by Publishers Weekly, … read more
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13. The Running Man
By: Stephen King , Richard Bachman
3.90
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
In the year 2025, the best men don't run for president, they run for their lives... Ben Richard… read more
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"Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk."-Stephen King, The Running Man
"Say your name over two hundred times and discover you are no one."-Stephen King, The Running Man
"The woman had looked into the abyss and then walked out across it."-Stephen King, The Running Man
"...sie würden Christus persönlich überfallen, um ein Pfund Salami zu ergattern."-Stephen King, The Running Man
14. Night Shift
By: Stephen King , John D. MacDonald
4.04
Format: 409 pages, Paperback
A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by th… read more
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"You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you."-Stephen King, Night Shift
"She wasn't like a jukebox; you never had to put in a dime and she never came unplugged."-Stephen King, Night Shift
"If seven hundred monkeys typed for seven hundred years, one of them would turn out the works of Shakespeare,"-Stephen King, Night Shift
"There are spiritually noxious places, buildings where the milk of the cosmos has become sour and rancid. This church is such a place; I would swear to it."-Stephen King, Night Shift
15. Christine
By: Stephen King , None
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
"This is the story of a lover's triangle...It was bad from the start. And it got worse in a hurry."… read more
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16. Goldfinger (James Bond, #7)
By: Ian Fleming
3.85
Format: None pages, Paperback
Auric Goldfinger, the most phenomenal criminal Bond has ever faced, is an evil genius who likes his… read more
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17. The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.00
Format: 18 pages,
The weird fiction short stories of H.P. Lovecraft from 1917-1935. Excludes collaborations. The eBoo… read more
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18. The Conspiracy Against the Human Race
By: Thomas Ligotti , Ray Brassier
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
"The Conspiracy against the Human Race sets out what is perhaps the most sustained challenge yet to… read more
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19. The Exorcist Legacy: 50 Years of Fear
By: Nat Segaloff
3.74
Format: 330 pages, Hardcover
Since 1973, The Exorcist and its progeny have scared and inspired half a century of filmgoers. Now,… read more
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20. Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
By: Arnold Schwarzenegger
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—di… read more
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"The fact that I had such vivid impressions and expectations at all is the reason I got there in the first place."-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
"The beauty of pain, not only is it temporary...is it tells you when you begin to give enough of yourself in pursuit of your dreams. If the work hasn't hurt or cost you anything, or at least made you …"-Arnold Schwarzenegger, Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
21. All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told
By: Douglas Wolk
4.01
Format: 367 pages, Hardcover
The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics' interconnected, half-million-page story, a revela… read more
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"If he does find himself back in the mountain of Marvels, or if he never leaves it, I hope he finds its glorious imaginary world changing all the time, keeping pace with the real one in which he lives…"-Douglas Wolk, All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told
"As you explore the Marvel story, it becomes another world you can call your own, one that's constantly expanding and full of unfinished wonders. You can no more exhaust its possibilities than the rea…"-Douglas Wolk, All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told
22. Taking Shape: Developing Halloween From Script to Scream
By: Dustin McNeill
4.34
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
Silver Shamrock. Thorn. White Horses. It’s all in here. Join authors Dustin McNeill and Travis Mull… read more
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23. House of Horror: The Complete Hammer Films Story
By: Allen Eyles
3.83
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Hammer films remains one of the most successful and legendary of all British film companies. Their … read more
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- film
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- horror
24. Anno Dracula 1999: Daikaiju
By: Kim Newman
3.71
Format: 316 pages, Paperback
The new novel in the acclaimed alternate history vampire series from Kim Newman."Compulsory reading… read more
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"You’re a woman,’ he said. ‘You can’t resist me.’ ‘I’m gender non-binary, you shit."-Kim Newman, Anno Dracula 1999: Daikaiju
