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1. The Nameless City
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.62
Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition
"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first publishe… read more
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"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City
"But as always in my strange and roving existence, wonder soon drove out fear; for the luminous abyss and what it might contain presented a problem worthy of the greatest explorer."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City
"When I drew nigh the nameless city I knew it was accursed. I was travelling in a parched and terrible valley under the moon, and afar I saw it protruding uncannily above the sands as parts of a corps…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City
2. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier
By: Alan Moore , Kevin O'Neill , Ray Zone
3.47
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
England in the mid 1950s is not the same as it was. The powers that be have instituted...some chang… read more
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"Not thou alone, but all humanity doth in its progress fable emulate. Whence came thy rocket-ships and submarine if not from Nautilus, from Cavorite? Your trustiest companions since the cave, we appar…"-Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier
3. Women
By: Charles Bukowski
3.81
Format: 291 pages, Paperback
Low-life writer and unrepentant alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. After decades of slac… read more
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"Are you anti-black? I'm anti-everything."-Charles Bukowski, Women
"My cock was hard, but my spirit wasn't in it."-Charles Bukowski, Women
"You're the most unknown famous man I ever met"-Charles Bukowski, Women
"You're the most unknown famous man I ever met."-Charles Bukowski, Women
4. Pale Fire
By: Vladimir Nabokov
3.98
Format: 574 pages,
The urbane authority that Vladimir Nabokov brought to every word he ever wrote, and the ironic amus… read more
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5. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
By: Harlan Ellison , Theodore Sturgeon
3.90
Format: 134 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published in 1967 and re-issued in 1983, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream contains seven sto… read more
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"I have no mouth. And I must scream..."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"i loooveee ted i loove ted s much he is soooo hot"-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"Gespräche behagten ihm ebenso wenig wie das Leben."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
"I am ... cogito ergo sum ... I think, therefore I am."-Harlan Ellison, I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
6. The Lottery
By: Shirley Jackson
4.05
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more
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"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
7. I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
By: Harlan Ellison
5.00
Format: 398 pages, ebook
"I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi short story by Harlan Ellison. It… read more
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8. The Tell-Tale Heart
By: Edgar Allan Poe , Byron Glaser , None
4.24
Format: 31 pages, Library Binding
A man confronts himself and an unknown listener with his desire to murder an old man. In this cl… read more
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"would a madman have been so wise as this?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"And have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over-acuteness of the sense?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"If you still think me mad, you will think so no longer when I describe the wise precautions I took for the concealment of the body."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
"Basta ya de fingir, malvados! -aullé-. ¡Confieso que lo maté! ¡Levanten esos tablones! ¡Ahí… ahí! ¡Donde está latiendo su horrible corazón!"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Tell-Tale Heart
9. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1969
By: Alan Moore , Kevin O'Neill
4.19
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
The third volume detailing the exploits of Miss Wilhelmina Murray and her extraordinary colleagues,… read more
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10. The Outsider
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.10
Format: 290 pages,
"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March an… read more
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11. Ham on Rye
By: Charles Bukowski
3.40
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely … read more
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12. La música de Erich Zann
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.00
Format: 16 pages, ebook
"The Music of Erich Zann" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December … read more
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13. Train Dreams
By: Denis Johnson
3.67
Format: 272 pages,
Denis Johnson's Train Dreamsis an epic in miniature, one of his most evocative and poignant fiction… read more
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14. On the Genealogy of Morals
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Douglas Smith
4.13
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. N… read more
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"We are noble, good, beautiful, and happy!"-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals
"There is so much in man that is horrifying!.. The world has been a madhouse for too long!..."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals
"Somebody said: "About two persons I have never reflected very thoroughly: that is the testimony of my love for them."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals
"All concepts in which an entire process is semiotically concentrated elude definition; only that which has no history is definable."-Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals
15. 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
16. Sanctuary
By: William Faulkner
4.32
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Psychologically astute and wonderfully poetic, Sanctuaryis a powerful novel examining the nature of… read more
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17. The Call of Cthulhu
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.44
Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition
One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more
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18. Dark Property
By: Brian Evenson
3.46
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
A woman carries a dying baby across a desert waste, moving toward a fortress harboring a mysterious… read more
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19. Twilight of the Idols
By: Friedrich Nietzsche , Tracy B. Strong , Richard Polt
3.45
Format: 216 pages, Paperback
Twilight of the Idols. Nietzsche's own unabashed appraisal of the last work intended to serve as a … read more
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20. All Tomorrows: The Myriad Species and Mixed Fortunes of Man
By: Nemo Ramjet
4.21
Format: 111 pages, ebook
The story begins in the near future, as burgeoning population pressures force humanity to terraform… read more
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21. Howling Dark (Sun Eater, #2)
By: Christopher Ruocchio
4.39
Format: 688 pages, Hardcover
The second novel of the galaxy-spanning Sun Eater series merges the best of space opera and epic fa… read more
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22. At Night All Blood is Black
By: David Diop
3.82
Format: 145 pages, Hardcover
Alfa Ndiaye is a Senegalese man who, never before having left his village, finds himself fighting a… read more
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"La nuit, tous les sangs sont noirs."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
"Temporary madness, in war, is bravery's sister."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
"Laughter brings laughter and smiles bring smiles."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
"God's truth, each thing carries its opposite within."-David Diop, At Night All Blood is Black
23. The Wind Began to Howl (Isaiah Coleridge, #3.5)
By: Laird Barron
4.31
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Laird Barron's acclaimed crime saga makes a triumphant return in The Wind Began to Howl, an all-new… read more
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24. Maggie's Grave
By: David Sodergren
4.06
Format: 268 pages, Kindle Edition
The small Scottish town of Auchenmullan is dead, and has been for years. It sits in the shadow of a… read more
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25. Abnormal Statistics
By: Max Booth III
3.99
Format: 266 pages, Paperback
Suburban decay, familial horror, bleak lullabies. Abnormal Statistics is the debut story collection… read more
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"There are always concerns. Eating holes in your stomach. Scrambling your brain. Making your skin itch and itch and itch. Sometimes it feels like too much for a kid your age to handle. Sometimes it fe…"-Max Booth III, Abnormal Statistics
26. Books Are Made Out of Books: A Guide to Cormac McCarthy's Literary Influences
By: Michael Lynn Crews
4.16
Format: 356 pages, Hardcover
Cormac McCarthy told an interviewer for the New York Times Magazine that “books are made out of boo… read more
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27. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 4: The Tempest
By: Alan Moore
3.71
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Welcome to the story to end all stories. Two decades of literary League lunacy have all been buildi… read more
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28. Crypt of the Moon Spider (Lunar Gothic Trilogy, #1)
By: Nathan Ballingrud
4.18
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Crypt of the Moon Spider is a dark and dreamy tale of horror, corruption, and identity spun into th… read more
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29. Sarafina
By: Philip Fracassi
4.85
Format: None pages, Hardcover
During one of the most violent battles of the Civil War, three brothers fighting for the Confederat… read more
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30. I Think My Treehouse Is Haunted
By: Philip Fracassi
4.50
Format: None pages, ebook
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31. A Drowning Incident
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.87
Format: None pages, None
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