19 must-read fiction books like I Could Be Your Neighbor, Isn't That Horrifying? by Cavin Bryce Gonzalez

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I Could Be Your Neighbor, Isn't That Horrifying?

By: Cavin Bryce Gonzalez

4.61

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

These are the confessions of a stagnant college graduate seeking solace from his invasive thoughts …

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1. To the Lighthouse

By: Virginia Woolf

3.80

Format: 209 pages, Paperback

The serene and maternal Mrs. Ramsay, the tragic yet absurd Mr. Ramsay, and their children and assor… read more

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  • fiction
"I have had my vision."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"Well, we must wait for the future to show."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"[...] there was only the sound of the sea."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

"The very stone one kicks with one's boot will outlast Shakespeare."

-Virginia Woolf, To the Lighthouse

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2. Roadside Picnic

By: Theodore Sturgeon , Arkady Strugatsky , Boris Strugatsky , Antonina W. Bouis , None

4.14

Format: 145 pages, Paperback

Red Schuhart is a stalker, one of those young rebels who are compelled, in spite of extreme danger,… read more

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  • fiction
"Keep your head high,"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Los halagos son el bálsamo de los complejos."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"You need money so you don’t have to think about money."

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

"Щастие за всички даром и нека никой да не бъде пренебрегнат!"

-Theodore Sturgeon, Roadside Picnic

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3. The Masque of the Red Death

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Format: 9 pages, Paperback

The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague known as the Red Death by … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Existem cordas, nos corações dos mais indiferentes, que não podem ser tocadas sem emoção."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"Even with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"There was much of the beautiful, much of the wanton, much of the bizarre, something of the terrible, and not a little of that which might have excited disgust."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

"And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Masque of the Red Death

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4. 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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  • fiction
"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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5. Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2)

By: Becca Fitzpatrick

3.98

Format: 427 pages, Hardcover

Nora Grey's life is still far from perfect. Surviving an attempt on her life wasn't pleasant, but a… read more

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  • fiction
"Are you defending Marcie?"

-Becca Fitzpatrick, Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2)

"Whoa, who peed in your Cheerios?"

-Becca Fitzpatrick, Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2)

"I’m going to grab a cheeseburger,"

-Becca Fitzpatrick, Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2)

"I love you more than I think I should."

-Becca Fitzpatrick, Crescendo (Hush, Hush, #2)

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6. Invisible Cities

By: Italo Calvino , William Weaver

4.11

Format: 15 pages, Paperback

"Kublai Khan does not necessarily believe everything Marco Polo says when he describes the cities v… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction

7. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

By: Raymond Carver

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Alternate-cover edition can be found  In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation … read more

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8. Tampa

By: Alissa Nutting

3.59

Format: 83 pages, ebook

Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. She's undeniably attractive. Sh… read more

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9. Fathers and Sons

By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None

3.99

Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more

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  • fiction
"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"Death's an old story, but new for each person."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."

-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons

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10. Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)

By: Becca Fitzpatrick

4.07

Format: 440 pages, Hardcover

Nora Grey can't remember the past five months of her life. After the initial shock of waking up in … read more

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  • fiction
"I love you."

-Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)

"Sure thing, Gumdrop."

-Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)

"Girl, I'm going to show you the bear in hug."

-Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)

"Jev stroked his chin. "Do I look like a summer fling?"

-Becca Fitzpatrick, Silence (Hush, Hush, #3)

11. Marigold

By: Troy James Weaver

3.50

Format: 295 pages, Paperback

A thirty-something floral salesman searches for reasons to keep living. read more

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12. White Noise

By: Don DeLillo

3.86

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

The National Book Award-winning classic from the author of Underworld and Libra, now a Netflix film… read more

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  • fiction
"The vast and terrible depth." “Of course,"

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"You are the happy one. I am the doomed fool."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"Fear is self-awareness raised to a higher level."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

"The family is the cradle of the world's misinformation."

-Don DeLillo, White Noise

13. Pastoralia

By: George Saunders

4.34

Format: 168 pages, Paperback

From an author named by The New Yorker as one of the "20 Best American Fiction Writers Under 40," a… read more

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14. Fangs

By: Sarah Andersen

4.24

Format: 115 pages, Kindle Edition

A love story between a vampire and a werewolf by the creator of the enormously popular Sarah's Scri… read more

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  • fiction
"– In all my years, I really haven't slept with many people. I kinda have trust issues. – Why's that? – My „first"

-Sarah Andersen, Fangs

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15. The Salt Grows Heavy

By: Cassandra Khaw

3.59

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

From USA Today bestselling author Cassandra Khaw comes The Salt Grows Heavy, a razor-sharp and bewi… read more

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  • fiction
"And you shall know her by the trail of dead"

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"There is nothing wrong with being a monster."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"A thousand mythologies contributed to my conception."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

"The truth liberates; it cannot cripple or maul, cannot injure, not unless one declares themselves its apostate."

-Cassandra Khaw, The Salt Grows Heavy

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16. Nothing But Blackened Teeth

By: Cassandra Khaw

2.66

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover

Cassandra Khaw's Nothing But Blackened Teeth is a gorgeously creepy haunted house tale, steeped in … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"Every religion is a one-way relationship."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"The dead miss the sun. It's dark down there."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"Media’s all about the gospel of the lone wolf, but the truth is we’re all just sheep."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

"apologies didn’t exonerate the sinner, only compelled graciousness from its recipient."

-Cassandra Khaw, Nothing But Blackened Teeth

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17. See You Yesterday

By: Rachel Lynn Solomon

3.89

Format: 419 pages, Hardcover

Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But whe… read more

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  • fiction
"Maybe not," he says. "But it's nice to dream."

-Rachel Lynn Solomon, See You Yesterday

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18. Alive At The End Of The World

By: Saeed Jones

4.35

Format: 104 pages, Paperback

Pierced by grief and charged with history, this new poetry collection from the award-winning author… read more

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  • poetry
"The end of the world was mistaken for just another midday massacre in America."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"I wish I knew a woman who was both the light and every shadow the light pierces."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"I'm most dangerous when I'm hungry. I'm most hungry when I'm hurting. Seems like I'm always hurting."

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

"A few months and many deaths ago, I asked someone "how are you doing" and felt, in the way her eye fell, how I had failed her before I had even reached the end of my question. I've hurt many people b…"

-Saeed Jones, Alive At The End Of The World

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19. Lore Olympus: Volume Three (Lore Olympus, #3)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.48

Format: 384 pages, Hardcover

Witness what the gods do after dark in the third volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining o… read more

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  • fiction
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20. Lore Olympus: Volume Four (Lore Olympus, #4)

By: Rachel Smythe

4.49

Format: 416 pages, Hardcover

Witness what the gods do after dark in the fourth volume of a stylish and contemporary reimagining … read more

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  • fiction
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21. The Carrying

By: Ada Limon

4.40

Format: 120 pages, Hardcover

From National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Ada Limón comes The Carryi… read more

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  • poetry
"What if, instead of carrying a child, I am supposed to carry grief?"

-Ada Limon, The Carrying

"All I’ve been working on is napping, and maybe being kinder to others, to myself."

-Ada Limon, The Carrying

"I know you don’t always understand, but let me point to the first wet drops landing on the stones, the noise like fingers drumming the skin. I can’t help it. I will never get over making everything s…"

-Ada Limon, The Carrying

"I saw a mom take her raincoat off and give it to her young daughter when a storm took over the afternoon. My god, I thought, my whole life I’ve been under her raincoat thinking it was somehow a marve…"

-Ada Limon, The Carrying

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22. Pumpkinheads

By: Rainbow Rowell

4.03

Format: 209 pages, Hardcover

In Pumpkinheads author Rainbow Rowell and artist Faith Erin Hicks have teamed up to create this ten… read more

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  • fiction
"...I'm your friend. And friends don't let friends live small lives."

-Rainbow Rowell, Pumpkinheads

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23. Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems

By: Megan Fox

3.76

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Megan Fox showcases her wicked humor throughout a heartbreaking and dark collection of poetry. Over… read more

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  • poetry
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24. Soft Science

By: Franny Choi

3.93

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Soft Science explores queer, Asian American femininity. A series of Turing Test-inspired poems grou… read more

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  • poetry
  • fiction
"having been hurt before"

-Franny Choi, Soft Science

"fiended; fell for another"

-Franny Choi, Soft Science

"it's too late to stop smiling."

-Franny Choi, Soft Science

"shouldn't a god have blood to lose"

-Franny Choi, Soft Science

Cover of Everything Is Totally Fine by Zac Smith

25. Everything Is Totally Fine

By: Zac Smith

4.06

Format: 152 pages, Paperback

A collection of weird, surreal, inventive stories ranging from six sentences to eight pages. Animal… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
"I’m the sauce master. President Saucemaster. I feel suicidal every day and I don’t know how anyone doesn’t feel this way."

-Zac Smith, Everything Is Totally Fine

"Venison stinks when you chew it, it stinks in your gullet. The putrid meat expands in your bowels, it constricts the intestines, it constricts the appetite—it murders you slowly, clogging your organs…"

-Zac Smith, Everything Is Totally Fine

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26. I Have A Gun

By: Graham Irvin

4.88

Format: 158 pages, Paperback

There’s a gun inside the soul of every living thing. Made of anger. Made of shame. read more

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  • poetry
"God is a gun that gets you into heaven"

-Graham Irvin, I Have A Gun

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27. People Scare Me: Poems

By: Cash Compson

4.70

Format: None pages, Paperback

“These poems are alive, real, and will make you feel like you’re not crazy.”—ALEX DIMITROV, author … read more

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  • poetry
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28. I Could Be Your Neighbor, Isn't That Horrifying?

By: Cavin Bryce Gonzalez

4.61

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

These are the confessions of a stagnant college graduate seeking solace from his invasive thoughts … read more

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  • poetry
  • short stories
  • fiction
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29. Watertown

By: Dan Eastman

4.80

Format: 96 pages, Paperback

'Watertown' is a book of poems about traffic accidents, dive bars, drunk dads, Wrestlemania XIV, pe… read more

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  • poetry

5 Top short stories books like I Could Be Your Neighbor, Isn't That Horrifying? by Cavin Bryce Gonzalez

Transform Your Habits

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

Transform Your Habits

Invisible Cities

Italo Calvino , William Weaver

4.11

Transform Your Habits

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Cassandra Khaw

2.66

Transform Your Habits

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Zac Smith

4.06

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Maggie Stiefvater

3.76

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Maggie Stiefvater

3.89

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Lauren Kate

3.72

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