Shadows of Carcosa: Tales of Cosmic Horror by Lovecraft, Chambers, Machen, Poe, and Other Masters of the Weird
By: Ambrose Bierce , H.P. Lovecraft , Edgar Allan Poe , Robert W. Chambers , Arthur Machen
3.88
Format: 0 pages, ebook
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1. The Moviegoer
By: Walker Percy
3.65
Format: 242 pages, Paperback
When "The Moviegoer" was first published in 1961, it won the National Book Award and established Wa… read more
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- fiction
"Peklo nemůže být plné ohně - existují daleko horší věci."-Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
"Have you noticed that only in time of illness or disaster or death are people real?"-Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
"I have discovered that most people have no one to talk to, no one, that is, who really wants to listen."-Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
"This Midwestern sky is the nakedest loneliest sky in America. To escape it, people live inside and underground."-Walker Percy, The Moviegoer
2. On the Marble Cliffs
By: Stuart Hood , George Steiner , Ernst Jünger
3.80
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
The peaceful and traditional people, located on the shores of a large bay, are surrounded by the ro… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"The downfall of order brings good to none."-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
"Such are the cellars over which the proud castles of tyranny rise and above which the aromas of their feast swirl: putrid caves of a gruesome kind in which the depraved rabble regales itself with the…"-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
"We cannot count on seeing our work completed here below, and happy is the man whose will is not too painfully invested in his efforts. No house is built, no plan created, in which ruin is not the cor…"-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
"I had often doubted; now I was convinced: there were still noble beings among us in whose hearts knowledge of the higher order was preserved and perpetuated. A lofty example enjoins us to follow, and…"-Stuart Hood, On the Marble Cliffs
3. Cane
By: Jean Toomer , Darwin Turner
3.83
Format: 116 pages, Paperback
A literary masterpiece of the Harlem Renaissance, Cane is a powerful work of innovative fiction evo… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
"Call them from their houses, and teach them to dream."-Jean Toomer, Cane
"Her own glowing is too rich a thing to let her feel the slimness of his diluted passion."-Jean Toomer, Cane
"There is no such thing as happiness. Life bends joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, in such a way that no one may isolate them."-Jean Toomer, Cane
"I like to feel that something deep in me responded to the trees, the young trees that whinnied like colts impatient to be let free…"-Jean Toomer, Cane
4. The Elementals
By: Michael McDowell
4.01
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
On a split of land cut off by the Gulf, three Victorian summer houses stand against the encroaching… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"Savage mothers eat their children!"-Michael McDowell, The Elementals
"There's no point in advertising a circus when everybody hates the clown."-Michael McDowell, The Elementals
5. Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing-Over Place
By: Coll Thrush
3.82
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Winner of the 2008 Washington State Book Award for History/Biography In traditional scholarship, Na… read more
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6. The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
By: H.P. Lovecraft , S.T. Joshi
4.03
Format: 420 pages, Paperback
A definitive collection of stories from the unrivaled master of twentieth-century horror. "I thi… read more
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- lovecraftian
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
"The more he withdrew from the world around him, the more wonderful became his dreams."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
"This place had once been the seat of an evil older than mankind and wider than the known universe."-H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming. "-H.P. Lovecraft, The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
7. Shadows of Carcosa: Tales of Cosmic Horror by Lovecraft, Chambers, Machen, Poe, and Other Masters of the Weird
By: Ambrose Bierce , H.P. Lovecraft , Edgar Allan Poe , Robert W. Chambers , Arthur Machen
3.88
Format: 0 pages, ebook
From the fictional land of Carcosa that inspired the HBO show True Detective to H. P. Lovecraft's a… read more
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- lovecraftian
- weird fiction
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
8. The Rim of Morning: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror
By: Stephen King , William Sloane
3.71
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the 1930s, William Sloane wrote two brilliant novels that gave a whole new meaning to cosmic hor… read more
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- weird fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
9. I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
By: Robert Graves
3.44
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54. Set in the… read more
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- fiction
10. The Obscene Bird of Night
By: José Donoso , Hardie St. Martin , Leonard Mades
4.21
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as "a masterpiece" by Luis Bunuel and "one of the g… read more
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- fiction
- horror
11. The Go-Between
By: Colm Tóibín , L.P. Hartley
3.99
Format: 326 pages, Paperback
L.P. Hartley's moving exploration of a young boy's loss of innocence The Go-Between is edited with … read more
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- fiction
"You flew too near the sun and you were scorched."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"To see things as they really were--what an empoverishment!"-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
"With the opening of the door, and the installation of electric light in the cupboard, the skeletons had crumbled into dust."-Colm Tóibín, The Go-Between
12. Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories
By: Algernon Blackwood , S.T. Joshi
3.82
Format: 295 pages, Paperback
Spine-tingling supernatural tales from "the one absolute and unquestioned master of weird atmospher… read more
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13. The Claw of the Conciliator (The Book of the New Sun #2)
By: Gene Wolfe
3.78
Format: 416 pages,
Severian is in possession of a gem considered to be "The Claw of the Conciliator", a powerful relic… read more
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14. The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun #1)
By: Gene Wolfe
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Shadow of the Torturer is the first volume in the four-volume series, The Book of the New Sun. … read more
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15. Akira, Vol. 5
By: None , Katsuhiro Otomo , None
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
In the 21st century, the once-glittering Neo-Tokyo lies in ruins, leveled in minutes by the infinit… read more
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16. Akira, Vol. 6
By: None , Katsuhiro Otomo , None
4.06
Format: None pages, Paperback
The explosive finale to one of graphic fiction's greatest achievements is here! The mad psychic col… read more
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17. Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
By: Marcel Proust , Simon Vance , Lydia Davis
4.15
Format: 710 pages, Mass Market Paperback
«Et tout d'un coup le souvenir m'est apparu. Ce goût, c'était celui du petit morceau de madeleine q… read more
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"Longtemps, je me suis couché de bonne heure."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"the comfort of reclusion, the poetry of hibernation"-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Now are the woods all black, But still the sky is blue."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
"Fall in love with a dog's bum, And thou'll think it pretty as a plum."-Marcel Proust, Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu, #1)
18. The King in Yellow
By: Robert W. Chambers
3.55
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
One of the leading examples of Victorian-gothic horror, The King in Yellow is a collection of ten i… read more
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- lovecraftian
- weird fiction
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"Selby never knew why, but he suddenly began to buy flowers."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"Strange in the night where black stars rise, And strange moons circle through the skies But Stranger still is Lost Carcosa."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"I pray God will curse the writer, as the writer has cursed the world with this beautiful, stupendous creation, terrible in its simplicity, irresistible in its truth..."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
"No, he is not vicious, nor is he in the least demented. His mind is a wonder chamber, from which he can extract treasures that you and I would give years of our life to acquire."-Robert W. Chambers, The King in Yellow
19. The House on the Borderland
By: William Hope Hodgson
5.00
Format: 32 pages,
A manuscript is found: filled with small, precise writing and smelling of pit-water, it tells the s… read more
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20. Michael Kohlhaas
By: Heinrich von Kleist
3.54
Format: 133 pages, Paperback
Based on historical events, this thrilling saga of violence and retribution bridges the gap between… read more
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- fiction
"Because dearest Lisbeth, I will not abide in a country in which my rights are not protected. If I am to be trampled underfoot, I would rather be a dog than a man. I am certain that, on this point, my…"-Heinrich von Kleist, Michael Kohlhaas
21. The Whisperer in Darkness
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Ar… read more
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22. I Hate Fairyland, Vol. 1: Madly Ever After
By: Skottie Young , Nate Piekos , Jean-François Beaulieu
3.68
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
From superstar writer and artist Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon, Wizard of OZ, Fortunately, The Milk… read more
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23. The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories
By: H.P. Lovecraft , S.T. Joshi
3.69
Format: 355 pages, Paperback
A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural fiction Howard Phillips Lovecraft's u… read more
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24. Chocky
By: John Wyndham
3.68
Format: 336 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Cover Artist: Harry Willock Matthew, they thought, was just going through a phase of talking to him… read more
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25. The October Country
By: Ray Bradbury
4.24
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Ray Bradbury's second short story collection is back in print, its chilling encounters with funhous… read more
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26. Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.87
Format: 190 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER. The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Road returns with the second v… read more
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- fiction
"I would like to belong but I dont."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"The notion of nothing is an inconceivable notion"-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Love is quite possibly a mental disorder itself."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
"Rage is only for what you believe can be fixed. All the rest is grief."-Cormac McCarthy, Stella Maris (The Passenger, #2)
27. Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
By: Frank Herbert
3.86
Format: 669 pages, Paperback
Book five in Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune Chronicles--one of the most significant sagas in the … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Tedbirler al, ama onların gölgesinde yaşama."-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
"Hatred was as dangerous an emotion as love. The capacity for hatred was the capacity for its opposite."-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
"We never completely escape the teachers of our childhood nor any of the patterns that formed us, do we?"-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
"Life cannot find reasons to sustain it, cannot be a source of decent mutual regard, unless each of us resolves to breathe such qualities into it."-Frank Herbert, Heretics of Dune (Dune, #5)
28. Kairos
By: Jenny Erpenbeck
3.46
Format: 379 pages, Hardcover
Die neunzehnjährige Katharina und Hans, ein verheirateter Mann Mitte fünfzig, begegnen sich Ende de… read more
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- fiction
"She would like a shallow life, swift and shallow, till some day she can start again. Get through her time fast until then. And when will that be? Then."-Jenny Erpenbeck, Kairos
29. Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection
By: Junji Ito
4.23
Format: 344 pages, Hardcover
FRESH NIGHTMARES BROUGHT TO YOU BY HORROR MASTER JUNJI ITO. Countless tombstones stand in rows, … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
30. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more
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"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
31. On the Origin of Species and Other Stories
By: Kim Bo-young
4.33
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
The debut English-language collection of one of South Korea's most distinctive and accomplished sci… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
