The Spectacle of the Void
By: David Peak
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
The world has been swallowed by strangeness. A new reality--a "horror reality"--has taken hold. Dav…
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1. The Secret of Ventriloquism
By: Jon Padgett
3.90
Format: 201 pages, Hardcover
Jon Padgett's The Secret of Ventriloquism, named the Best Fiction Book of 2016 by Rue Morgue Magazi… read more
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- horror
"I was seven years old the first time my brother tried to kill me."-Jon Padgett, The Secret of Ventriloquism
2. Child of God
By: Cormac McCarthy
3.84
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
In this taut, chilling novel, Lester Ballard--a violent, dispossessed man falsely accused of rape--… read more
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- horror
3. Gravity and Grace
By: Simone Weil , Emma Crawford
4.03
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Gravity and Gracewas the first ever publication by the remarkable thinker and activist, Simone Weil… read more
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- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- essays
4. The Spectacle of the Void
By: David Peak
3.37
Format: 120 pages, Paperback
The world has been swallowed by strangeness. A new reality--a "horror reality"--has taken hold. Dav… read more
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- theory
- philosophy
- religion
- nonfiction
- essays
- horror
- 21st century
5. Between Two Fires
By: Christopher Buehlman
4.27
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
The year is 1348. Thomas, a disgraced knight, has found a young girl alone in a dead Norman village… read more
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- horror
"The only thing I say to God is my daughter's names; and it is not a prayer, it's a rebuke."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"He was being kissed now by his own mouth, not as lovers kiss, with tongues, but as true lovers kiss, sharing breath."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"A dark-haired little boy just in pants stood bewildered near the blaze, saying, as if there had been some mistake, "We live here. We live here."-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
"But it will be harder for you if you remember. Love is always harder. Love means weathering blows for another’s sake and not counting them. Love is loss of self, loss of other, and faith in the death…"-Christopher Buehlman, Between Two Fires
6. To the River: A Journey Beneath the Surface
By: Olivia Laing
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
To the River is the story of the Ouse, the Sussex river in which Virginia Woolf drowned in 1941. On… read more
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7. 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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- horror
"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
8. The Weird and the Eerie
By: Mark Fisher
3.69
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
What exactly are the Weird and the Eerie? In this new essay, Mark Fisher argues that some of the mo… read more
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9. Felicity
By: Mary Oliver
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Mary Oliver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, celebrates love in her new collection of poems "If I ha… read more
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10. Gods Without Men
By: Hari Kunzru
2.83
Format: None pages, Paperback
Viscerally gripping and intellectually engaging, Gods Without Men is, above all, a heartfelt explor… read more
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11. The Burnout Society
By: Byung-Chul Han
5.00
Format: 172 pages,
Our competitive, service-oriented societies are taking a toll on the late-modern individual. Rather… read more
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12. Scorch Atlas
By: Blake Butler
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
In this striking novel-in-stories, a series of strange apocalypses have hit America. Entire neighbo… read more
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13. The Maniac
By: Benjamín Labatut
4.34
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices, a haunting story centered on the Hu… read more
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- philosophy
"[...] si nuestra especie iba a sobrevivir el siglo XX, necesitábamos llenar el enorme vacío dejado por la huida de los dioses, y la única candidata viable para realizar esa extraña y esotérica transf…"-Benjamín Labatut, The Maniac
14. A Shining
By: Jon Fosse
3.49
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
A man starts driving without knowing where he is going. He alternates between turning right and lef… read more
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"but you can’t just touch a whiteness like that. because if you did you’d probably get it dirty. and imagine getting something so white dirty"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
"Es ist auch nicht zu begreifen, es ist etwas anderes, vielleicht etwas, das man nur erlebt und das nicht wirklich geschieht. Aber geht es an, dass man so etwas einfach erlebt. Alles, was man erlebt, …"-Jon Fosse, A Shining
15. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
By: Jenny Odell
3.61
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
In her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from … read more
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- philosophy
- nonfiction
- essays
"Most living entities and systems on this planet obviously do not live by the Western human clock (though some, like the crows who memorize a city's daily garbage truck route, do of course adapt to th…"-Jenny Odell, Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
16. Hurricane Season
By: Fernanda Melchor
4.06
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A New York Times Notable Book (2020) A Guardian Best Book of 2020 A Literary Hub Favorite Book of… read more
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- horror
"а разнообразие и за да не губи навик, баба, когато е ядосана, си спомня само за лошите неща"-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season
"за разнообразие и за да не губи навик, баба, когато е ядосана, си спомня само за лошите неща"-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season
"There's no reasoning with dog, two ferocious dogs who refuse to let go of their prey until they've been torn to shreds"-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season
"момчето, щом порасна, се превърна в диво животно, което, пуснеха ли го на свобода, дори по никое време вечер, все го теглеше към гората, защото според баба ѝ този бил начинът да възпитават момчетата,…"-Fernanda Melchor, Hurricane Season
17. Salt Slow
By: Julia Armfield
3.99
Format: 193 pages, Hardcover
This collection of stories is about women and their experiences in society, about bodies and the bo… read more
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- horror
"She was a gentle sort of horror,"-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow
"The night is wide, uncurving, like the earth might be flat and walkable from end to distant end."-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow
"Sleeping gave me time off from myself — a delicious sort of respite. Without it I grow overfamiliar, sticky with self-contempt."-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow
"Occasionally, I convinced myself I had made it all up — love, attraction, all of it — that I had made it up with everyone I'd ever met."-Julia Armfield, Salt Slow
18. Burn You the Fuck Alive
By: B.R. Yeager
4.01
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
She asks for a light. You reach in your pocket and dig out your Bic, strike the flint, and touch th… read more
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- horror
19. We Sold Our Souls
By: Grady Hendrix
3.73
Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success -- but then lead singer Te… read more
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- horror
"Fight," she finally said. Just fight. Never stop."-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls
"— "Do you see where I'm going?" [ROB] — "Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass." [KRIS]"-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls
"— Do you see where I'm going with this? [ROB] — Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass. [KRIS]"-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls
"I can't believe that after a lifetime of playing metal, it turns out the world is a shitty country song."-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls
20. A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East
By: László Krasznahorkai
3.89
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
The grandson of Prince Genji lives outside of space and time and wanders the grounds of an old mona… read more
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- 21st century
"...végső soron az egyszerű bizalmat abban, hogy van hagyomány, hogy ez a hagyomány a megfigyelésre, az ismétlésre és a természet belső rendjének és a dolgok természetének a tiszteletére épül, s hogy …"-László Krasznahorkai, A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East
"...mert maguk voltak a létezés, miközben a létezésből mégis ki voltak zárva, vagyis oly közel estek a létezéshez, hogy azonossá váltak vele, és a létezés nem látszik soha, így hát ha itt voltak is, a…"-László Krasznahorkai, A Mountain to the North, a Lake to the South, Paths to the West, a River to the East
21. Amygdalatropolis
By: B.R. Yeager
3.69
Format: 154 pages, Paperback
Amygdalatropolis is a work of brilliant neurorealism in which the city is a Computer, a libidinal p… read more
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- 21st century
- horror
"/1404er/ was born from video. His way into the threads. His eyes translating light from a stream. Before his eyes translated light from a stream he was only a person. Before the stream was a stream, …"-B.R. Yeager, Amygdalatropolis
