In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Tales
By: Lord Dunsany , S.T. Joshi
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
A new edition of the Fantasy Tales that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft A pioneer in th…
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1. The Unconsoled
By: Kazuo Ishiguro
3.58
Format: 535 pages, Paperback
Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he c… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Leave us, you were always on the outside of our love."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled
"One should not, in any case, attempt to make a virtue out of one's limitations."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled
"It's nonsense to believe people go on loving each other regardless of what happens."-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled
"It had occurred to me to follow her through into the next room, visitors or no visitors, and bring her back for a talk. But in the end I had decided in favour of waiting where I was for her return. S…"-Kazuo Ishiguro, The Unconsoled
2. Descent into Hell
By: Charles Williams , Charles Williams
3.93
Format: 220 pages, Paperback
The key to Williams' mystically oriented theological thought, Descent into Hell (arguably Williams'… read more
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- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
- horror
"It may be a movement towards becoming like little children to admit that we are generally nothing else."-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell
", Stanhope delayed a moment behind Miss Fox to add: "The substantive, of course, governs the adjective; not the other way round." "The substantive?" Pauline asked blankly. "Good. It contains terror, …"-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell
". Nature's so terribly good. Don't you think so, Mr. Stanhope?" Stanhope was standing by, silent, while Mrs. Parry communed with her soul and with one or two of her neighbours on the possibilities of…"-Charles Williams, Descent into Hell
3. The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
By: Jack Vance
3.89
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Seekers of wisdom and beauty include lovely lost women, eccentric wizards and man-eating melancholy… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- fantasy
- short stories
"It is thus because it has always been thus. Is not this reason enough?"-Jack Vance, The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
"T'sais mounted her horse and set out for Earth, seeking love and beauty."-Jack Vance, The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
"To the furthest reach of my memory, Rogol Domedonfors ruled the city. He knew lore of all ages, secrets of fire and light, gravity and countergravity, the knowledge of superphysic numeration, metatha…"-Jack Vance, The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
"On the heights above the river Xzan, at the site of certain ancient ruins, Iucounu the Laughing Magician had built a manse to his private taste: an eccentric structure of steep gables, balconies, sky…"-Jack Vance, The Dying Earth (The Dying Earth, #1)
4. Four Quartets
By: T.S. Eliot
3.67
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
The Four Quartets is a series of four poems by T.S. Eliot, published individually from 1936 to 1942… read more
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- classics
- fiction
5. Night Film
By: Marisha Pessl
3.78
Format: 640 pages, Paperback
On a damp October night, 24-year-old Ashley Cordova is found dead in an abandoned warehouse in lowe… read more
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- fiction
- horror
"Moe was a triple threat."-Marisha Pessl, Night Film
"Freak the ferocious out."-Marisha Pessl, Night Film
"Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect."-Marisha Pessl, Night Film
" Everyone smiles for a photograph. "-Marisha Pessl, Night Film
6. Fear and Trembling
By: Søren Kierkegaard , Alastair Hannay
4.75
Format: 335 pages, Paperback
Soren Kierkegaard was a Danish philosopher, theologian and religious author interested in human psy… read more
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- classics
7. The Golden Key
By: George MacDonald , Maurice Sendak
4.00
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
The adventurous wanderings of a boy and girl to find the keyhole which fits the rainbow's golden ke… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- fantasy
- short stories
8. The Dragon Waiting
By: John M. Ford
3.59
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
alt cover for ISBN 9780575073784 The Wars of the Roses have put Edward IV on the throne of England,… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
9. The Prose Edda
By: Snorri Sturluson , Jesse L. Byock
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
'What was the beginning, or how did things start? What was there before?' The Prose Eddais the most… read more
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- classics
10. Cugel saga
By: Jack Vance , Monique Lebailly
4.16
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Pauvre Cugel : alors qu'il pensait tenir sa revanche sur Iucounu, le magicien rieur, le voila renvo… read more
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- fiction
11. The Analects
By: Confucius , D.C. Lau
3.20
Format: 168 pages,
This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classic… read more
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- classics
12. The Essential Rumi
By: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi , Coleman Barks
4.10
Format: 0 pages, Paperback
This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumiincludes a new introduction by Coleman Barks… read more
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- classics
13. At the Mountains of Madness
By: H.P. Lovecraft , China Miéville , S.T. Joshi
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Long acknowledged as a master of nightmarish vision, H.P. Lovecraft established the genuineness and… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
14. In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Tales
By: Lord Dunsany , S.T. Joshi
3.45
Format: None pages, Paperback
A new edition of the Fantasy Tales that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft A pioneer in th… read more
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- classics
- weird fiction
- anthologies
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
15. 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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- fantasy
- fiction
- 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
16. 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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17. The Eyes of the Overworld (The Dying Earth, #2)
By: Jack Vance
4.01
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Scoundrel Cugel is sent far away, by a magician he has wronged, to retrieve magical lenses that rev… read more
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18. Justinian’s Flea: Plague, Empire, and the Birth of Europe
By: William Rosen
3.00
Format: 1118 pages,
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19. 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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- 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
20. Rhialto the Marvellous (The Dying Earth, #4)
By: Jack Vance
4.14
Format: 200 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Contents: The Murthe (1984) Fader's Waft (1984) Morreion (1973) read more
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21. The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.13
Format: 180 pages, Mass Market Paperback
In this second novel in the Earthsea series, Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and n… read more
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- fiction
"COME HOME, TENAR! COME HOME!"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"He had made follow him. He had called her by her name, and she had come crouching to his hand."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
"Pride kept her from confiding in the other girls, and caution kept her from confessing to the older women."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)
22. Titus Groan (Gormenghast, #1)
By: Mervyn Peake
4.27
Format: 197 pages, Paperback
Starts with the birth and ends with the first birthday celebrations of the heir to the grand, tradi… read more
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23. The Worm Ouroboros
By: E.R. Eddison , Keith Henderson
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
This is the book that shaped the landscape of contemporary science fiction and fantasy. When The Lo… read more
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24. King Henry IV, Part 1 (Wars of the Roses, #2)
By: William Shakespeare , David Scott Kastan
3.87
Format: None pages, Paperback
David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry … read more
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25. The Day Boy and the Night Girl
By: George MacDonald
2.97
Format: 304 pages,
A witch's curse ensures that a boy can never wake at night nor sleep when the sun beams. Conversely… read more
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26. The Kalevala
By: Anonymous , Elias Lönnrot , Keith Bosley
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Kalevala is the great Finnish epic, which like the Iliad and the Odyssey, grew out of a rich or… read more
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27. Richard II
By: William Shakespeare , Roma Gill , None
3.91
Format: 385 pages, Paperback
Richard II is one of Shakespeare's finest works: lucid, eloquent, and boldly structured. It can be … read more
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28. Dhalgren
By: Samuel R. Delany
3.77
Format: 836 pages, Kindle Edition
A mysterious disaster has stricken the midwestern American city of Bellona, and its aftereffects ar… read more
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- fantasy
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"What?"-Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
"He wanted to talk and had nothing to say."-Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
"An artist simply cannot trust any public emblem of merit."-Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
"I heard Bellona was where it was at. It must be, now. I’m here."-Samuel R. Delany, Dhalgren
29. Aspects
By: John M. Ford
3.89
Format: None pages, None
"The best writer in America, bar none."—Robert JordanAt last, the final work of John M. Ford—one of… read more
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- fiction
"We can misspend time - hurting people, ourselves included, making the world worse - but to 'waste' time - to get no motion at all, good or bad - to do that one would have to not be alive at all."-John M. Ford, Aspects
30. Pulling the Wings Off Angels
By: K.J. Parker
3.70
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
Long ago, a wealthy man stole an angel and hid her in a chapel, where she remains imprisoned to thi… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"There's nothing quite like the scriptures for killing faith stone dead. Actually reading them and thinking about what they said evaporated my belief like spit on a hot stove."-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels
"Mercy isn't fair, it means someone getting away with what he did because the Boss feels sorry for him. Justice is fair. Justice puts people in prison. Mercy lets them out again. Of course mercy isn't…"-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels
"That's the thing about belief, you can't make yourself do it. It's like falling asleep or being in love. You can lie there all night desperately wanting to go to sleep, and the more you want the more…"-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels
"He's perfect, so He must be like us and not a bit like them across the border. He thinks like us, obviously; He likes what we like and hates what we hate, and here's Scripture (recorded, translated, …"-K.J. Parker, Pulling the Wings Off Angels
31. The Emperor Charlemagne
By: E.R. Chamberlin
4.02
Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition
An authoritative biography of the greatest ruler of the medieval period. The Emperor Charlemagne is… read more
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