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Fiction—Finished
Carrie
Stephen King · 2011
Nausea
Jean-Paul Sartre · 2013
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka · 2013
Maurice: A Novel
E. M. Forster · 2005
Me Talk Pretty One Day
David Sedaris · 2009
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde · 2025
Kitchen
Banana Yoshimoto · 2006
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith · 1943
The Price of Salt
Patricia Highsmith · 1952
Monstrilio: A Novel
Gerardo Sámano Córdova · 2023
Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar · 2024
The Plague
Albert Camus · 1947
The Lover
Marguerite Duras · 1998
The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks)
Jennifer Lynch · 2011
Back in print for the first time in years—and available in eBook for the first time—the New York Times bestselling tie-in to the hit television show and cult classic, Twin Peaks.<br/><br/>Laura Palmer was introduced to television audiences in the opening scenes of "Twin Peaks"—as a beautiful dead girl, wrapped in plastic.<br/><br/>Now available in print for the first time in many years (and in e-book for the very first time!), The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer chronicles Laura's life from age 12 to her death at 17, and is filled with secrets, character references, and even clues to the identity of her eventual killer.<br/><br/>Fans of the show will love seeing their favorite characters again, and Laura's diary makes compelling reading as she turns from a naive freshman having her first kiss to a "bad girl" experimenting with drugs, sex and the occult.<br/><br/>"As seen by" Jennifer Lynch, creator David Lynch's daughter, The Secret Diary of Laura Palmer is authentic, creepy, and a perfect book for anyone who loves supernatural suspense.
Fiction—to read
The Butch Manual
Clark Henley · 1982
Severance: A Novel
Ling Ma · 2019
Pure Colour
Sheila Heti · 2023
The Red Laugh
Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev · 2010
Death and the Dervish
Meša Selimović · 2018
Play Boy
Constance Debré · 2018
Overstaying
Ariane Koch · 2024
The Book Censor's Library
Bothayna Al-Essa · 2024
Lesser Ruins
Mark Haber · 2024
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H. G. Wells · 2025
H.G. Wells' The Island of Doctor Moreauis a gripping science fiction classic that delves into the dark side of human ambition and scientific experimentation. The story follows Edward Prendick, a shipwreck survivor who discovers a secluded island where the enigmatic Dr. Moreau conducts horrifying experiments, transforming animals into human-like creatures. As Prendick unravels the sinister truth behind the doctor’s work, he confronts profound questions about morality, the boundaries of humanity, and the consequences of tampering with nature. With its blend of suspense, horror, and philosophical depth, this timeless tale remains a thought-provoking exploration of science and ethics.
Carmilla
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · 2023
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde · 1890
“The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.” ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray<br/><br/>The Picture of Dorian Gray is a 1891 gothic and philosophical novel by Irish writer and playwright Oscar Wilde. First published as a serial story in the July 1890 issue of Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the editors feared the story was indecent, and without Wilde's knowledge, deleted five hundred words before publication.<br/><br/>Despite that censorship, The Picture of Dorian Gray offended the moral sensibilities of British book reviewers, some of whom said that Oscar Wilde merited prosecution for violating the laws guarding the public morality. In response, Wilde aggressively defended his novel and art in correspondence with the British press.<br/><br/>Wilde revised and expanded the magazine edition of The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890) for publication as a novel; the book edition (1891) featured an aphoristic preface — an apologia about the art of the novel and the reader. The content, style and presentation of the preface made it famous in its own literary right, as social and cultural criticism. In April 1891, the editorial house Ward, Lock and Company published the revised version of The Picture of Dorian Gray.<br/><br/>A True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Emily M. Danforth · 2012
<p>The acclaimed book behind the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning movie</p><p>"LGBTQ cinema is out in force at Sundance Film Festival," proclaimed USA Today. "The acerbic coming-of-age movie is adapted from Emily M. Danforth's novel, and stars Chloë Grace Moretz as a lesbian teen who is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after she gets caught having sex with her friend on prom night."</p><p>The Miseducation of Cameron Post is a stunning and provocative literary debut that was named to numerous best of the year lists.</p><p>When Cameron Post’s parents die suddenly in a car crash, her shocking first thought is relief. Relief they’ll never know that, hours earlier, she had been kissing a girl.</p><p>But that relief doesn’t last, and Cam is forced to move in with her conservative aunt Ruth and her well-intentioned but hopelessly old-fashioned grandmother. She knows that from this point on, her life will forever be different. Survival in Miles City, Montana, means blending in and leaving well enough alone, and Cam becomes an expert at both.</p><p>Then Coley Talor moves to town. Beautiful, pickup-driving Coley is a perfect cowgirl with the perfect boyfriend to match. She and Cam forge an unexpected and intense friendship, one that seems to leave room for something more to emerge. But just as that starts to seem like a real possibility, Aunt Ruth takes drastic action to “fix” her niece, bringing Cam face-to-face with the cost of denying her true self—even if she’s not quite sure who that is.</p><p><p>Don't miss this raw and powerful own voices debut, the basis for the award-winning film starring Chloë Grace Moretz.</p>
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman · 2018
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston · 2006
Poetry
Night Sky with Exit Wounds
Ocean Vuong · 2016
<p>The New Yorker, The Best Books of Poetry of 2016 <br> New York Times, Critics Pick<br> Boston Globe, Best Books listing<br> Miami Herald, Best LGBTQ Books<br> San Francisco Chronicle, Top 100 Books of the Year<br> Library Journal, Best Books of 2016</p><br><p>"There is a powerful emotional undertow to these poems that springs from Mr. Vuong's sincerity and candor, and from his ability to capture specific moments in time with both photographic clarity and a sense of the evanescence of all earthly things."-New York Times</p><br><p>"From the outside, Vuong has fashioned a poetry of inclusion."--New Yorker</p><br><p>"Extraordinary."--Los Angeles Times</p><br><p>"Ecstatic, bawdy, haunted, and brilliant with the pressures of its arrival."--Boston Globe</p><br><p>Ocean Vuong's first full-length collection aims straight for the perennial "big"--and very human--subjects of romance, family, memory, grief, war, and melancholia. None of these he allows to overwhelm his spirit or his poems, which demonstrate, through breath and cadence and unrepentant."</p><br><p>Torso of Air</p><br><p>Suppose you do change your life.<br> & the body is more than<br> a portion of night--sealed<br> with bruises. Suppose you woke<br> & found your shadow replaced<br> by a black wolf. The boy, beautiful<br> & gone. So you take the knife to the wall<br> instead. You carve & carve<br> until a coin of light appears<br> & you get to look in, at last, <br> on happiness. The eye<br> staring back from the other side--<br> Waiting.</p>
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath · 2005
<p><i>The Bell Jar</i> chronicles the crack-up of Esther Greenwood: brilliant, beautiful, enormously talented, and successful, but slowly going under -- maybe for the last time. Sylvia Plath masterfully draws the reader into Esther's breakdown with such intensity that Esther's insanity becomes completely real and even rational, as probable and accessible an experience as going to the movies. Such deep penetration into the dark and harrowing corners of the psyche is an extraordinary accomplishment and has made <i>The Bell Jar</i> a haunting American classic.</p> <p>This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.</p>
Crush
Richard Siken · 2005
Non-fiction
The Art of Loving
Erich Fromm · 2013
Bad Beliefs: Why They Happen to Good People
Neil Levy · 2022
I Am a Strange Loop
Douglas R Hofstadter · 2007
Tell My Horse
Zora Neale Hurston · 1981
Film Forum: Thirty-Five Great Filmmakers Discuss Their Craft
Elena Oumano · 2010
Amusing Ourselves to Death
neil postman · 1985
