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Fantasy
The Hole
Hiroko Oyamada · 2020
Classics
Perfume: The Story of Murder
Patrick Suskind · 1986
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky · 2018
Short Stories
Cursed Bunny
Bora Chung · 2021
Hit Parade of Tears
Izumi Suzuki · 2023
A new collection of stories from the cult author of Terminal Boredom<br/><br/>Izumi Suzuki had ideas about doing things differently, ideas that paid little attention to the laws of physics, or the laws of the land. In this new collection, her skewed imagination distorts and enhances some of the classic concepts of science fiction and fantasy.<br/><br/>A philandering husband receives a bestial punishment from a wife with her own secrets to keep; a music lover finds herself in a timeline both familiar and as wrong as can be; a misfit band of space pirates discover a mysterious baby among the stars; Emma, the Bovary-like character from one of Suzuki's stories in Terminal Boredom, lands herself in a bizarre romantic pickle.<br/><br/>Wryly anarchic and deeply imaginative, Suzuki was a writer like no other. These eleven stories offer readers the opportunity to delve deeper in this singular writer's work.
Thriller
Plague of Gulls
Stephen Gregory · 2018
The Gloaming
Melanie Finn · 2016
Horror
The Only Good Indians: A Novel
Stephen Graham Jones · 2020
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From USA TODAY bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a “masterpiece” (Locus Magazine) of a novel about revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition. Labeled “one of 2020’s buzziest horror novels” (Entertainment Weekly), this is a remarkable horror story that “will give you nightmares—the good kind of course” (BuzzFeed). From New York Times bestselling author Stephen Graham Jones comes a novel that is equal parts psychological horror and cutting social commentary on identity politics and the American Indian experience. Fans of Jordan Peele and Tommy Orange will love this story as it follows the lives of four American Indian men and their families, all haunted by a disturbing, deadly event that took place in their youth. Years later, they find themselves tracked by an entity bent on revenge, totally helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.
The Black Hunger
Nicholas Pullen · 2024
A spine-tingling, queer gothic horror debut where two men are drawn into an otherworldly spiral. “A gothic masterpiece. A devastating exploration of humanity's capacity for evil." – Sunyi Dean, author of The Book Eaters "A phenomenal book full of rich historical detail, occult mysticism, and slow, creeping horror. A triumph that should be on your reading list." – Thomas D. Lee, author of Perilous Times John Sackville will soon be dead. Shadows writhe in the corners of his cell as he mourns the death of his secret lover and as the gnawing hunger inside him grows impossible to ignore. He must write his last testament before it is too late. The story he tells will take us to the darkest part of the human soul. It is a tale of otherworldly creatures, ancient cults, and a terrifying journey from the stone circles of Scotland to the icy peaks of Tibet. It is a tale that will take us to the end of the world. "The Black Hunger reveals its horrors inch by devastating inch." – Molly O'Neill, author of Greenteeth "A terrifying gothic journey to the place where the very cruelest, hungriest creatures hide in the snow, and wear our faces. This is a magisterial debut." – Michael Rowe, author of Wild Fell "Rich in historical detail, poignant romance, sweeping adventure, and visceral terror." – Jennifer Thorne, author of Diavola
The Woods All Black
Lee Mandelo · 2024
The Woods All Black is equal parts historical horror, trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all set in 1920s Appalachia<br/><br/>Leslie Bruin is assigned to the backwoods township of Spar Creek by the Frontier Nursing Service, under its usual mandate: vaccinate the flock, birth babies, and weather the judgements of churchy locals who look at him and see a failed woman. Forged in the fires of the Western Front and reborn in the cafes of Paris, Leslie believes he can handle whatever is thrown at him―but Spar Creek holds a darkness beyond his nightmares.<br/><br/>Something ugly festers within the local congregation, and its malice has focused on a young person they insist is an unruly tomboy who must be brought to heel. Violence is bubbling when Leslie arrives, ready to spill over, and he'll have to act fast if he intends to be of use. But the hills enfolding Spar Creek have a mind of their own, and the woods are haunted in ways Leslie does not understand.<br/><br/>The Woods All Black is a story of passion, prejudice, and power ― an Appalachian period piece that explores reproductive justice and bodily autonomy, the terrors of small-town religiosity, and the necessity of fighting tooth and claw to live as who you truly are.
Tender is the Flesh
Agustina Bazterrica · 2020
The electrifying, award-winning, internationally bestselling novel about a dystopian world in which animals have been wiped out, humans are being harvested for food, and society has been divided into those who eat and those who are eaten.<br/><br/>Working at the local processing plant, Marcos is in the business of slaughtering humans—though no one calls them that anymore. His wife has left him, his father is sinking into dementia, and Marcos tries not to think about how he makes a living. After all, it happened so quickly. First, it was reported that animals had been infected with a virus and their meat had become poisonous. Then governments initiated the Transition. Now, human meat—“special meat”—is legal. Marcos tries to stick to numbers, consignments, processing.<br/><br/>Then one day he’s given a gift: a specimen of the finest quality. He leaves her in his barn, tied up, a problem to be disposed of later. But she haunts Marcos. Her trembling body, her watchful, knowing eyes. Though he’s aware that any form of personal contact is forbidden on pain of death, little by little he starts to treat her like a human being. And soon, he becomes tortured by what has been lost—and what might still be saved.<br/><br/>From Agustina Bazterrica, one of Latin America’s most celebrated and original new voices, Tender Is the Flesh is propulsive and profound, a searing cautionary tale about the cost of consumption and the ties that bind and break us.
Of The Flesh
Various · 2024
Lapvona: A Novel
Ottessa Moshfegh · 2022
The Ritual
Adam Nevill · 2012
Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Jones, Stephen Graham · 2025
A Chilling Historical Horror Novel Set In The American West In 1912 Following A Lutheran Priest Who Transcribes The Life Of A Vampire Who Haunts The Fields Of The Blackfeet Reservation Looking For Justice. A Diary, Written In 1912 By A Lutheran Pastor Is Discovered Within A Wall. What It Unveils Is A Slow Massacre, A Chain Of Events That Go Back To 217 Blackfeet Dead In The Snow. Told In Transcribed Interviews By A Blackfeet Named Good Stab, Who Shares The Narrative Of His Peculiar Life Over A Series Of Confessional Visits. This Is An American Indian Revenge Story Written By One Of The New Masters Of Horror, Stephen Graham Jones-- Provided By Publisher.
We Love You, Bunny
Mona Awad
Philosophy
Extracts From: The Second Sex
Simone de Beauvoir · 2015
Women, Race, & Class
Angela Y. Davis · 2011
History
The History Gossip
Katie Kennedy · 2025
Poetry
Where Hope Comes From: Poems of Resilience, Healing, and Light
Nikita Gill · 2021
**The Sunday Times Bestseller**<br/><br/>Instagram superstar and poet Nikita Gill returns to her roots with her most personal collection yet, including more than twenty poems exclusive to the US edition.<br/><br/>I took my worries out<br/>and laid them carefully on the kitchen table.<br/>Then began the slow but rewarding task<br/>of fixing everything that needed more love.<br/><br/>Nikita Gill shares a collection of poems crafted as the world went into lockdown, tackles themes such as mental health and loneliness, and the precarity of hope. Through the life cycle of a star, she invites the reader to feel connected to the universe, taking us on a journey through the five stages of grief to the five stages of hope.<br/><br/>This collection includes the phenomenal “Love in the Time of Coronavirus,” which was shared across social media over 20,000 times, as well as Gill's poems of strength and hope, “How to Be Strong” and “Silver Linings.” Where Hope Comes From is fully illustrated with beautiful line drawings by the author.<br/><br/>All because everything is forbidden now,<br/>I want to go up to the top of the Eiffel Tower<br/>and sing at the top of my lungs.
Wild Embers
Nikita Gill · 2017
Uncategorized
The Children of the Dead
Elfriede Jelinek · 2024
All the World Beside
Garrard Conley · 2024
Girls Against God: A Novel
Jenny Hval · 2020
A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini · 2018
Rare Book
The Road
Cormac McCarthy · 2006
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak · 2013
The Taking of Annie Thorne
Tudor C.J. · 2019
Heaven
Mieko Kawakami · 2016
Deux opprimés, deux adolescents, l'un brimé pour un défaut physique, l'autre pour son apparence volontairement négligée, subissent la violence des élèves du collège.<br/><br/>De cette souffrance cachée aux adultes, de cette résistance partagée et plus intellectuelle que physique naît une amitié fondamentale mais discrète et pudique. Une amitié à travers laquelle se construit, le temps d'une année scolaire, l'essentiel du rapport au monde de ces deux jeunes gens, alors même que tout semble fermé tant la différence et le handicap en territoire d'enfance ne génèrent que danger et isolement.<br/><br/>Après «Seins et OEufs et De toutes les nuits, les amants», l'ambition littéraire de Mieko Kawakami se confirme. Auteur de la prise de risques et de la maîtrise de son propre style, elle offre ici au lecteur un regard sur les concepts d'identité, de sujet et de bonheur qui bousculent et décapent la tradition intellectuelle occidentale.
HIS BLACK TONGUE: A Medieval Horror
Mitchell Luthi · 2021
Between Two Fires
Christopher Buehlman · 2012
Shy Girl
Mia Ballard · 2025
A Short Stay in Hell
Steven L. Peck · 2012
The Dismembered
Jonathan Janz, Cemetery Dance Publications · 2022
Mother Thing
Ainslie Hogarth
Dengue Boy
Michel Nieva · 2025
The Need
Helen Phillips • 2019
MRS JEKYLL
Emma Glass · 2024
The Secret History
Donna Tartt · 1992
<b><b><b><b>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • </b>INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A contemporary literary classic and "a<b>n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (<i>Village Voice</i>)</b>, f<b>rom the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of <i>The Goldfinch.<br><br></i></b></b></b>One of <i>The Atlantic</i>’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years</b><br><br>Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.<br><br><b>“A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled.” —<i>The New York Times</i></b>
Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
R. F. Kuang · 2022
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War “Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.” -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide… Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence?
The Song of Achilles: A Novel
Madeline Miller · 2012
A New York Times Bestseller<br/>“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art….A book I could not put down.” —Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House<br/>A thrilling, profoundly moving, and utterly unique retelling of the legend of Achilles and the Trojan War from the bestselling author of Circe<br/>A tale of gods, kings, immortal fame, and the human heart, The Song of Achilles is a dazzling literary feat that brilliantly reimagines Homer’s enduring masterwork, The Iliad. An action-packed adventure, an epic love story, a marvelously conceived and executed page-turner, Miller’s monumental debut novel has already earned resounding acclaim from some of contemporary fiction’s brightest lights—and fans of Mary Renault, Bernard Cornwell, Steven Pressfield, and Colleen McCullough’s Masters of Rome series will delight in this unforgettable journey back to ancient Greece in the Age of Heroes.<br/>“A captivating retelling of The Iliad and events leading up to it through the point of view of Patroclus: it’s a hard book to put down, and any classicist will be enthralled by her characterisation of the goddess Thetis, which carries the true savagery and chill of antiquity.” — Donna Tartt, The Times
Giovanni's Room
James Baldwin · 2016
