Carmilla by Carmen Maria Machado, Joseph Sheridan Lefanu
Discover the dark and captivating world of Carmilla—a gothic vampire novella that predates Dracula and defined the genre!
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николай rated The Master and Margarita: 5 stars
The Master and Margarita by Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков
The first complete, annotated English Translation of Mikhail Bulgakov's comic masterpiece.
An audacious revision of the stories of Faust and …
николай rated The Memory Police: 4 stars
The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
A haunting Orwellian novel about the terrors of state surveillance.
On an unnamed island off an unnamed coast, objects are …
николай rated Sharp Objects: 1 star
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart.
Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker's troubled past. …
Magyk by Angie Sage (Septimus Heap -- bk. 1.)
After learning that she is the Princess, Jenna is whisked from her home and carried toward safety by the Extraordinary …
николай rated The Mysterious Benedict Society: 4 stars
The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trenton Lee Stewart (The Mysterious Benedict Society)
"Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities?"
Dozens of children respond to this peculiar ad in the newspaper …
николай rated House of Leaves: 4 stars
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap …
Calypso by David Sedaris
David Sedaris returns with his most deeply personal and darkly hilarious book.If you've ever laughed your way through David Sedaris's …
николай rated Anthropology explored: 4 stars
николай rated Flowers of Mold & Other Stories: 4 stars
николай rated The Steel Flea: 3 stars
The Steel Flea by Nikolay Leskov
He gave orders that they were not to get any hot glum pudding in flames, for fear the spirits in …
николай rated Noises off: 5 stars
николай rated The Great Gatsby: 3 stars
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long …
николай rated Children of Blood and Bone: 3 stars
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Legacy of Orïsha, #1)
They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola remembers when …