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The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
Staff Pick
What is it that Frank has hidden up in the attic that could possibly tell the future? What does his father keep locked away in his private study? And when will his mentally disturbed brother, who escaped from the asylum, get home? Iain Banks's first... (read more)

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House of Leaves: A Novel
House of Leaves: A Novel
by Mark Z. Danielewski
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"Saints be praised, this is the best book of the new millennium. A veritable tour de force. Pynchon meets Stephen King meets Robert Hughes meets Borges meets Dante. Joycian. Jungian. Mythic. Any clich used by fawning literary critics applies. Yadda Yadda... (read more)

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Her Fearful Symmetry
Her Fearful Symmetry
by Audrey Niffenegger
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After six long years, Audrey Niffenegger gives us a gem of a ghost story. Based around two sets of twins, Highgate Cemetery in London, a haunted flat, and long-buried secrets, this story proves even better than The Time Traveler's Wife. With a shocking... (read more)

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Under the Dome
Under the Dome
by Stephen King
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Well-written, compelling, and intelligent on ethical questions, this epic is worth its daunting page count. Reminiscent of his earlier work, particularly The Stand and It, Under the Dome is Stephen King's best book in years.... (read more)

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Iron Kissed
Iron Kissed
by Patricia Briggs
Staff Pick
I love this series and couldn't wait for the third installment, Iron Kissed. It was well worth the wait! Mercy is a kick-ass hero who takes no prisoners and just happens to be a shape-shifting mechanic living in a world of werewolves, vampires, and other... (read more)

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The Passage
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
Staff Pick
Justin Cronin's The Passage is a marvel — an epic, post-apocalyptic vampire novel that's extremely well written and a great work of storytelling. Reminiscent in some ways of Stephen King's The Stand, but wholly unique in its approach, The Passage is... (read more)

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance -- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance -- Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen
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In Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Seth Grahame-Smith has paired Austen’s sublime language with the visceral, flesh-eating menace of the "dreadfuls." England was never this lively. We get sword fights, romance, a zombie plague, and, as a bonus... (read more)

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Haunted Looking Glass (59 Edition)
Haunted Looking Glass (59 Edition)
by Edward Gorey
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Thrill to the haunting tales from such classic masters as Dickens, Stevenson, and Collins. Sizzling, permeating, thoroughly scary. Gorey's illustrations make this a pleasure to read.... (read more)

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Black Magic Sanction
Black Magic Sanction
by Kim Harrison
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Kim Harrison's eighth Hollows novel, Black Magic Sanction, finds our favorite witch struggling against the witches' coven that has shunned her after discovering she carries demon blood. Suddenly, it seems like everyone wants a piece of her — Nick, her... (read more)

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Horns
Horns
by Joe Hill
Staff Pick
After reading Joe Hill's newest novel, Horns, I am vastly relieved: there is a successor to Stephen King. I've spent a few traumatizing moments wondering what I'd do should there not ever be another King novel or short story. Well, as long as his son... (read more)

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Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter
by A. E. Moorat
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I picked up Queen Victoria: Demon Hunter not expecting to like it very much, but was sucked in despite my reservations. This  is one of the funniest books I've read in some time, and it has an amazing cast of supporting characters, any one of whom is... (read more)

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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
by Christopher Moore
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Christopher Moore's Lamb is an utterly hilarious take on the story of Jesus. Told from the perspective of Jesus' smart-ass best friend, Biff, it is irreverent without being disrespectful. Lamb, or any of Moore's books, would be perfect for someone who... (read more)

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The Terror
The Terror
by Dan Simmons
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This book is based factually on the missing Franklin expedition, last seen by Europeans in July of 1845. The HMS Erabus and the ill-named HMS Terror were the space shuttles of their day, and Dan Simmons spins a haunting and suspenseful tale of this... (read more)

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Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (11 Edition)
Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (11 Edition)
by H.p. Lovecraft
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H. P. Lovecraft created a world full of frightful and disturbing creatures that would go on to influence popular culture in ways he could never have imagined. While he graced the pages of the Weird Tales pulp magazine, his work was never published in... (read more)

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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (10th Anniversary Edition)
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft (10th Anniversary Edition)
by Stephen King
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Whether or not you read Stephen King's fiction, if you're interested in writing, you'll love this book. Now in a handsome paperback anniversary edition.... (read more)

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Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10)
Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse #10)
by Charlaine Harris
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Dead in the Family is much more character driven than the last book in Charlaine Harris's Sookie Stackhouse series. Finding a dead body on her land (no, not the one she knew was there) leads to the discovery that someone (the new Vampire King? the FBI... (read more)

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American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny From the 1940S To Now (09 Edition)
American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny From the 1940S To Now (09 Edition)
by Peter Straub
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Another indispensable collection from the American Fantastic Tales series. These short stories demonstrate the evolving themes and tone of the genre, and reveal not only what has changed in the field but what has endured, what is essential to the telling... (read more)

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The Passage
The Passage
by Justin Cronin
Staff Pick
Justin Cronin's The Passage is a marvel — an epic, post-apocalyptic vampire novel that's extremely well written and a great work of storytelling. Reminiscent in some ways of Stephen King's The Stand, but wholly unique in its approach, The Passage is... (read more)

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The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story
The Man in the Picture: A Ghost Story
by Susan Hill
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I've never seen a better example of a contemporary classic in the ghostly tales category than The Man in the Picture. Hill is as eloquent as Dickens and as dark as Poe.... (read more)

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Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson #5)
Silver Borne (Mercy Thompson #5)
by Patricia Briggs
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Irrepressible, coyote-shifting Mercy Thompson is back and her life is changing in some good ways and a few bad ways. Silver Borne, Patricia Briggs's fifth book in this dark fantasy series, finds Mercy struggling to adjust to her new mate bond with Adam... (read more)

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