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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe

by Edgar Allan Poe

13,546 members

82 reviews

½ 4.4

14 Members: hailelib, paradoxosalpha, roby72, Rennee, AndreasJ, thecoroner, andomck, alex68, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

2

The Picture of Dorian Gray

46,928 members

747 reviews

4

15 Members: angelikat, SqueakyChu, paradoxosalpha, LittleTaiko, roby72, merrystar, Rennee, thecoroner, alex68, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

3

At the Mountains of Madness [novella]

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,495 members

53 reviews

½ 3.6

10 Members: paradoxosalpha, melonbrawl, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, edbookshelf1013, paulboye, arwa-fm

4

by Jorge Luis Borges

8,823 members

133 reviews

½ 4.4

9 Members: roby72, merrystar, quigui, thecoroner, andomck, alex68, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

5

34,947 members

958 reviews

4.1

10 Members: hailelib, SqueakyChu, melonbrawl, bestem, andomck, trisarahdactyl, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, edbookshelf1013, arwa-fm,paradoxosalpha , ,jeffza ,ManWithAnAgenda

6

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

13,227 members

334 reviews

3.9

7 Members: hailelib, DB71991, Bluewolf0411, BruceCoulson, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

7

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

14,202 members

283 reviews

4

9 Members: SqueakyChu, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

8

The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,067 members

13 reviews

4.2

7 Members: paradoxosalpha, AndreasJ, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, edbookshelf1013, paulboye

9

Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

8,774 members

141 reviews

4

9 Members: roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm,

10

H. P. Lovecraft: Tales (Library of America)

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,261 members

17 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, roby72, alex68, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013, paulboye

11

by Gustav Meyrink

2,033 members

48 reviews

3.8

8 Members: paradoxosalpha, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, JqnOC, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

12

The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

4,315 members

71 reviews

4

7 Members: paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, JqnOC, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013, paulboye, arwa-fm

13

26,602 members

627 reviews

4.1

9 Members: melonbrawl, bestem, merrystar, quigui, andomck, BruceCoulson, electrice, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, ,ManWithAnAgenda ,

14

5,987 members

64 reviews

3.9

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, kara.shamy, arwa-fm,

15

The Gormenghast Trilogy

by Mervyn Peake

4,892 members

71 reviews

4.1

6 Members: melonbrawl, andomck, alex68, Alex_Maybe, jeffza, arwa-fm

16

Tales of Horror and the Supernatural

by Arthur Machen

193 members

4 reviews

4.2

6 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

17

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle: A Novel

by Haruki Murakami

19,643 members

405 reviews

4.2

6 Members: SqueakyChu, andomck, alex68, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

18

The Best of H. P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre

by H. P. Lovecraft

3,116 members

31 reviews

4.2

5 Members: paradoxosalpha, AndreasJ, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013

19

22,810 members

267 reviews

4

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

20

The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka

1,825 members

11 reviews

4.1

6 Members: roby72, andomck, alex68, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

21

by Aldo Palazzeschi

82 members

2 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

22

At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror {4 stories}

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,922 members

27 reviews

4

6 Members: paradoxosalpha, thecoroner, Bluewolf0411, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013,ManWithAnAgenda

23

by Yevgeny Zamyatin

9,928 members

244 reviews

3.8

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

24

The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,833 members

36 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Bluewolf0411, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013, arwa-fm

25

Ghost Stories of an Antiquary

918 members

32 reviews

4

5 Members: paradoxosalpha, melonbrawl, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

26

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

19,150 members

433 reviews

4.1

5 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm, ngoomie

27

23,000 members

753 reviews

4

6 Members: paradoxosalpha, bestem, trisarahdactyl, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm,Bluewolf0411 , ,ManWithAnAgenda

28

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess

28,556 members

414 reviews

4

6 Members: SqueakyChu, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm,electrice

29

Cthulhu : the mythos and kindred horrors

by Robert E. Howard

366 members

4 reviews

3.9

5 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

30

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories [9 stories, ed. Joshi]

by Algernon Blackwood

655 members

3 reviews

4

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

31

Gravity's Rainbow

by Thomas Pynchon

12,087 members

155 reviews

4

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

32

The Great God Pan and Other Weird Stories

by Arthur Machen

23 members

1 review

½ 4.3

4 Members: angelikat, knerd.knitter, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

33

The Tomb and Other Tales

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,237 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, DB71991, ahef1963, paulboye

34

The House on the Borderland

by William Hope Hodgson

1,784 members

56 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

35

The City and the City

by China Miéville

7,158 members

393 reviews

4

4 Members: andomck, Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

36

by Stephen King

8,013 members

90 reviews

½ 3.3

3 Members: JqnOC, electrice, ahef1963

37

The King in Yellow

by Robert W. Chambers

2,774 members

67 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

38

The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,163 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, ahef1963, edbookshelf1013

39

The Third Policeman

by Flann O'Brien

4,676 members

135 reviews

4

4 Members: andomck, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

40

The Wasp Factory

7,829 members

220 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: knerd.knitter, alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

41

by Ray Bradbury

63,079 members

1,138 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

42

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

15,647 members

211 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

43

by China Miéville

3,972 members

187 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, melonbrawl, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

44

La-Bas (Down There)

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

1,569 members

33 reviews

3.8

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, thecoroner, Alex_Maybe, paulboye

45

by Clark Ashton Smith

227 members

1 review

3.9

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

46

by Gustav Meyrink

293 members

7 reviews

3.8

4 Members: paradoxosalpha, thecoroner, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

47

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

by Edgar Allan Poe

4,929 members

42 reviews

4

3 Members: thecoroner, paulboye, arwa-fm

48

Perdido Street Station

by China Miéville

10,248 members

337 reviews

4

2 Members: quigui, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The King of Elfland's Daughter

by Lord Dunsany

2,614 members

62 reviews

3.8

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, merrystar, Alex_Maybe

50

Shoggoth's Old Peculiar

207 members

8 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: angelikat, paradoxosalpha, BruceCoulson, edbookshelf1013,

51

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

by William S. Burroughs

4,862 members

62 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, arwa-fm,

52

634 members

41 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: angelikat, paulboye, arwa-fm

53

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

10,242 members

503 reviews

4.1

4 Members: knerd.knitter, ahef1963, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm,Bluewolf0411

54

The H. P. Lovecraft Omnibus 1: At the Mountains of Madness and Other Novels

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,107 members

14 reviews

4.2

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, ahef1963, arwa-fm

55

Collected Ghost Stories

2,584 members

45 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Alex_Maybe, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

56

The White People and Other Stories

by Arthur Machen

219 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

57

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World (abridged)

by Haruki Murakami

9,262 members

178 reviews

4.1

2 Members: knerd.knitter, arwa-fm

58

The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions

by H. P. Lovecraft

837 members

5 reviews

3.8

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, ahef1963, arwa-fm

59

Teatro Grottesco

by Thomas Ligotti

858 members

23 reviews

4

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, paulboye, arwa-fm

60

by George Orwell

69,705 members

1,002 reviews

4

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

61

The Lurking Fear and Other Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,065 members

10 reviews

3.8

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, ahef1963, arwa-fm

62

Our Lady of Darkness

by Fritz Leiber

641 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: Alex_Maybe, paulboye, arwa-fm

63

The Stepford Wives

3,524 members

105 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

64

100 members

4

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

65

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,275 members

865 reviews

3.9

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

66

The Azathoth Cycle

by Robert M. Price

130 members

3

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, paulboye, arwa-fm

67

by J. G. Ballard

3,941 members

86 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

68

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

19,630 members

365 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

69

The Haunted Looking Glass: Ghost Stories Chosen by Edward Gorey

by Edward Gorey

748 members

7 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

70

Under the Volcano

by Malcolm Lowry

4,980 members

101 reviews

3.8

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

71

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

49,135 members

774 reviews

4.1

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

72

Fight Club: A Novel

by Chuck Palahniuk

21,127 members

353 reviews

4.1

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

73

The New York Trilogy

10,801 members

174 reviews

3.9

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, arwa-fm

74

The Evolution of the Weird Tale

65 members

1 review

4.1

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

75

The Rim of Morning

by William Sloane

442 members

14 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, arwa-fm

76

The Mind Parasites

by Colin Wilson

605 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe, arwa-fm

77

by Peter Ackroyd

1,986 members

41 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: melonbrawl, arwa-fm

78

The Master and Margarita

by Mikhail Bulgakov

23,886 members

513 reviews

4.2

2 Members: alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

79

The Strange Library

by Haruki Murakami

2,587 members

152 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: knerd.knitter, arwa-fm

80

by China Miéville

5,377 members

134 reviews

4.1

Member: mkbird

81

M31: A Family Romance

by Stephen Wright

129 members

½ 3.4

Member: Alex_Maybe

82

The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness

by H. P. Lovecraft

1,021 members

9 reviews

4.2

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, ahef1963

83

The Dreams in the Witch House and Other Weird Stories

by H. P. Lovecraft

807 members

15 reviews

4

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, thecoroner

84

The Three Impostors and Other Stories

by Arthur Machen

345 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe

85

The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories

by Bruno Schulz

744 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: alex68, arwa-fm

86

Principia Discordia

by Malaclypse the Younger

1,591 members

23 reviews

4.2

2 Members: Alex_Maybe, paulboye

87

by Lauren Beukes

1,641 members

117 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: electrice

88

Dengue Boy: A Novel

by Michel Nieva

89 members

2 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ngoomie
Explanations: ngoomie: Perhaps the weirdest thing I've ever read

89

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian

by Robert E. Howard

1,842 members

26 reviews

4.1

3 Members: paradoxosalpha, andomck, Alex_Maybe,Bluewolf0411

90

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

17,831 members

194 reviews

4

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

91

Bran Mak Morn: The Last King

by Robert E. Howard

496 members

11 reviews

3.9

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe

92

In the Land of Time and Other Fantasy Tales

by Lord Dunsany

531 members

4 reviews

3.9

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe

93

Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions

by Edwin A. Abbott

10,960 members

202 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: alex68, arwa-fm

94

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

6,776 members

169 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, alex68

95

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis

16,050 members

334 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: alex68, arwa-fm

96

The Xothic Legend Cycle

132 members

1 review

½ 2.5

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, paulboye

97

by Gustav Meyrink

257 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, paulboye

98

The Complete Pegāna

by Lord Dunsany

160 members

½ 3.7

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe

99

Growth of the Soil

2,050 members

51 reviews

4.1

2 Members: alex68, arwa-fm

100

by Fritz Leiber

750 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: paradoxosalpha, Alex_Maybe

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