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The Great and Secret Show 85 reviews Clive Barker
Fontana Press, 1990
One of the best novels I've read
+ GSS + Good Epic, but Loses It Towards End + Why do I read this stuff?
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The Shining 613 reviews Stephen King
Pocket, 2002
Absolutely enjoyable!
+ Interesting Book + The Shining + Classic King! + Intense and frightening
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Signet Classics) 84 reviews Victor Hugo
Signet Classics, 2001
A Delightful Read
+ Notre Dame de Paris -- C'est perfect! + Hugo's commentary on the death penalty + A Great Book for Kids
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The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) 328 reviews Shirley Jackson
Penguin Classics, 2006
One of her best
+ Read and reread + One of the best books ever written, and the scariest + Delirious & eerie
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 72 reviews Edgar Allan Poe
Doubleday, 1966
The Enduring Master of the Macabre
+ POEtic Justice + poes book
Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809, died October 7, 1849.
What is it that makes an author famous? I don't mean famous in the sense a news article reports that "Jack Greylea's novels sold 15 million copies last year," but in the sense that he is thought of as being ...
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The Dream Within and Other Stories 2 reviews Alex Espinoza
Outskirts Press, 2008
Give this new writer a closer look
I have known Alex Espinoza since he was a baby, his mother and I being long time college friends. I knew that as he grew up he had become fascinated by horror. So when my friend, his mother, gave me a copy of his first novel, A Dream Within, me, not being a fan or horror, I left it on the bookshelf ...
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The Golden 8 reviews Lucius Shepard
Golden Gryphon Press, 2006
Absolutely riveting!! Where's the sequel?
+ Not Free SF Reader
I can't believe there hasn't been a 2nd book published after The Golden's ending!! It begs for a sequel...I need to know what happens in the East! Anyway, I loved everything about this book, from the prose to the setting to the characters to the story. It was a gritty, dark, gothic, sensual, ...
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Dracula (Enriched Classics Series) 17 reviews Bram Stoker
Pocket, 2003
Excellent book
+ Dracula... Spooky Social Commentary + A True Classic + Amazing, Thrilling Tale
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Ghost Story 112 reviews Peter Straub
Pocket, 1989
The only novel that has genuinely scared me
+ Solid
This book was extremely reminiscent of Stephen King's "IT". Apart from the mythological origins of the evil creatures, I would almost say that they were of the same species. With that being said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It scared the living daylights out of me. I honestly had trouble ...
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Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) 41 reviews Mary Shelley
Penguin Classics, 2003
4-1/2 stars for a classic the movies messed up
+ Not what I remembered... turns out there are 2 versions + Frankenstein + Frakenstein
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Frankenstein (Penguin Classics) 41 reviews Mary Shelley
Penguin Classics, 2003
4-1/2 stars for a classic the movies messed up
+ Not what I remembered... turns out there are 2 versions + Frankenstein + Frakenstein
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The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (Signet Classics) 84 reviews Victor Hugo
Signet Classics, 2001
A Delightful Read
+ Notre Dame de Paris -- C'est perfect! + Hugo's commentary on the death penalty + A Great Book for Kids
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Dracula (Enriched Classics Series) 17 reviews Bram Stoker
Pocket, 2003
Excellent book
+ Dracula... Spooky Social Commentary + A True Classic + Amazing, Thrilling Tale
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The Shining 613 reviews Stephen King
Pocket, 2002
Absolutely enjoyable!
+ Interesting Book + The Shining + Classic King! + Intense and frightening
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The Golden 8 reviews Lucius Shepard
Golden Gryphon Press, 2006
Absolutely riveting!! Where's the sequel?
+ Not Free SF Reader
I can't believe there hasn't been a 2nd book published after The Golden's ending!! It begs for a sequel...I need to know what happens in the East! Anyway, I loved everything about this book, from the prose to the setting to the characters to the story. It was a gritty, dark, gothic, sensual, ...
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The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin Classics) 328 reviews Shirley Jackson
Penguin Classics, 2006
One of her best
+ Read and reread + One of the best books ever written, and the scariest + Delirious & eerie
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The Dream Within and Other Stories 2 reviews Alex Espinoza
Outskirts Press, 2008
Give this new writer a closer look
I have known Alex Espinoza since he was a baby, his mother and I being long time college friends. I knew that as he grew up he had become fascinated by horror. So when my friend, his mother, gave me a copy of his first novel, A Dream Within, me, not being a fan or horror, I left it on the bookshelf ...
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Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 72 reviews Edgar Allan Poe
Doubleday, 1966
The Enduring Master of the Macabre
+ POEtic Justice + poes book
Edgar Allan Poe, born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809, died October 7, 1849.
What is it that makes an author famous? I don't mean famous in the sense a news article reports that "Jack Greylea's novels sold 15 million copies last year," but in the sense that he is thought of as being ...
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The Great and Secret Show 85 reviews Clive Barker
Fontana Press, 1990
One of the best novels I've read
+ GSS + Good Epic, but Loses It Towards End + Why do I read this stuff?
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Ghost Story 112 reviews Peter Straub
Pocket, 1989
The only novel that has genuinely scared me
+ Solid
This book was extremely reminiscent of Stephen King's "IT". Apart from the mythological origins of the evil creatures, I would almost say that they were of the same species. With that being said, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It scared the living daylights out of me. I honestly had trouble ...
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