In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods

9 best books like In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods (Matt Bell): Kingdom of Souls, Growing Things and Other Stories, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation, Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page, The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images, Orfeo, Death Among Us: An Anthology of Murder Mystery Short Stories, American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Kingdom of Souls

Author	Rena Barron
ISBN	0008302235

Magic has a price—if you’re willing to pay.

Born into a family of powerful witchdoctors, Arrah yearns for magic of her own. But each year she fails to call forth her ancestral powers, while her ambitious mother watches with growing disapproval.

There’s only one thing Arrah...

Growing Things and Other Stories

Author	Paul Tremblay
ISBN	0062679147

A chilling collection of psychological suspense and literary horror from the multiple award-winning author of the national bestseller The Cabin at the End of the World and A Head Full of Ghosts.

A masterful anthology featuring nineteen pieces of short fiction, Growing Things is an exciting...

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Author	Ross Gay
ISBN	0822963310

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude is a sustained meditation on that which goes away—loved ones, the seasons, the earth as we know it—that tries to find solace in the processes of the garden and the orchard. That is, this is a book that studies the wisdom of the garden and orchard, those places where all—death,...

Into the Silent Land: A Guide to the Christian Practice of Contemplation

Author	Martin Laird
ISBN	0195307607

Sitting in stillness, the practice of meditation, and the cultivation of awareness are commonly thought to be the preserves of Hindus and Buddhists. Martin Laird shows that the Christian tradition of contemplation has its own refined teachings on using a prayer word to focus the mind, working with...

Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page

Author	Matt Kish
ISBN	1935639137

Inspired by one of the world’s greatest novels, Ohio artist Matt Kish set out on an epic voyage of his own one day in August 2009. More than one hundred and fifty years following the original publication of Moby-Dick, Kish began illustrating Herman Melville’s classic, creating images based on text...

The Book of Symbols: Reflections on Archetypal Images

Author	Ami Ronnberg
ISBN	3836514486

Reflections on symbols and symbolic imagery
The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history. The highly readable texts and almost 800 beautiful full-color images come together...

Orfeo

Author	Richard Powers
ISBN	0393349845

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Overstory, an emotionally charged novel inspired by the myth of Orpheus.

In Orfeo, composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab—the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt...

Death Among Us: An Anthology of Murder Mystery Short Stories

Author

Stephen Bentley

Who knew death could be so eclectic? Relish this mesmerizing murder mystery mash-up of short stories.

The stories include the 2019 SIA Award-Winning Murder Mystery Short Story ‘The Rose Slayer.’

Murder and mystery have been the staple of literature and films for years. This...

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Author	Terrance Hayes
ISBN	0143133187

In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares....