Naermyth

10 best books like Naermyth (Karen Francisco): Alternative Alamat: Stories Inspired by Philippine Mythology, Project 17, Midnight Tribunal, Si Janus Sílang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon, Last Seen After Midnight, The Mythology Class: A Graphic Novel, The Kite of Stars and Other Stories, The Filipino Heroes League: Sticks and Stones, A Bottle of Storm Clouds: Stories, Mass Murders

Alternative Alamat: Stories Inspired by Philippine Mythology

Author	Paolo Chikiamco
ISBN	9719942150

Philippine mythology is full of images that ignite the imagination: gods of calamity and baldness, of cosmic time and lost things; the many-layered Skyworld, and weapons that fight their own battles; a ship that is pulled to paradise by a chain, and a giant crab that controls the tides . . . Yet too few...

Project 17

Author	Eliza Victoria
ISBN	9710545256

Lillian is merely looking for a babysitting job for the summer, but a desperate man named Paul Dolores hires her to look after his 28-year-old brother, Caleb. Caleb is suffering from schizoaffective disorder, and Paul, who is about to start on his first office job in a long while, wants to make sure his...

Midnight Tribunal

Author	Budjette Tan
ISBN	9710545183

In a city where the aswang control everything that is illegal
and where ancient gods seek to control everything else,
enforcing the law can be a very difficult task.

When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police normally call Alexandra Trese. Lately, it seems like others have been...

Si Janus Sílang at ang Tiyanak ng Tábon

Author	Edgar Calabia Samar
ISBN	9715084745

Sa tournament ng TALA Online sa bayan ng Balanga, namatay ang lahat ng manlalaro maliban kay Janus. Sunod-sunod pa ang naging kaso ng pagkamatay ng mga kabataan sa computer shops sa iba’t-ibang panig ng bansa. Kinontak si Janus ng nagpakilalang Joey, isa rin umano sa mga nakaligtas sa paglalaro ng...

Last Seen After Midnight

Author	Budjette Tan
ISBN	9710545078

Cadena de Amor 1 star – I just did not get this. The story is about an old woman who can spread vines (that reminded me of a recent read The Ruins that I really liked) like spreading dust at Sahara Desert. There is a scene when the responding police said: “I should’ve brought the lawn mower!” Hello,...

The Mythology Class: A Graphic Novel

Author	Arnold Arre
ISBN	9715082793

The Mythology Class is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Filipino comic creator Arnold Arre. It was originally published by the author under his own Tala Comics Publishing in four issues in 1999, and was collected into a special edition by Adarna House in September of 2005.

The story...

The Kite of Stars and Other Stories

Author	Dean Francis Alfar
ISBN	9712719233

The [over] price that I paid for this book is so worth it . You see, I ended up buying the last "almost damaged, but not as a sale item" copy on a kind-of high-end bookstore, because I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find another copy. But DFA made that Php xx5 amount I paid for the book worth it!!

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The Filipino Heroes League: Sticks and Stones

Author	Paolo Fabregas
ISBN	9710545043

I admire the many firsts that this local graphic novel achieved: (1) the appearance of six new Filipino comics superheroes in one book; (2) the artist, Paolo Fabregas is both the illustrator as well as the storyteller that ensures the seamless transfer of his ideas to his drawings; (3) the good-looking...

A Bottle of Storm Clouds: Stories

Author

Eliza Victoria

Award-winning author Eliza Victoria mixes magic with the mundane in this special concoction of 16 short stories. A girl meets a young man with the legs of a chicken. A boy is employed by a goddess running a pawnshop. A group of teenagers are trapped in an enchanted forest for 900 days. A man finds himself...

Mass Murders

Author	Budjette Tan
ISBN	9719456906

12 midnight at Metro Manila.

Try to remain calm if you suddenly spot a tikbalang speeding down EDSA or a manananggal swooping across the Makati skyline. While partying at the Fort, never ever let the enkanto at the bar buy you a drink.

Yet, there are deadlier things than walk the streets...

Smaller and Smaller Circles

Author	F.H. Batacan
ISBN	9715423647

Smaller and Smaller Circles is unique in the Philippine literary scene - a Pinoy detective novel, both fast-paced and intelligent, with a Jesuit priest who also happens to be a forensic anthropologist as the sleuth. When it won the Carlos Palanca Grand Prize for the English Novel in 1999, it proved that...

Catch A Falling Star

Author	Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
ISBN	9712708772

They say that childhood memories are really meant to guide us during our adulthood. That they can help predict our behaviors as adult. If these are true, then I am not surprised that the author of this book is one of the most respected writers and literature professors in the country. She is Dr. Cristina...