The Basic Kafka

8 best books like The Basic Kafka (Franz Kafka): His Hideous Heart, Winesburg, Ohio, The Mismeasure of Man, A Cosmology of Monsters, And the Trees Crept In, The Archer's Tale, The Ghost of Graylock, Timequake

His Hideous Heart
AuthorDahlia Adler
ISBN1250302773
Thirteen of YA’s most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe’s most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.

Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction....
Winesburg, Ohio
AuthorSherwood Anderson
ISBN0192839772
zut, alors! i don't even know where to begin. i had such a complicated reaction to this book. am i the only person who didn't find this depressing?? this book is life - it is tender and gentle and melancholy and real. not everything works out according to plan here, but what ever does? that's not necessarily...
The Mismeasure of Man
AuthorStephen Jay Gould
ISBN0393314251
The definitive refutation to the argument of The Bell Curve.

How smart are you? If that question doesn't spark a dozen more questions in your mind (like "What do you mean by 'smart,'" "How do I measure it" and "Who's asking?"), then The Mismeasure of Man, Stephen Jay Gould's masterful demolition...
A Cosmology of Monsters
AuthorShaun Hamill
A tender and terrifying literary horror novel - the author's debut - that tells the story of a family (creators of a haunted house attraction called the Wandering Dark) and the hereditary monsters - both metaphorical and all-too-real - that haunt them.

Monsters both figurative and very literal...
And the Trees Crept In
AuthorDawn Kurtagich
ISBN0316298700
Stay away from the woods…

When Silla and Nori arrive at their aunt’s home, it’s immediately clear that the manor is cursed. The endless creaking of the house at night and the eerie stillness of the woods surrounding them would be enough of a sign, but there are secrets too—questions...
The Archer's Tale
AuthorBernard Cornwell
ISBN0060935766
From New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell, now available in paperback—the first book in the Grail Series--a spellbinding tale of a young man, a fearless archer, who sets out wanting to avenge his family's honor and winds up on a quest for the Holy Grail.

At dawn on Easter morning...
AuthorDan Poblocki
ISBN0545402689
Does an abandoned asylum hold the key to a frightful haunting?

Everyone's heard the stories about Graylock Hall.

It was meant to be a place of healing - a hospital where children and teenagers with mental disorders would be cared for and perhaps even cured. But something went wrong....
Timequake
AuthorKurt Vonnegut
According to science-fiction writer Kilgore Trout, a global timequake will occur in New York City on 13th February 2001. It is the moment when the universe suffers a crisis of conscience. Should it expand or make a great big bang? It decides to wind the clock back a decade to 1991, making everyone in the...
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