The Horned Man

7 best books like The Horned Man (James Lasdun): Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead, 1066 and All That: A Memorable History of England, The King of the Golden River, The Apology, Modern Gods, The Quiet Side of Passion, Pretend I'm Dead

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
AuthorOlga Tokarczuk
ISBN0525541330
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE

In a remote Polish village, Janina devotes the dark winter days to studying astrology, translating the poetry of William Blake, and taking care of the summer homes of wealthy Warsaw residents. Her reputation as a crank and a recluse is amplified by her...
AuthorW.C. Sellar
ISBN0413772705
One of the most well-loved and best-selling British humor titles of all time

"Canute began by being a Bad King on the advice of his Courtiers, who informed him (owing to a misunderstanding of the Rule Britannia) that the King of England was entitled to sit on the sea without getting wet."

This...
AuthorJohn Ruskin
ISBN1599151251
There are many starting points within the fantasy genre. J. R. R. Tolkien is often, with good reason, regarded as the father of fantasy, despite the fact that there was a vast expanse of stories before his time. Going further back, one can find the early 20th century classics that inspired the master,...
The Apology
AuthorEve Ensler
ISBN1635574382
From Eve Ensler, author of one of the most influential works of the twentieth century--The Vagina Monologues--and one of Newsweek's "150 Women Who Changed the World," comes a powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement.

Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting...
AuthorNick Laird
ISBN0670025143
An award-winning author who writes in “a wonderfully original and limber voice” (The New York Times) delivers his most accomplished novel to date—the story of two sisters whose lives are dramatically upended.

Alison Donnelly is getting wed again, after a disastrous first marriage....
The Quiet Side of Passion
AuthorAlexander McCall Smith
ISBN0345808703
The new novel from the bestselling Alexander McCall Smith about Isabel Dalhousie--philosopher, moral sleuth, mother, wife--in which Isabel is called upon to help when a paternity question presents more than meets the eye.

Isabel finds herself befriended by Patricia, a single mother whose...
Pretend I'm Dead
AuthorJen Beagin
ISBN1501183931
Miranda July meets Mary Karr in this brilliant debut novel from Jen Beagin, Whiting Award winner and “one of the freshest voices I've read in years—funny, wise, whip-smart and compassionate” (Jami Attenberg, author of The Middlesteins), about a cleaning lady on a quest for self-acceptance...
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