The Necromancer, or The Tale of the Black Forest
10 best books like The Necromancer, or The Tale of the Black Forest (Karl Friedrich Kahlert): The Castle of Otranto, Me, The Italian, Vathek, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe, The Worm Ouroboros, The Midnight Bell, The Mysterious Warning, The Castle of Wolfenbach: A German Story
| Author | Horace Walpole |
| ISBN | 0192834401 |
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an Italian story of the time of the crusades. In it Walpole attempted, as he declared in the Preface to the Second Edition, "to blend the two kinds of romance: the ancient and the modern." Crammed with invention,...
| Author | Elton John |
| ISBN | 1250147603 |
In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the film Rocketman. The result is Me - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time.
Christened...
| Author | Ann Radcliffe |
| ISBN | 0140437541 |
From the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ellena, he is captivated by her enigmatic beauty and grace. But his haughty and manipulative mother is against the match and enlists the help of her confessor to come between them. Schedoni, previously a leading...
| Author | William Beckford |
| ISBN | 0192836560 |
An odd book, and not a completely successful one. I cannot deny it a wealth of ironic observation and an elegant style, but I believe the author indulges his hobbies and obsessions--his Orientalism, his ephebophilia, his loathing of his mother and other termagants--to an extent that distorts...
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
| Author | Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
| ISBN | 0486223051 |
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally "The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere") is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Modern editions use a later revised version printed in 1817 and featuring...
Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe
| Author | Thomas Ligotti |
| ISBN | 0143107763 |
Two terrifying classics by “the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction” (The Washington Post)
Thomas Ligotti’s debut collection, Songs of a Dead Dreamer, and his second, Grimscribe, permanently inscribed a new name in the pantheon of horror fiction. Influenced...
| Author | E.R. Eddison |
| ISBN | 0486447405 |
This is the book that shaped the landscape of contemporary science fiction and fantasy. When The Lord of the Rings first appeared, the critics inevitably compared it to this 1922 landmark work. Tolkien himself frankly acknowledged its influence, with warm praise for its imaginative appeal. The story...
| Author | Francis Lathom |
| ISBN | 1934555126 |
Young Alphonsus Cohenburg enters his mother's bedroom and finds her covered in blood. She tells him his uncle has murdered his father, and orders him to flee Cohenburg castle forever to save his own life!
A disconsolate exile, Alphonsus wanders the earth seeking the means of survival, first...
| Author | Eliza Parsons |
| ISBN | 1934555347 |
The good old Count Renaud is dead, and his will makes the degenerate Rhodophil his heir, disinheriting his other son Ferdinand, who has married against his father's wishes. Rhodophil promises to share his new riches with his younger brother and his wife Claudina, but Ferdinand hears a mysterious voice...
The Castle of Wolfenbach: A German Story
| Author | Eliza Parsons |
| ISBN | 0977784169 |
Matilda Weimar flees her lecherous and incestuous uncle and seeks refuge in the ancient Castle of Wolfenbach. Among the castle's abandoned chambers, Matilda will discover the horrifying mystery of the missing Countess of Wolfenbach. But when her uncle tracks her down, can she escape his despicable...
| Author | Regina Maria Roche |
| ISBN | 0976604841 |
This review cannot come at a more perfect time because not only did I finish a brillisnt classic but I am writing a review for it on my spankin' new laptop. Clermont was one of the mos beautiful books I haveever read. The emotions, the character, the plot development was all carried out in such an honest,...
Like many veterans of his era, Sgt. Steve Maharidge never talked about “the good war.” On the surface, the Maharidges were a normal working-class family in the suburbs of Cleveland. But behind closed doors, even the most mundane moments could trigger Steve’s violent, traumatic episodes, which...
Carnival Row: Tangle in the Dark
Listening Length: 3 hours and 8 minutes
Tourmaline Larou lives an idyllic life of learning by day and partying by night. An aspiring poet, her future promises nothing less than brilliance.
Then, Vignette Stonemoss walks through the door, and Tourmaline’s world is upended.
As...
