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10 best books like Tropical Gothic (Nick Joaquín): Alternative Alamat: Stories Inspired by Philippine Mythology, Dusk, Dwellers, Si Janus Sílang at ang Labanáng Manananggal-Mambabarang, Last Seen After Midnight, The Kite of Stars and Other Stories, In Sisterhood—Lea at Lualhati, Ilayo Mo Kami Sa Apoy Ng Impyerno!, Reportage on Lovers: A Medley of Factual Romances, Happy or Tragical, Most of Which Made News, Mass Murders

Alternative Alamat: Stories Inspired by Philippine Mythology
AuthorPaolo Chikiamco
ISBN9719942150
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...
Dusk
AuthorF. Sionil José
ISBN0375751440
With Dusk (originally published in the Philippines as Po-on), F. Sionil Jose begins his five-novel Rosales Saga, which the poet and critic Ricaredo Demetillo called "the first great Filipino novels written in English." Set in the 1880s, Dusk records the exile of a tenant family from its village and...
Dwellers
AuthorEliza Victoria
Rule No. 1: You don't kill the body you inhabit.
Rule No. 2: You should never again mention your previous name.
Rule No. 3: You don't ever talk about your previous life. Ever.

Two young men with the power to take over another body inhabit the bodies and lives of brothers Jonah and Louis....
Si Janus Sílang at ang Labanáng Manananggal-Mambabarang
AuthorEdgar Calabia Samar
ISBN9715085660
APAT NA BUWAN NA SI JANUS SA MANSIYON NINA MANONG JOEY SA AGONO PERO NAROON PA RIN ANG SAKIT NG DILANG-KARAYOM NG MANANANGGAL SA PUSO NIYA DAHIL SA PAGKAWALA NG MGA MAHAL SA BUHAY AT SAPILITANG PAGLAYO KAY MICA.

Simula ng Christmas break nang mawasak ang proteksiyon ng mansiyon laban sa Tiyanak...
Last Seen After Midnight
AuthorBudjette Tan
ISBN9710545078
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 Kite of Stars and Other Stories
AuthorDean Francis Alfar
ISBN9712719233
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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In Sisterhood—Lea at Lualhati
AuthorLualhati Bautista
ANG MASASABI NILA TUNGKOL SA AWTOR:

Lea Bustamante: Nuknukan ng yabang 'yan. Kung sabihin ba naman, 'yung pangit na obra daw niya ang mas mabili nang mahal. Kasi daw, bihira lang iyon.

Magda No Name: Hindi ako hanga sa kanya, ha! Tignan n'yo 'ko sa 'Gapo', ni wala akong apelyido. Wala...
Ilayo Mo Kami Sa Apoy Ng Impyerno!
AuthorManix Abrera
ISBN9710545205
Pain Pain Go Away, Angel of Dead Air, Cosmic Rule ng mga Taxi, The Vitruvian Man!, Dilang Anghel, Life and Depth, Probability ng Probability Theory, Death by Logic, Never Trust the Devil!, Death by Logic!, Bless You, Tila Luwang Kaluluwa, Mas Masklap Ang Buhay Kapag Finast-Forward, Ikakasal Ka Na,...
Reportage on Lovers: A Medley of Factual Romances, Happy or Tragical, Most of Which Made News
AuthorQuijano de Manila
ISBN9712720381
Classic Oriental Love--as in the tale of a Japanese girl who asked her Filipino lover neither marriage nor even affection but simply the permission to serve him and slave for him until he should find himself a wife.

Modern Cosmopolitan Love--as in the glamorous affair between a young Filipino...
Mass Murders
AuthorBudjette Tan
ISBN9719456906
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...
Ang Kagila-gilalas na Pakikipagsapalaran ni Zsazsa Zaturnnah
AuthorCarlo Vergara
Zsazsa Zaturnnah tells the story of Ada, a cynical resident of a small provincial town, who gains superhuman abilities through a stone that falls from the heavens. With the ability to transform into the voluptuous and powerful Zaturnnah, Ada defends his hometown from dangerous otherworldly threats.

Adding...
Ang Mundong Ito ay Lupa
AuthorEdgardo M. Reyes
ISBN9715844189
Now, my problem is how to translate the title for the sake of my non-Filipino friends. Ang Mundong Ito ay Lupa literally means "This Earth is Soil" but that is a stupid translation. If I understood the metaphor of Reyes, what he meant by the title was that each of us: men or women, rich or poor, young or old,...
Soledad's Sister
AuthorJosé Y. Dalisay Jr.
ISBN9712720837
A casket arrives at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, bearing the body of a woman manifested as "Aurora V. Cabahug" - one of over 600 overseas Filipino workers who return as corpses to this airport every year. The real Aurora, however, is very much alive, a karaoke-bar singer in the distant...
Walong Diwata ng Pagkahulog
AuthorEdgar Calabia Samar
ISBN9712720666
"Binubuksan ng nobelang ito ang panibagong yugto sa pagsusulat ng nobela. Malayo na ito sa tradisyon ng mga romantisista at modernista, na laging mabigat sa dibdib ang paglalahad ng naratibo. Sa akdang ito wala nang imposible sa materyal at maging sa pamamaraan ng paglalahad nito. Tinatangka nitong...
Laro Sa Baga
AuthorEdgardo M. Reyes
ISBN9712701107
This is my 3rd book by Edgardo Reyes who recently passed away. Since he is one of my favorite local authors, I stopped all the books that I was reading to give way to this. I am his fan. This is my humble tribute to him.

Laro sa Baga (Playing With Fire) is a story of a young man called Ding who is physically...
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