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The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales by Bruno Bettelheim

The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

Bruno Bettelheim

352 pages • first pub 1975 (editions)

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nonfiction psychology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

280 pages • first pub 1818 (editions)

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fiction classics horror literary science fiction dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis by Barbara Creed

The Monstrous-Feminine: Film, Feminism, Psychoanalysis

Barbara Creed

182 pages • first pub 1993 (editions)

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nonfiction feminism horror challenging informative medium-paced
Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film by Carol J. Clover

Men, Women, and Chain Saws: Gender in the Modern Horror Film

Carol J. Clover

260 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)

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nonfiction feminism gender horror dark slow-paced
The Fermata by Nicholson Baker

The Fermata

Nicholson Baker

320 pages • first pub 1994 (editions)

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fiction erotica fantasy challenging reflective medium-paced
Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry by B.S. Johnson

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

B.S. Johnson

187 pages • first pub 1973 (editions)

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fiction literary funny mysterious fast-paced
The Weird Shadow Over Innsmouth & Other Stories of the Supernatural by H.P. Lovecraft

The Weird Shadow Over Innsmouth & Other Stories of the Supernatural

H.P. Lovecraft

255 pages • first pub 1936 (editions)

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fiction classics fantasy horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft

At the Mountains of Madness

H.P. Lovecraft

186 pages • first pub 1931 (editions)

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fiction fantasy horror dark mysterious tense slow-paced
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

Angela Carter

128 pages • first pub 1979 (editions)

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fiction classics magical realism short stories dark mysterious medium-paced
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

865 pages • first pub 1812 (editions)

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fiction classics fantasy short stories adventurous dark fast-paced