Here are some books that will make you question who the true monsters in the world are, and how the mind can be more damaging than any weapon.
“Tender is the Flesh” by Agustine Bazterricia. This novel takes place in a dystopian society where animals have been wiped out, and now it’s humans who are being slaughtered for their meat. This book follows slaughterhouse handler Marcos as he tries to come to grips with his new reality.
“Everything is Fine” by Mike Birchall. Sam and Maggie are a normal couple in a normal house. There is nothing strange about their heads, their neighbors, or their sweet little dog. Everything is fine. This is the story of a couple doing their best to get by in a world where things are absolutely, totally, and unquestionably fine. This dystopian horror graphic novel is perfect for those who love pastel horror.
“Hell Followed With Us” by Andrew Joseph White. Sixteen-year-old transgender boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him, the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon upon the world. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bio weapon they infected him with.
“Interview with a Vampire’’ by Anne Rice. This Halloween season, you might want to pick up the “Vampire Chronicles.” Before Edward Collins and Bella Swan, there was a Louis and Lestat toxic romance. Louis is changed into a vampire by Lestat, and the two of them are the definition of enemies to lovers.
“We have always lived in a castle” by Shirley Jackson. This novel follows Marie Katherine “Marricat” Blackwood. She is eighteen years old, but still has a childlike imagination that follows her wherever she goes. This novel is for everyone who ever felt a sense of otherness about themselves.
“The Spellbook of Katrina Van Tassel” by Alyssa Palomba. This feminist retelling of the legend of Sleepy Hollow follows young Katrina Van Tassel as she tries to solve the mystery around her beloved Ichabod Crane’s disappearance.
“The First Bright Thing” by J.R Dawson. Ringleader Rin loves performing, even though she knows (as well as her wife Odette) that if the audience knew who the circus performers really were, they would be ostracized as freaks. Rin and her circus members all have magic and they collectively call themselves the sparks. What plagues Rin the most is that she can see there’s a war on the horizon, one worse than the previous one. Her journey follows Rin as she attempts to flee her past, having barely escaped an abusive partner who still wants to have Rin under his control.
“The Night Circus” by Erin Morgenstern. The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there at night for one night only before it disappears to the next city. Behind the scenes of the circus, two young magicians are trained by their magical teachers to participate in a duel where only one of them comes out alive. But what happens when the two magicians fall in love with each other? The fate of the circus is up in the air along with the rest of its inhabitants, and it’s up to you as the reader to find out what became of it.
“Jane Eyre” by Charlotte Bronte. This novel is perfect for fans of Beauty & the Beast who are craving a similar story with a gothic twist. The protagonist Jane Eyre is book smart just like Belle and through the duration of the novel she falls for Mr. Rochester who undergoes his own transformation.
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