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These books will make you cooler by just having them near. Still, we insist you give 'em a read since they are a vivisection of the best fiction out there. Read them on the subway at midnight or with a leg dangling from the fire escape if you must. |
The Wild Things is another remarkable book from the publishing house of McSweeney's. Dave Eggers takes the children's picture book, Where the Wild Things Are, and expands its story into a full-length movie and a novel. The result is a deeper and darker monstrous world, where you finally understand why Max is so unrelentingly mischievous. This fur-bound edition of Egger's novel is very cozy in bed and certain to be a collectible. |
Aimee Bender writes unconventional short fiction. What does that mean? In The Girl in the Flammable Skirt, Bender's short stories begin with premises usually reserved for dreams. By the end she makes us believe the dreams are our own. She tells stories about a wife's marital difficulties when her husband returns from the war without lips. Not unconventional enough? How about a high school love story between a stilt-wearing nymph and a mermaid that hides her tail under long skirts. Bender's more erotic stories seem plucked from Salvador Dali's wet dreams. Simply, Aimee Bender is creating some of the most uniquely creative short fiction out there today. |
Before "To Catch a Predator" there was Lolita. The book has lived a double life, both banned from libraries and considered one of the best novels ever written. Narrated by a charming pedophile named Humbert Humbert, author Vladimir Nabokov crosses a boundary that bounces your emotion across the pages. You feel so inside the head of Humbert that though you will fight to dislike him, you have no choice but to understand him. |
The Dangerous Bookshelf |
by GT Jones |

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