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Review: Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal

Posted on May 9, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The outrageous and immortal, gender-bending and polymorphously perverse, over-the-top, and utterly on-target comic masterpiece from the bestselling author of Burr , Lincoln , and the National Book Award-winning United States . With a new introduction by Camille Paglia “I am … Continue reading →

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Review: The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami

Posted on May 6, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the bestselling author of Norwegian Wood and Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World comes a love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for our … Continue reading →

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Review: You Like it Darker by Stephen King

Posted on April 30, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: “You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King … Continue reading →

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Review: Pedro the Vast by Simón López Trujillo

Posted on April 24, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Simón López Trujillo’s “mind-blowing” (Gabriela Cabezón Cámara) debut takes readers into a dry and degraded, fire-prone landscape where humanity has encroached a step too far into the natural world, and a deadly fungus mounts … Continue reading →

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Review: I Met Someone by Bruce Wagner

Posted on April 16, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: An emotional thriller by novelist Bruce Wagner, I Met Someone is the story of a fictional Hollywood marriage on the precipice of disaster—and an enthralling meditation on the world in which we live.Bruce Wagner’s I Met Someone is … Continue reading →

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Review: Sister, Maiden, Monster by Lucy A. Snyder

Posted on April 11, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: Sister, Maiden, Monster is a visceral story set in the aftermath of our planet’s disastrous transformation and told through the eyes of three women trying to survive the nightmare, from Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lucy … Continue reading →

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Review: Superstars by Ann Scott

Posted on April 8, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: One of the premier French cult novels of the last thirty years, a tender and combative portrait of Paris’s queer rave scene in the 90s — for fans of Virginie Despentes and Gary Indiana. … Continue reading →

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Review: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Posted on March 30, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it now Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is … Continue reading →

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Review: Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor

Posted on March 27, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synospsis: The future of storytelling is here. Life has thrown Zelu some curveballs over the years, but when she’s suddenly dropped from her university job and her latest novel is rejected, all in the middle … Continue reading →

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Review: In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Posted on March 23, 2026 by ghostvillehero

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: In the Dream House is Carmen Maria Machado’s engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc … Continue reading →

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