 | Imajica: Featuring New Illustrations and an Appendix by Clive Barker
Buy new: $14.39 / Used from: $6.35 Some authors start in a particular genre and then move beyond. Clive Barker began in the horror realm but with Imajica he moved into the world of literature.
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 | The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) by Stephen King
Buy new: $11.02 / Used from: $3.50 This man seems to be unable to write a book that isn't worth reading. The Dark Tower series is the culmination of about 40 years of writing. Simply amazing.
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 | Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $4.47 I picked this up on a whim one day at Barnes and Noble. My last name is Lamb and I laughed when I saw the title to this. I bought it, read it, read it again, and went on a hunt for everything else he has written. He is now an author that I get everything new puts out without even knowing what the book is. Hilarious stuff.
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 | Perdido Street Station by China Mieville
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $2.79 I see China Mieville in a sort of horrifyingly fantastical Dickensian way. You just have to read one of his books to understand what I mean by that.
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 | American Gods: A Novel by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $4.51 I don't know if there is a more imaginative writer working today. If it has his name on it, I check it out, whether it's a comic, graphic novel, children's book, novel, non-fiction essay, short story, movie...anything.
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 | Someplace to Be Flying (Newford) by Charles de Lint
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $4.50 Have you ever wondered what goes on right in front of ours that we don't see? Well, Mr. DeLint has some very interesting ideas on what those things may be. If there is a myth, legend, religion, philosophy, or way of life that he hasn't incorporated into a book, many times mixed together in such a way to make it something new and unheard of, at some point, then I don't know what it is.
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 | Watchers by Dean Koontz
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.25 This is the first book of his I ever read and it put me on a path to reading some of the most heartbreaking and heartwarming stories. Dean's ability to scare the crap out of you, get your adrenaline rushing, and still bring tears to your eyes with his understanding of empathy and compassion is one-of-a-kind.
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 | The Structure of Magic: A Book About Language and Therapy by Richard Bandler
Buy new: $14.93 / Used from: $6.00 If you have ever wondered how you think about thinking, how you feel about feeling, and how to use language to build better relatioships and/or a better you then you should check out this and the follow-on book. This isn't your average self-help scat. This is about fundamental change.
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 | The Devil's Teeth: A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks by Susan Casey
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $0.01 If you think Jaws was gnarly then read this book about the flying sharks of the Farralon Islands. Great white sharks that launch themselves completely out of the water to get a seal or a bird to eat. No way in heck would you catch me in the tiny boat these people used to try and study them. Uh uh, no sir.
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 | Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $5.25 Before 300 came into being, this historical fictionalization about the battle of thermopylae came out. It's amazing what those men did to hold off the Persian army.
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 | Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Buy new: $9.88 / Used from: $4.94 Salinger wrote some of the best internal and external monologues. You have to read it to appreciate the fact that he only has published four books. Maybe one day we will be lucky enough to get another one.
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