 | The Essential Phantom of the Opera: The Definitive, Annotated Edition of Gaston Leroux's Classic Novel (Essentials) by Gaston Leroux
Buy used from: $7.28 Absolute must. The original novel, the one that started it all. If you can't read French, I heard this is THE translation to have.
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 | Phantom by Susan Kay
Buy new: $15.80 / Used from: $12.52 Best spinoff ever. The Phantom's life from birth to death, told from different points of view. Dark, tormented Erik, touchingly sensitive at times. The part with Christine is too short for my taste.
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 | The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Not as bad as I expected after reading the reviews, but not strong. Tries to mimic Kay's style and uses a few of her ideas as well, with considerably less genius. Uneven. Hated the ending.
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 | The Angel of the Opera: Sherlock Holmes Meets the Phantom of the Opera by Sam Siciliano
Buy used from: $15.46 Hard to come by. Am trying to get my hands on one. Rumored to be second-best after Kay's book.
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 | Progeny by Becky Meadows
Buy new: $19.75 / Used from: $0.99 Fanfic of average level. Liked it for the Erik-Christine pairing, but story is unoriginal and redundant at times. Not to mention predictable. Guess who is the real father of Christine's son?? Duh...
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 | Phantasy by Becky Meadows
Buy new: $23.95 / Used from: $5.74 Sequel to Progeny. Not read yet, and not particularly eager to. Rumored to be quite bad.
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 | Night Magic by Charlotte Vale Allen
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $8.99 Modern setting. Marisa, a 16-year-old beauty falls in love with a reclusive 30-year-old architect. Interesting relecture, questions the <<happily ever after>>. Erik's insecurity is a bit irritating.
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 | Behind The Phantom's Mask by Roger Ebert
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.01 America's most famous movie critic's ironic take on our beloved story. Bought it, not read yet.
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 | The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson
Buy new: $16.15 / Used from: $2.00 First Phantom spinoff I read. Not much to say. Okay, no more. No deep emotions or complex storyline here. Christine and Raoul's childish innocence is even worse than in Leroux's novel.
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 | A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities by Ray Bradbury
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $2.92 Phantom-inspired mystery taking place in Hollywood. A strange <<beast>> is stricking panic among a studio's crew, as the veil lifts on the death of a film magnate 20 years ago. Vague resemblance.
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 | The Phantom of Paris by Gwenith M. Vehlow
Buy new: $9.51 / Used from: $7.12 Not read. Not high on my priority list :)
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 | Journey Of The Mask by Nancy Pettengill
Buy new: $9.16 / Used from: $0.97 Not read either. Some day...
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 | The Complete Phantom of the Opera (Owl Books) by George Perry
Buy used from: $0.33 The exhaustive guide to the musical. Uncludes a summary of all version of Phantom on film, and a detailed account of the musical's creation, from the texts to the costumes and staging. Complete.
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 | The Phantom Of The Opera Companion (Film Companion) by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Buy used from: $3.35 Movie companion. Includes a 15-pages summary of Perry's book, 10 pitiful pages about the making of the movie, and the original screenplay. Disappointing content, but beautiful pics.
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 | Maskerade (Discworld Novels) by Terry Pratchett
Buy used from: $6.07 Part of a larger series, but book stands alone. Quite hilarious and very original. Takes place in some alternate universe with aging witches as two of the main characters. Christine fans should avoid
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 | The Trap-Door Maker: A Prequel to the Phantom of the Opera, Book 1 by Pete Bregman
Buy used from: $23.91 Not available in Canada. No idea if I'll ever be able to read it.
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 | Angel of Music: Tales of the Phantom of the Opera by Carrie Hernandez
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $7.90 Series of short stories. Sounds good, but expensive. To follow...
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 | Stagestruck Vampires and Other Phantasms by Suzy McKee Charnas
Buy new: $24.95 / Used from: $1.97 Anthology that includes one Phantom story. Seems it is the best of the book. Not read, though.
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 | Phantom Of The Auditorium (Goosebumps) by R.L. Stine
Buy used from: $0.01 Children book. Not read yet.
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 | Masque Of The Swan (Denise Little Presents) by Rebecca Ashe
Buy used from: $0.01 Phantom/ Beauty of the Beast inspired. Not read yet.
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 | The Music of the Night (Signet Eclipse) by Lydia Joyce
Buy used from: $0.01 In Venice, a young woman is seduced by a mysterious stranger hiding in shadows and masks, unaware that he is looking for vengeance. Link to Phantom is tenuous, but the romance is good.
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 | Bride of the Beast by Sue-Ellen Welfonder
Buy new: $17.09 / Used from: $4.59 More beauty than Phantom, but well, the two ARE related... Not read yet.
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 | The Phantom Cat of the Opera by David Wood
Buy used from: $3.31 Children retelling in which the Phantom characters are all cats. Haven't read.
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 | Bantam of the Opera (Bed-And-Breakfast Mysteries) by Mary Daheim
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $0.01 Funny mystery, vaguely Phantom-inspired. Half-read.
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 | The Undergrounds of the Phantom of the Opera: Sublimation and the Gothic in Leroux's Novel and its Progeny by Jerrold E. Hogle
Buy new: $83.84 / Used from: $79.99 University book, looking for freudian symbols and metaphors in Phantom. Not for the common fan at all.
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