(last updated 8/30/25)

MY TBR !!

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Bram Stoker's Dracula is an 1897 Gothic horror novel that introduced the iconic vampire Count Dracula to the world. Told through a collection of letters, diary entries, and newspaper clippings, the story follows solicitor Jonathan Harker's encounter with the Count in Transylvania and the subsequent efforts of a group led by Professor Abraham Van Helsing to stop Dracula's plan to move to England and spread his curse. The novel explores themes of Victorian anxieties, sexuality, immigration, and the clash between ancient evil and modernity

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Food critic Dorothy Daniels loves what she does. Discerning, meticulous, and very, very smart, Dorothy’s clear mastery of the culinary arts make it likely that she could, on any given night, whip up a more inspired dish than any one of the chefs she writes about. Dorothy loves sex as much as she loves food, and while she has struggled to find a long-term partner that can keep up with her, she makes the best of her single life, frequently traveling from Manhattan to Italy for a taste of both.But there is something within Dorothy that’s different from everyone else, and having suppressed it long enough, she starts to embrace what makes Dorothy uniquely, terrifyingly herself. Recounting her life from a seemingly idyllic farm-to-table childhood, the heights of her career, to the moment she plunges an ice pick into a man's neck on Fire Island, Dorothy Daniels show us what happens when a woman finally embraces her superiority.A satire of early foodieism, a critique of how gender is defined, and a showcase of virtuoso storytelling, Chelsea G. Summers’ A Certain Hunger introduces us to the food world’s most charming psychopath and an exciting new voice in fiction.

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, published in 1818, is a Gothic novel that follows the story of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who creates a grotesque, sentient creature in a secret experiment. Horrified by his creation, he abandons the creature, leading to a tragic cycle of destruction and revenge that consumes both scientist and monster. The novel explores themes of scientific ambition, the ethics of creation, human responsibility, and the dangers of playing God, and is considered both a foundational work of horror and the first science fiction novel.

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In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest – the beautiful Carmilla. So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion.But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day… Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance.

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“Destruction is a form of creation”