I wanted to find books like Gore Vidal’s “Creation,” gifted to me by my erudite father, Roberto Calasso’s “Ka” about the origins of Hindu deities, or Umberto Eco’s mind-bending and esoteric “Foucault’s Pendulum.”
My journey brought me here:
- “The Ghost Bride“ by Yangzee Choo: A historical paranormal novel set in 1890s colonial Malacca and the Chinese world of the dead.
- “Damned” by Chuck Palahniuk: A dark, hilarious, and brilliant novel about a thirteen-year-old girl who wakes up in hell.
- “Journey to the West” by We Cheng’en: A classic Chinese mythological novel. It is a mythological novel full of obstacles and monsters, with a mixture of whimsy, Daoist teachings, and slapstick humor.
- “The Investiture of the Gods” by Xu Zhonglin: A 16th-century Chinese novel and one of the major vernacular Chinese works in the gods-and-demons (shenmo) genre.
- “The Wasp Factory” by Iain Banks: A gothic horror story of a Scottish teenager with a penchant for sadistic violence.
- “The Incarnations” by Susan Barker: A novel about a Beijing taxi driver whose past incarnations haunt him through searing letters sent by his mysterious soulmate.
- “The Vorrh” by B. Catling: A fantasy novel that explores the human colonisation of the fictional African forest of the Vorrh.
- “The Daughters” by Adrienne Celt: A novel about the deep bond between mothers and daughters, and the destructive strain of jealousy and competition.
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