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An ill-conceived plot for revenge spirals drastically out of control, turning the lives of the students of Excelsior Academy into a living nightmare. “This old hag is going to pay,” he muttered through gritted teeth, the words tasting like ash and vengeance.” United by frustration and growing resentment, a group of students decide to mete […]

Honoring James Leaf: a glittering collection of prose and poetry celebrating aesthetic praxis and communal creation As the title suggests, this book is a meditation on a revolution of one. It chronicles James Leaf’s “revolution of one” to resist the exploitation and commodification of theater through the depoliticization of the art form. It is a […]

With sly wit and powerhouse knowledge, Adam Korga helps readers laugh their way through the breakdowns of the digital world. While some books ask readers to imagine new worlds, Fuckup Almanac, Volume I: Foundations of the Digital World asks that we look more carefully at the fascinating, sometimes messy one we live in now. In […]

There is something quietly unsettling about reading a novel that refuses to let either of its characters off the hook. Hooked by Asako Yuzuki, deftly translated by Polly Barton, is exactly that kind of book — one that observes two women dismantling each other’s lives with the clinical precision of a naturalist documenting an ecosystem […]

A reading path through one of fiction’s most enduring obsessions New to Gothic literature? Start here:→ Gothic Literature: A Complete… The post Gothic Literature Starter Pack: 15 Books to Enter the Genre appeared first on She Reads Everything.

For readers drawn to stories of creation, consequence, and what it means to be human. Frankenstein is often remembered as… The post Books Like Frankenstein: 18 Novels About Creation, Isolation, and the Monstrous Self appeared first on She Reads Everything.

By the time a series reaches its sixth book, a fair question shadows every new installment: does it still have something to say, or is it running on brand loyalty alone? Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line by Elle Cosimano offers a mostly persuasive answer. This final chapter in the beloved series doesn’t attempt to reinvent […]

For readers drawn to atmosphere, pursuit, and the slow pull of something not quite human. There are many vampire stories…. The post Books Like Dracula: 18 Gothic Novels of Obsession, Seduction, and the Undead appeared first on She Reads Everything.