My Recommendations

After her father’s failed suicide attempt, Jane is assigned to foster parents who are deeply involved in the Second Day Believers cult.

The story of the Binewskis, a carny family who set out to breed their own circus of human oddities.

Lucie Blackman, a 21-year-old tall blonde living in Tokyo during the summer of 2000 disappears. The subsequent winter her body is found buried at the beach, cut into pieces.

A seemingly shy housewife one day strangles her husband. Her friends come to her aid but each with their own intentions.

Palpable tension and genuine investment in the characters, makes The Woman in the Dunes an excellent read.

A young guy discovers a hole in the wall, just above his bed. Through his newfound voyeurism he begins to study the lives of his neighbours; their private moments together, secret activities to childbirth, illness and death.

Louis Aragon – known as a founding member of the surrealist movement. But did you know he also wrote Irene’s Cunt back in 1928?

For those unfamiliar with Will Christopher Baer think of him as Chuck Palahniuk writing neo-noir crime. Dark settings, twisted underworlds and characters that will live long in the memory.