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- Joseph Fink and Jeffery Cranor, from Welcome to Night Vale, ep. 231.
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My bookshelf
Hey, @beanifred <3 So, here's a big peak at my bookshelf (way too many books as I said)
Beginning with my treasures:
The "Real" Bob Steele and a man called "Brad" by Bob Nareau
The Photostory of "Battling Bob" Bob Steele by Mario DeMarco
2. The Columbo Collection
Just One More thing by Peter Falk
The Grassy Knoll by William Harrington (my enemy)
Murder by the Book by Steven Bochco
And now there's chaos:
3.
Psycho 1 & 2 and Night-World by Robert Bolch (Norwegian edition)
Stand on Zanzibar by John Brunner
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Philip K. Dick
The Body Snatcher by Jack Finney
The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
Trash by Dorothy Allison (lesbian but at what cost)
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Buddah of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
Anansi Boys by Neil Gaiman (I also have American Gods but I cannot find it)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Rosemary's Baby by Ira Levin
The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin
The Complete Short Stories: Hercule Poirot by Agatha Christie
Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane by Henry Farrell
The Hunter by Richard Stark
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Animal Farm by George Orwell
The System by John Burke (novelization)
Alien Nation by Alan Dean Foster (novelization)
Edge of the City by Fredrick Pohl (novelization)
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Babysitter by Joyce Carol Oates
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Collector by John Fowels
Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier (Norwegian edition)
2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke (novelization)
Ninteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Jaws by Peter Benchley
Wanderer by Sterling Hayden (the actor)
The Wicker Man by Robin Hardy & Anthony Shaffer (Novelization (?))
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
4.
Terror by Dan Simmons
Papillon 1 & 2 by Henri Charrière (Norwegian editions)
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers (book of all time)
The Member of the Wedding by Carson McCullers
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Midnight Cowboy by John L. Herlihy
Shooting Midnight Cowboy by Glenn Frankel
Cape Fear by John D. McDonald (watch the movies)
The Bretheren by John Grisham (Norwegian edition)
Dracula by Bram Stoker
The Marlow Murder Club by Robert Thorgood
Glitz by Elmore Leonard (Norwegian edition)
The Big Sleep and Other Novels by Raymond Chandler (the other novels are Farwell My Lovely and The Long Goodbye)
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Client by John Grisham (Norwegian edition)
Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman
The Man Who Died Twice by Richard Osman
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
Legion (Exorcist 2) by William Peter Blatty
La Peste by Albert Camu (Norwegian edition)
Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink & Jeffery Cranor (not read)
The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg
The Day of the Dolphin by Robert Merle
Local Hero by David Benedictus (novelization)
The Glass Cage by Colin Wilson
American Psycho by Brett E. Ellis
Fools Die by Mario Puzo (Norwegian edition)
The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The Sicilian by Mario Puzo (Norwegian edition)
5.
Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin (Norwegian edition) + Four different Game of Thrones books in Norwegian
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Dragon Keeper by Robin Hobb
The Princess Bride by William Goldman
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
The Betsy by Harold Robbins (Norwegian edition)
Aliens by Alan Dean Foster (novelization)
Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian
The Auctioneer by Joan Samson
Timeline by Michael Crichton
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
Dune, The Children of Dune and God Emperor of Dune by Frank Herbert
Hitchiker's Guide to the Galxy by Douglas Adams
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
6.
Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner
Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater
The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Trigger Warning by Neil Gaiman (short story collection that made me dislike short stories)
Mr. Monk in Trouble by Lee Goldberg (my enemy)
Mr. Monk and the Dirty Cop by Lee Goldberg (I hate him)
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Wolf
Oranges are not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
The Perks of being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Maurice by E. M. Forster
The Case of the Gilded Lily by Erle Stanley Gardner (Norwegian edition)
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost by Erle Stanley Gardner (Norwegian edition)
Something Happened by Joseph Heller
Marathon Man by William Goldman
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
Skulduggery Pleasant: Playing with Fire by Derek Landy
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley (Norwegian edition)
The Guest List by Lucy Foley
The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurt
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Norwegian edition)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by John Godey (bad)
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion by Fannie Flagg
Killing Time by Della Van Hise (Star Trek Spinoff Spirk book)
Star Trek: Department of Temportal Investigations: Forgotten History by Christopher L. Bennet
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Missing by Una McCormack
Star Trek Enterprise: Rise of the Federation: Uncertain Logic by Christopher L. Bennett
7. Stephen King Collection
Outsider
If it Bleeds
On Writing
Blaze
Carrie
The Stand
Hearts in Atlantis (Norwegian edition)
The Tommyknockers
Cujo
Thinner (Norwegian edition)
The Shining
Night Shift
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon (Norwegian edition)
Dreamcatcher
Doctor Sleep
Rose Madder
Pet Sematary
Christine
Salem's Lot
Dolores Claiborne (Norwegian edition)
The Bachman Books
The Institute
Insomnia
Misery
Finders Keepers
End of Watch
Firestarter
The Body
Needful Things (Norwegian edition)
Bag of Bones
8. Not pictured
A collection of Sherlock Holmes books
Many Hardy Boys books
Chilly Scenes of Winter by Ann Beattie
Some comic books
I believe this is approximately everything lol.
My dream is to have a small cozy rooms dedicated to the books I own. It won't happen any time soon.
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