Manny
Manny's Slap Happy Top Ten + One
Ancient Evenings by Norman Mailer
A lost classic. Mailer's finest fiction is a big messy Egyptian epic, alternately thought-provoking, horrifying, and hilarious.
The Day of Creation by J.G. Ballard
Ballard's bizarre tale of a doctor working in Central Africa who creates a river that irrigates the desert -- then slowly becomes convinced that he must murder it.
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
The novel so terrifying that Stephen King himself tossed it in a drawer to and forswore publication.
The Serpent and the Rainbow by Wade Davis
The most profound exploration of Haitian voodoo culture available. Sociology as thriller.
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
The finest haunted house/descent into madness story since Stephen King's The Shining.
The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy
'40s Noir as Gothic Horror. The Black Dahlia and L.A. Confidential get all the attention, but The Big Nowhere holds all the cards.
Hollywood Rat Race by Edward D. Wood, Jr.
No guide to Hollywood success is more odd or enthusiastic.
Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare scholars hate it and claim he didn't write it. Horror fans try to reclaim it as the first gore comedy.
The Western Lands by William Burroughs
Burroughs's final novel -- and his best. Burroughs runs Mailer's masterpiece Ancient Evenings through his head and creates his own.
Hannibal by Thomas Harris
The disappointing film version cut out all the interesting parts. This book is totally demented.
Legion by William Peter Blatty
If you can find this one, pick it up. Blatty's loose sequel to The Exorcist is out of print, but well worth the search.
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