Stephen Howard Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Writer, drinker, meandering thinker. Author of Beyond Misty Mountain and Condemned To Be. Stories in @LostBoysPress @NosleepPodcast @mag_meta & more. He/Him.

The Ballad of Black Tom
Victor Lavalle
Yup, this is every bit as good as I’d heard. A really wonderful, powerful novella, some fine cosmic horror. Go read it. #horror Read my 5-star review of The Ballad of Black Tom by @victorlavalle https://t.co/5sgV7OkEQd
Paperback, 2016
$13.99$6.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
Haruki Murakami
Introduce yourself in 7 books: 1. Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett 2. The Wind Up Bird Chronicle, Haruki Murakami 3. Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro 4. Jade City, Fonda Lee 5. A Short History of Nearly Everything, Bill Bryson 6. Lote, Shola von Reinhold 7. Young Romantics, Daisy Hay https://t.co/e1SurwAonF
Paperback, 1998
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Yu-Gi-Oh!: Duelist, Vol. 20
Kazuki Takahashi
Such a shame. Yu-Gi-Oh is a brilliantly inventive series and I still watch the anime to this day. R.I.P Kazuki Takahashi. https://t.co/GAz871lSvG
Paperback, 2007
$7.95$3.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Last Shift
Matthew Kenneth Baker
Checked out Last Shift. Excellent film. Creepy, tense, with real scares and a strong lead performance from Juliana Harkavy. Would recommend.
Paperback, 2014
$28.27$14.14 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Love Sick: Stories
Tiffany Higgins
My multi-genre short story collection, Condemned To Be, is ‘a riveting collection of original and engrossing stories’ & is packed full of stories with ‘scope, unpredictability, and masterful writing’. https://t.co/BvBAVSr889 https://t.co/5TXdwC2IFH
Paperback, 2023
$10.00$5.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West
Cormac McCarthy
I love this breakdown of Cormac McCarthy’s style using Blood Meridian. If you’re interested in the craft of writing, take a glance at the thread. https://t.co/paZLQsOQhk
Paperback, 1992
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Word for World Is Forest
Ursula K. Le Guin
Another audiobook down and my first Le Guin. Looking forward to reading more. Read my 4-star review of The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin https://t.co/ldf3HQXvO3
Paperback, 2010
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bound Feet
Kelsea Yu
An excellent novella. Tragic and heartfelt, intriguing and clever. Bound Feet leans on Chinese folklore and history to create a truly affecting ghost story. #amreading #horror Read my 4-star review of Bound Feet by Kelsea Yu @anovelescape https://t.co/E1EsiawmcQ
Paperback, 2022
$13.24$6.62 + Free shipping50% off your first book
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
Ooh I’m starting on a new audiobook today: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Excited to get into it. #amreading #audiobooks #WritingCommunity
Paperback, 2017
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ghost Story
Peter Straub
Finally finished Ghost Story and it absolutely did not disappoint. Well worth its reputation. Read my 5-star review of Ghost Story by Peter Straub https://t.co/lOg5fQZX2W
Paperback, 2016
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book