Discounted for September October: Captivating Literary Books You Don’t Want to Miss!

Mr. Thomas Carnacki of West London solves the most unexpected cases—that is, those involving the occult. 

Helping clients put tormented spirits to rest, this short story collection explores his range of talents, from science to folklore. 

Signing on to drive ambulances, Helen Smith’s family is proud to see her join the WWI effort. 

But after only two months, Smithy, as the women she works with call her, is transformed by the nightly terrors she witnesses. 

In a “shocking visceral” feminist portrayal, Not So Quiet spotlights the harrowing reality of war (The Paris Review). 

From a Nobel Prize-winning author and pillar of twentieth-century American literature, a WWI veteran struggles to come to terms with a changing world. 

Living in 1920s France, Jake is still reeling from his service in the Great War. He spends his time in cafes and nightclubs, quietly pining after English divorcee Lady Brett Ashley. 

The pair and their friends travel to Spain, wrestling with a senseless existence, in “a truly gripping story” (New York Times).

In this collection of stories, Gertrude Stein follows three women in a mid-Atlantic town. 

Anna flees a troubled past in Germany for a housekeeping position in America; Melanctha, an intelligent Black woman, hunts for power; and Lena, a German immigrant, has made a life in passivity. 

On the island of Ponape, a team of researchers explores an ancient ruin and uncovers an entrance to a secret world. 

There, they discover strange beings who created and worship an entity known as the Dweller, unaware of the horrors they’ve unleashed upon the human realm…

After the Trojan War, Helen of Troy reunites with Menelaus, and the pair journeys to Sparta. See the classic myth from a new point of view: Helen’s, as she reflects on her relationship with the two men, marriage, and love in general. 

Originally a bestseller during the women’s suffrage movement, this “humorous, wise, and beautiful book” offers an inventive, welcome take on a notorious story in Western literature (New York Times).

From acclaimed author and editor Dorothy Scarborough comes what she believed to be the finest ghost stories of her time. 

With Halloween around the corner, there’s no better occasion to dive into entries from pioneering horror writers Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Machen, and many others.

After her stepfather dies, Lois Cayley becomes a penniless orphan. 

Despite her circumstances, she decides to carve out the life of her dreams, traveling far beyond London to Egypt and India. 

Lois faces her toughest challenge yet when the man she loves is accused of fraud, and she must prove his innocence.