Guillermo Del Toro's Book Recommendations
Wonder-Book
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Amazing book- https://www.kickstarter.com/429"
Adventures in Animation
by Richard Williams
"A GREAT book!! Expanded and improved in all aspects!! i am already halfway through!"
The King of Elfland's Daughter
by Lord Dunsany
"A great Dunsany book by any measure!!!"
The Werewolf of Paris
by Guy Endore
"BEST Gothic romance Werewolf on film- and the book by Guy Endore is amazing (what a dream would be to make it- but alas, an impossible one) and bizarre."
The Neverending Story
"A magnificent book-"
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
"Book of the day: FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley. My favorite book of all time. An emotional autobiography."
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Mary!! That book you wrote so truly as a teenager, has been THE most important in my life- (sculpture by Mike Hill, at Bleak House)"
The Book of Three
by Lloyd Alexander
"Book: The Book of Three by Lloyd Alexander. The Chronicles of Prydain is a masterful book series full of magic and chills (Annuvin). Try it!"
Boy's Life
by Robert McCammon
"R McCammon suggested books: Boy's Lfe, Swan Song, Blue World, They Thirst, Mine, The Wolf's Hour. And many short stories."
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
by David Simon
"Book: Homicide. A year on the Killing Streets by David Simon. Perhaps one of the top True Crime books of all time. Brisk, "unputdownable"."
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
"Book: Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. A profound book: satyrical, moving and magical. Every adventure illuminating the human condition"
The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose
by Bernard Roger
"Book: The Initiatory Path in Fairy Tales: The Alchemical Secrets of Mother Goose by Bernard Roger A truly phenomenal book. A favorite!"
Fever Dream
by George R.R. Martin
"BOOK OF THE DAY: FEVER DREAM by George R.R. Martin. Epic Vampire book. Unlike anything you've read before. psst- SAND KINGS is also great!!"
The Incredible Shrinking Man
by Richard Matheson
"Book: THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN by Richard Matheson. An existential, soul-affirming sci-fi adventure of the highest caliber. A classic."
Hitchcock/Truffaut
by Francois Truffaut
"Book of the Day: HITCHCOCK: A DEFINITIVE STUDY OF ALFRED HITCHCOCK by Francois Truffaut. The best film book you'll ever read."
L'Homme qui rit
by Victor Hugo
"Book: L'Homme qui rit, The Man Who Laughs (or By Order of the King) by Victor Hugo. Poignant, profound and tragic. One of my top ten."
Bakakai
by Witold Gombrowicz
"Book: Bakakai by Witold Gombrowicz. Strange- often disquieting- tales of human nature. Absurdist, fantastic and always memorable."
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
by George V. Higgins
"With perfect- PERFECT dialogue straight from Higgins book. And Peter Boyle as a snake in the grassβ¦ there- now thatβs it, Larry!"
The Vampire, his Kith and Kin
by Montague Summers
"Book: The Vampire, his Kit and Kin by Montague Summers. One of the most engrossing books ever written on vampiric anthropology. Fundamental"