Discuss Novelty is talking about Edgar Allan Poe. If we had to stay with only one book by the author in this list of recommended books (the best valued among readers) we would not have it easy to select it, since most of them are splendid. But not only of the great Poe we will find. If you want to know what they are the best rated crime novel books by readers and thus decide which will be the next to read, you cannot miss the following list.
"Tales" (Edgar Allan Poe)
Book data:
- Publishing: Southern
- ISBNs: 9788467031362
- Note: 9 / 10
Summary of the book:
In this special edition of Austral, fourteen of the best stories from Edgar allan Poe (1809-1849), one of the most prominent American writers. Poe's modernity and his attunement to the concerns of our time make him an author as close as he is indispensable, and in these stories his astonishing narrative expertise is appreciated as well as his genuine talent for constructing plots of mystery and terror.
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Book data:
- Publishing: Alliance
- ISBNs: 9788420665726
- Note: 10 / 10
Summary of the book:
Despite having already made an appearance in "Study in Scarlet" and in "The sign of the four" , we had to wait until the publication of the first stories that make up "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" in Strand magazine for the flamboyant Baker Street detective to arouse a fervor in readers that has not diminished to this day. Indeed, the series that opened "Scandal in Bohemia", which initially had to make up six installments, not only had to be extended with six more, but would henceforth allow Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) to dedicate himself exclusively to literature. , although already with the inseparable and sometimes overwhelming company of his brilliant, theatrical and hypochondriac researcher.
"The Godfather" (Mario Puzo)
Book data:
- Editorial: Zeta Pocket
- ISBN: 9788498723526
- Note: 9 / 10
Summary of the book:
The publication of "The Godfather" in 1969 the literary world convulsed. For the first time the Mafia starred in a novel and was portrayed from within. Mario Puzo he presented it as a complex society with its own culture and a hierarchy accepted even beyond crime circles.
"The Godfather" tells the story of Vito Corleone, the most respected kingpin in New York. Benevolent despot, ruthless with his rivals, intelligent and faithful to the principles of honor and friendship, Don Corleone runs an emporium that encompasses fraud and extortion, gambling and union control. The life and business of Don Corleone, as well as those of his son and heir Michael, make up the axis of this masterful work.
"The Shining" (Stephen King)
Book data:
- Publishing: Pocket-size
- ISBNs: 9788490328729
- Note: 8 / 10
Summary of the book:
What's become of Danny Torrance? Find out at the end of this volume, which includes the beginning of Doctor Sleep, the continuation of The Shining. 'REDRUM'. That's the word Danny had seen in the mirror. And, although he could not read, he understood that it was a message of horror. He was five years old, and at that age few children are aware that mirrors invert images, and even fewer differentiate between reality and fantasy. But Danny had proof that his mirror-glare fantasies would come to pass: 'REDRUM'... 'MURDER', murder. His mother was thinking about divorce, and his father, obsessed with something very bad, as bad as death and suicide, needed to accept the proposal to take care of that luxury hotel, with more than a hundred rooms isolated by the snow, during six months. Until the thaw they were going to be alone. Alone? ...
"The name of the rose" (Umberto Eco)
Book data:
- Publishing: Light.
- ISBNs: 9788426418807
- Note: 8 / 10
Summary of the book:
Using the characteristics of the Gothic novel, the medieval chronicle and the detective novel, The Name of the Rose narrates the detective activities of Guillermo de Baskerville to clarify the crimes committed in a Benedictine abbey in 1327. It will help him in his work the novice Adso, a young man who faces the realities of life for the first time, beyond the doors of his convent. In this first and brilliant foray into the world of narrative, which Umberto Eco carried out thirty years ago, the reader will enjoy a gripping plot and an admirable reconstruction of a particularly troubled time in Western history.
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