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A darkly droll and exquisitely illustrated chronicle of a peculiar ballerina's lonely rise to fame and dreadful demise. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with The Gilded Bat.
- lonely
- mysterious
- peculiar
- stark
- 01
Amphigorey Too (Amphigorey #2)
Edward Gorey · 1975
A delightfully morbid stroll through an Edwardian fever dream where tragedy is treated with deadpan absurdity.
- 02
Amphigorey Again
Edward Gorey · 2006
A delightfully grim and eccentric collection of illustrated nonsense that feels like wandering through a haunted, Victorian curiosity shop.
- 03
The Bat
Mary Roberts Rinehart · 1926
A delightfully spooky romp through a shadow-filled mansion, led by a heroine who treats mortal peril as an invigorating puzzle.
- 04
The Shrinking of Treehorn
Heidi, Florence Parry · 1989
A delightfully deadpan fable about the surreal absurdity of being a child in a world run by profoundly oblivious adults.
- 05
Rumpelstiltskin
Jacob Grimm; Wilhelm Grimm
A timeless, slightly shadowy folklore experience centered on an impossible task and a deeply unsettling bargain.
- 06
Swan lake
Fonteyn, Margot Dame · 1989
A classic, shadowed fairy tale where enduring romance battles a cruel and dark enchantment.
- 07
The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
Tim Burton · 1998
A delightfully grim collection of nursery rhymes for the strange, the spooky, and the chronically misunderstood.
- 08
Gooney Bird Greene
Lois Lowry · 2002
A joyful, classroom-bright celebration of storytelling and unapologetic individuality.
- 09
The Austere Academy
Lemony Snicket
A delightfully dreary boarding school romp where the adults are useless, the rules are absurd, and the children are brilliant.
- 10
More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops
Jen Campbell
A hilarious, bite-sized tribute to the baffling, bizarre, and endearing things people say when surrounded by books.
- 11
The Comical Tragedy or Tragical Comedy of Mr Punch
Neil Gaiman
A surreal, haunting descent into the fragmented and terrifying memories of a seaside childhood.
- 12
Revolting rhymes
Roald Dahl
A gleefully wicked dismantling of childhood innocence told through bouncy, bloodthirsty verse.
