Guillermo del Toro Books - 50 Recommendations
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Guillermo del Toro 50 favorite books. Guillermo del Toro book recommendations!
Fans of the famous director will probably wonder what inspires him.
Famous Mexican director Guillermo del Toro shared the films and books on Twitter that he re-reads while in self-isolation.
Guillermo del Toro has a separate house dedicated to storing his favorite books, comics, and art. The neighbors have nicknamed it the Bleak house because of its collection of skulls (over 100, most of them fakes) and his collection of 50,000 comic books.
Guillermo del Toro books reflect his personality as well as his movies. He tends to read a lot of fantasy, comic books, and movie-related literature.
His recommendations will be interesting to fantasy fans and to those who like to dwell in their inner worlds!
Enjoy the biggest compilation of the Guillermo del Toro book recommendations - 50 weird and wonderful reads!
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Animal Man
One of the best comic book issues. Perfect cover. Perfect story. Check it out.
The Haunted Mansion
Book: The Haunted Mansion: Imagineering a Disney Classic by Jason Surrell Great read and files on my favorite place on earth! A fan's dream!
East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon
Book: East of the Sun and West of the Moon (illustrated by Kay Nielsen) Quintessential fairy tale, w shades of Beauty &the Beast and others.
Stinger
Book: Stinger by Robert McCammon.For some reason McCammon is still not as big as he should be. One of the finest genre writers working today
Notes on the Cinematograph
Book: Notes on the Cinematographer by Robert Bresson. Philosophy, article of faith & credo of filmmaking. Pocketbook bible.
Fabre's Book of Insects
Book: Fabre's book of insects by Jean Henri Fabre. By all accounts, Fabre was adored by Luis Bunuel. My favorite entomologist.
The Gothic Enterprise
Book: The Gothic Enterprise by Robert A. Scott.Amazing architectural, engineering, socio-political guide to the wonder of Gothic Cathedrals
Coppola and Eiko on Bram Stoker's Dracula
Book: Coppola and Eiko on Bram Stoker's Dracula by Francis F Coppola, Kiko Ishioka. key book on costume design as performance art in film.
Homicide
Book: Homicide. A year on the Killing Streets by David Simon. Perhaps one of the top True Crime books of all time. Brisk, "unputdownable".
The View from the Cheap Seats
Book: The View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman. A selection of Gaiman's non-fiction. Brain / Soul healing therapy. Faith restorative.
The Spider
Book: The Spider by Hanns Heinz Ewers. German, decadent horror writer (that alone should do it) This tale is full of atmosphere and dread.
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Losing the Light
Book: Losing the Light: Gilliam and the Munchausen Saga. Chronicle an accursed film. One of my favorite films ever. Genius + Tragedy.
Fairy Tale as Myth/Myth as Fairy Tale
Book: Fairy Tale as Myth, Myth as Fairy Tale by Jack Zipes. Tracks the emergence and transformation of fairy tales through the centuries.
The Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky
Book: The Collected Works of Paddy Chayefsky. The Screenplays Volumes I. IIIncludes: Marty, Network, Altered States. Master class writing.
The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales
Book: 1/ 2 The Turnip Princess and Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales by Franz Xaver von Schonwerth. Disturbing and beautiful "lost" tales.
William Cameron Menzies
Book: William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come by James Curtis. Crucial book on a master of design as a narrative element.
Low Life
Book: Low Life by Luc Sante.A perfect double bill/sequel/sibling of Gangs of New York.The portrait of a brutal underworld of a long-gone era
The Turk
Book: The Turk: The Life and Times of the Famous Eighteenth-Century Chess-Playing Machine by Tom Standage. One of my obsessions: The Turk.
The Essential Edgar Cayce
Book: The Essential Edgar Caye by Mark Thurston and Edgar Caye. Good primer on "The Sleeping Prophet" an incredibly compelling character.
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Book: THE COMPLETE STORIES 1883 - 1924. Franz Kafka, Contains his dark fable: Before the Law. My favorite Kafka (yes above Metamorphosis)
The Gods of Pegana by Lord Dunsany
Book: The Gods of Pegāna by Lord Dunsany. His very first, miraculous, book. Duns any is a poet, a conjurer and a master fantasist.
The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Book: The Complete First Edition, The Original Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Translated and edited by Jack Zipes. Great edition
Haunted Britain
Book: Haunted Britain: A Guide to Supernatural Sites Frequented by Ghosts, Witches, Poltergeists & Other Mysterious Beings by A. Hippisley