Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
“L’idée la plus utile aux tyrans est celle de Dieu,”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black
“I think being condemned to death is the only real distinction," said Mathilde. "It is the only thing which cannot be bought.”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black
“The idea which tyrants find most useful is the idea of God.”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black
“The ordinary procedure of the nineteenth century is that when a powerful and noble personage encounters a man of feeling, he kills, exiles, imprisons or so humiliates him that the other, like a fool, dies of grief.”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black
“In another moment she had torn herself from his arms, lighted the candle, and Julien had all the difficulty in the world in preventing her from cutting off all one side of her hair. “I wish to remind myself,” she told him, “that I am your servant: should my accursed pride ever make me forget it, show me these locks and say: “There is no question now of love, we are not concerned with the emotion that your heart may be feeling at this moment, you have sworn to obey, obey upon your honour.”
― The Red and the Black
― The Red and the Black
Weird Fiction
— 659 members
— last activity Sep 23, 2026 04:44PM
This group is the place for lovers of the genre known as Weird Fiction to meet and discuss favorite works from the past as well as read together reall ...more
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
— 536 members
— last activity Aug 10, 2026 05:34AM
A group for Lovecraft aficionados and Horror/Genre apologists.
Lovecraft Ezine
— 102 members
— last activity Oct 29, 2019 12:43PM
The official Lovecraft Ezine Magazine book group. Every month we will discuss lovecraftian stories, either short story, novella, or full length book. ...more
Literary Horror
— 2169 members
— last activity 15 hours, 25 min ago
A group for fans of literary horror. We will be discussing all things horrible and literary but especially those horrible volumes that either aspire t ...more
Classic Horror Lovers
— 1528 members
— last activity Sep 12, 2025 07:27AM
Do you like your horror on the aged side? This group is for readers who love older/classic horror stories and books. Generally, horror published befor ...more
James’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at James’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
1,588 books
|
14 friends
153 books
|
2 friends
194 books
|
115 friends
378 books
|
49 friends
887 books
|
95 friends
56 books
|
3 friends
79 books
|
1 friend
565 books
|
34 friends
More friends…
Favorite Genres
Polls voted on by James
Lists liked by James