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House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

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A postmodern horror labyrinth disguised as a novel—playful, terrifying, and completely unlike anything else.

House of Leaves tells the story of a documentary that doesn’t exist, a house that’s bigger on the inside than outside, and a man who slowly unravels while trying to understand it all. Layers of footnotes, color-coded text, and multiple narrators make reading this an immersive experience.

It’s part horror, part satire, part puzzle—and all cult phenomenon.