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Guillermo del Toro’s Favourite Books

The cult film director, Guillermo del Toro, has some spooky suggestions for your TBR. Ready to get to them immediately? Read on.

Rachel Weber Jan 4, 2016

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Rachel Weber is rarely seen without books, lipstick or her French Bulldog sidekick, Batman. She's never met a refined carbohydrate she didn't like, loves a pop ballad and is a sucker for TV shows about rich people. She's from England, lives in San Francisco and writes about video games. Yes, that is an actual job. Twitter: @therachelweber

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While we at the Riot take some time off to rest and catch up on our reading, we’re re-running some of our favorite posts from the last several months. Enjoy our highlight reel, and we’ll be back with new stuff on Monday, January 11th.

This post originally ran October 4, 2015.
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Cult film director and horror expert Guillermo del Toro has only just joined Twitter but he’s already treating followers to a bunch of book recommendations. So far he’s focused on vampires and dark fairy tale fiction, news which won’t surprise anyone who has seen Pan’s Labyrinth or Cronos.

Here’s a round-up of the titles that the dark lord has recommended so far, all of which are now on my TBR. If I’m going to marry a handsome vampire someday it’s only polite to learn a bit about his culture.

I’m hoping Guillermo del Toro will continue to suggest more, he’s promising one book and one film suggestion a day, so keep an eye on his Twitter feed here.

And if you’re at all a fan of Guillermo del Toro or his style then definitely run to your bookseller of choice and order Guillermo del Toro Cabinet of Curiosities: My Notebooks, Collections, and Other Obsessions right away. (I mean, the guy has a life size figure of HP Lovecraft in his library, he’s definitely one of us.)