Book Lover - The Website for Book Lovers. One of the most interesting examples of this is defined by the diametrically opposed personalities of a couple of literary giants that grew up next to each other in Monroeville, Alabama, a town known for little else.

Poe is considered the first writer of detective fiction. The Fall of the House of Usher. Remain very popular and have entered popular culture through movies and allusions in other works. Here you will find a complete collection of the works of Edgar Allan Poe.

This section is devoted to the books of William Hope Hodgson. William Hope Hodgson was a British writer of horror and supernatural fiction. His career ended far too early when he was killed in action during World War 1. His experiences on the oceans of the world would have a profound experience on his writings and many of his stories are set on ships or on islands, such as the Boats of the Glen Carrig. And the The Ghost Pirates. His most noted works are The House on the Borderland.