Ten Favorite (Unfrightening) Monster Novels
(alphabetically by author, with a soundtrack by Fred Schneider)
Dinner by César Aira
Lila the Werewolf by Peter S. Beagle
The Circus of Dr. Lao by Charles G. Finney
Grendel by John Gardner
Strange Beasts of China by Yan Ge
Mrs. Caliban by Rachel Ingalls
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
The Dragon Griaule by Lucius Shepard
A Questionable Shape by Bennett Sims
Borne by Jeff VanderMeer
— January 8, 2021