“The Book Of Forgotten Authors” by Christopher Fowler (2017)

“Absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder.”

Which 1897 supernatural romantic novel featured shapeshifting powers, hypnotic commands and is told from several viewpoints? No, not Dracula. This is The Beetle by Richard Marsh, which far outsold Stoker’s vampiric novel. Published in the same year and, at the time, the bestseller, it seems unfathomable now that this isn’t a household title. This is just one of the one hundred authors in Christopher Fowler’s outstanding book, all of whom were incred...