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Piranesi (Hardcover)
by (shelved 31 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.19 — 586,399 ratings — published 2020
A Short Stay in Hell (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.12 — 118,392 ratings — published 2011
House of Leaves (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.09 — 214,014 ratings — published 2000
The Hollow Places (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.77 — 61,666 ratings — published 2020
Coup de Grâce (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as liminal)
avg rating 2.96 — 4,790 ratings — published 2024
We Used to Live Here (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.58 — 336,056 ratings — published 2024
Annihilation (Southern Reach, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.80 — 334,988 ratings — published 2014
Exit 8 (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.46 — 3,314 ratings — published 2025
The Cipher (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.51 — 8,609 ratings — published 1991
Horrorstör (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.64 — 135,918 ratings — published 2014
The Staircase in the Woods (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.53 — 27,181 ratings — published 2025
The Library of Babel (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.29 — 13,006 ratings — published 1941
Subcutanean (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.29 — 441 ratings — published 2020
I Who Have Never Known Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.03 — 717,293 ratings — published 1995
Mister Magic (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.53 — 34,110 ratings — published 2023
You Should Have Left (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.38 — 18,432 ratings — published 2016
The Employees (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.62 — 36,453 ratings — published 2018
Fever Dream (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.72 — 59,168 ratings — published 2014
The Way Inn (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.45 — 690 ratings — published 2014
I'm Thinking of Ending Things (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 5 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.50 — 217,381 ratings — published 2016
Authority (Southern Reach, #2)
by (shelved 5 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.55 — 115,026 ratings — published 2014
The House on Abigail Lane (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 4 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.82 — 1,921 ratings — published 2020
The Hike (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.96 — 34,926 ratings — published 2016
Midnight Timetable: A Novel in Ghost Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.64 — 6,862 ratings — published 2023
Strange Houses (Strange Houses, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.56 — 121,260 ratings — published 2021
The Raw Shark Texts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.82 — 22,395 ratings — published 2007
Dream Science (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.54 — 70 ratings — published 1990
The Divine Farce (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.15 — 6,544 ratings — published 2009
Strange Buildings (Strange Houses, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.92 — 33,923 ratings — published 2023
Last to Leave the Room (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.53 — 3,125 ratings — published 2023
The Spiral (Who's in Control? #1)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.28 — 43 ratings — published
The Door (Haunted Places, #2)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.02 — 627 ratings — published 2020
The Haunting of Hill House (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.81 — 426,801 ratings — published 1959
Wyrd and Other Derelictions (ebook)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.76 — 1,540 ratings — published 2020
We Spread (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.75 — 25,185 ratings — published 2022
The Grip of It (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.14 — 15,981 ratings — published 2017
Slade House (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.81 — 71,364 ratings — published 2015
There Is No Year (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.48 — 820 ratings — published 2011
Episode Thirteen (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.46 — 32,119 ratings — published 2023
A House at the Bottom of a Lake (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.17 — 21,175 ratings — published 2016
Negative Space (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.67 — 10,180 ratings — published 2020
There Is No Antimemetics Division (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.99 — 63,820 ratings — published 2020
I Found a Lost Hallway in a Dying Mall (I Found Horror)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.47 — 1,290 ratings — published 2024
Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.65 — 3,037 ratings — published 1992
Dark Matter (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.13 — 816,118 ratings — published 2016
Yol (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.00 — 1,091,374 ratings — published 2006
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
by (shelved 2 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.29 — 1,772,681 ratings — published 1977
Solaris (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.98 — 141,381 ratings — published 1961
The Black Maybe: Liminal Tales (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as liminal)
avg rating 4.14 — 1,037 ratings — published 2022
All the White Spaces (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as liminal)
avg rating 3.56 — 2,495 ratings — published 2022
“I become ocean, mercury, silver
shimmers, fairy tales, fascinated.”
― Life in Suspension: La Vie Suspendue
shimmers, fairy tales, fascinated.”
― Life in Suspension: La Vie Suspendue
“Candi di Penghujung Ruh
(Jenawi — Khajuraho)
Tubuhku:
batu yang merindu,
belerang hitam tanpa tabuhan.
Jenawi menggerus diriku
kersani yang tak beriba,
mengiris daging sepi
menguliti tulang kenanganku.
Asap dari tungku purba
melilit dalam napas—
meminjam suara jagat bawah.
Di kejauhan,
Khajuraho bergemerincing
laksana leluhur bangkit,
reliefnya membeku di dalam darah,
menusuk di sela urat,
mengubah hasrat menjadi beban
dan beban menjadi sujud.
Aku terbelah:
setengah terbakar lantaran pamrih,
setengah tenggelam lantaran lupa.
Bukan cinta.
Bukan kematian.
Hanya bayang dewa
yang tak memberi nama.
Tanah di antara dua candi
retak layaknya rahim tua:
melahirkan suara tanpa asahan,
meneteskan madu yang telah membatu,
menciptakan lumut dari tangis
yang tak kasat mata.
Lidahku—
bukan lagi lidah:
gesekan besi yang tak mampu menyebut asalnya.
Bibirku—
bukan lagi bibir:
pecahan arca yang kehilangan ruh.
Engkau datang,
bukan sebagai cahaya,
bukan sebagai kematian,
hanya penanda kedahsyatan
yang menyusup laksana angin
yang bukan angin.
Aku hanya menyembunyikan
serpihan hatiku
di sela batumu,
semoga
ketika rembulan runtuh dalam jatuhnya,
namaku kembali terperangah
dalam ingatan yang tak memberi maaf.
Dan jagat ini
terbelah pelan-pelan
layaknya kidung yang disembelih
tapi tak mati-mati.
Desember 2025”
―
(Jenawi — Khajuraho)
Tubuhku:
batu yang merindu,
belerang hitam tanpa tabuhan.
Jenawi menggerus diriku
kersani yang tak beriba,
mengiris daging sepi
menguliti tulang kenanganku.
Asap dari tungku purba
melilit dalam napas—
meminjam suara jagat bawah.
Di kejauhan,
Khajuraho bergemerincing
laksana leluhur bangkit,
reliefnya membeku di dalam darah,
menusuk di sela urat,
mengubah hasrat menjadi beban
dan beban menjadi sujud.
Aku terbelah:
setengah terbakar lantaran pamrih,
setengah tenggelam lantaran lupa.
Bukan cinta.
Bukan kematian.
Hanya bayang dewa
yang tak memberi nama.
Tanah di antara dua candi
retak layaknya rahim tua:
melahirkan suara tanpa asahan,
meneteskan madu yang telah membatu,
menciptakan lumut dari tangis
yang tak kasat mata.
Lidahku—
bukan lagi lidah:
gesekan besi yang tak mampu menyebut asalnya.
Bibirku—
bukan lagi bibir:
pecahan arca yang kehilangan ruh.
Engkau datang,
bukan sebagai cahaya,
bukan sebagai kematian,
hanya penanda kedahsyatan
yang menyusup laksana angin
yang bukan angin.
Aku hanya menyembunyikan
serpihan hatiku
di sela batumu,
semoga
ketika rembulan runtuh dalam jatuhnya,
namaku kembali terperangah
dalam ingatan yang tak memberi maaf.
Dan jagat ini
terbelah pelan-pelan
layaknya kidung yang disembelih
tapi tak mati-mati.
Desember 2025”
―