Read fast: Another 26 volumes are on the way. When Danielewski says Volume 1 , he means it. One Rainy Day in May (which takes place, in each of the book's various accounts, on May 10, 2014) is one ...

If you’re one of the many people who read House of Leaves when it was a bestseller in the early 2000s, you may be wondering what Danielewski has been doing in the intervening years. Since then ...

If you read 2010's House Of Leaves, then you know exactly what to expect from Mark Z. Danielewski's new The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day In May. This door-stopper of a tome is just as unusual ...

That book, written by Mark Danielewski, wove multiple narratives, hundreds of footnotes, and detailed appendices into a layout as dizzying as the haunted, shape-shifting house that House of Leaves ...

The House of Leaves‘ title refers to the book itself. Like Navidson’s House, it’s an ever-expanding puzzle that keeps tying back into itself and revealing deeper connections.

Improbable because “House of Leaves” is no straightforward horror story. A work of excellent avant-garde pulp, Danielewski’s book delights in metafictional experiments and odd typography.