Since I have a soft spot for women who write, this collection was right up my alley. My favorites were (of course) both novels in the collection: I listened to loads of radio plays to "The Haunting of Hill House", watched the Netflix adaption and all movies about it before even reading the book and yet the whole theme of Hill House is so creepy and mysterious that it always leaves me feeling like it was my first read of the story. Truly magical! "We Have Always Lived In The Castle" blew me away for good! Will definitely need to read this one again. What surprised me the most were her short stories since she became famous for stories like "The Lottery" and most of her short stories were rather ordinary because she mostly wrote about everyday life. Impressive work, call me a fan from now on :-)