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north woods by Daniel Mason
open throat by Henry Hoke
shark heart by Emily Habeck klara and the sun by Kazuo Ishiguro zero k by Don DeLillo anything by Toni Morrison
shark heart by Emily Habeck klara and the sun by Kazuo Ishiguro zero k by Don DeLillo anything by Toni Morrison
Sep 19, 2024
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📚The stranger by Albert Camus
Before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi
Peony by pearl s. Buck (May be slightly over 200pgs) but SO worth it
The lover by Marguerite duras
Elevation by Stephen king
<3 I could go on and on
Jun 29, 2025
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🍊since I haven’t read all the books on your list (but noting them for my own!)
some options (some more, some less) along these lines:
You too can have a body like mine, Alexandra kleeman
Treasure island!!!, sara Levine
The new me, Halle butler
The hole, hiroko oyamada
Play it as it lays, Joan didion
The faces, Tove ditlevsen
Eileen, otessa moshfegh (preferred this to my year of r&r, personally)
The flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner
Queenie, Candice carty-Williams
the quick and the dead, joy Williams
some options (some more, some less) along these lines:
You too can have a body like mine, Alexandra kleeman
Treasure island!!!, sara Levine
The new me, Halle butler
The hole, hiroko oyamada
Play it as it lays, Joan didion
The faces, Tove ditlevsen
Eileen, otessa moshfegh (preferred this to my year of r&r, personally)
The flamethrowers, Rachel Kushner
Queenie, Candice carty-Williams
the quick and the dead, joy Williams
Rec
📚orbital - samantha harvey
the mortal and immortal life of the girl from milan - domenico starnone
small things like these AND foster - both by claire keegan
five-carat soul - james mcbride (short stories but they go by quick)
lie with me - philippe besson
if an egyptian cannot speak english - noor naga
the boy and the dog - hase seishū
home - toni morrison
scattered all over the earth AND the emissary - both by yoko tawada
franny and zooey- j. d. salinger
the black tree atop the hill - karla yvette
the white card - claudia rankine
Top Recs from @its_just_kate
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😃at least casually. don’t delete the accounts but don’t have the apps on your phone either.
rediscover your love of reading thru the magic of recognizing titles strangers are holding on the subway. become a subway reader.
don’t use sound as an escape from your thoughts/feelings/surroundings. grocery shopping without headphones is actually kind of beautiful!
pick up a new hobby or two or three. one of them should be something you’re not good at, and at least one should be no- or low-cost.
never. stop. learning. the library, the parks and rec department, and nearby museums offer great materials already but also usually have free lectures or courses.
go outside more. like, a lot more.
(took this much less literally, so apologies if it’s not what you’re looking for lol — as a narcoleptic I have no tips on how to Not Sleep since Sleep is basically my job)
rediscover your love of reading thru the magic of recognizing titles strangers are holding on the subway. become a subway reader.
don’t use sound as an escape from your thoughts/feelings/surroundings. grocery shopping without headphones is actually kind of beautiful!
pick up a new hobby or two or three. one of them should be something you’re not good at, and at least one should be no- or low-cost.
never. stop. learning. the library, the parks and rec department, and nearby museums offer great materials already but also usually have free lectures or courses.
go outside more. like, a lot more.
(took this much less literally, so apologies if it’s not what you’re looking for lol — as a narcoleptic I have no tips on how to Not Sleep since Sleep is basically my job)
Sep 30, 2024
Jan 1, 2025
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📚keeps it funky, keeps it fresh! a book for outside, a book for downstairs, a book for bed, a book for the subway, a book for the bathtub…..
Nov 30, 2024