(i dont love all of them but some have just emotional value or kept me thinking abt them for long)
the storyteller by traci chee
circe by madeline miller
the dark room by Minette Walters (my current read, might love it or hate it)
Das Labyrinth erwacht by Rainer Wekwerth (only availible in german, its a series but i love it)
the pigeon by patrick süskind (better than the perfume but maybe bc i read that for school)
lockwood&co by jonathan stroud
graveyard shift by m l rio
any book by shirley jackson but start with we have always lived in the castle or the haunting of hill house bc short stories can be quite overwhelming
the secret live of bees by Sue Monk Kidd (i read that relatively young but loved it)
the book of longings by sue monk kidd
bunny by mona awad
little women by luisa may alcott
not without my daughter by Betty Mahmoody
horseman and ghost tree and good girls dont die and the house that horror built by christina henry (4 different books)
a haunting on the hill by elisabeth hand (takes place in the haunting of hill house setting)
pax by sarah pennypacker
any teen book by ursula potznanski
May 28, 2025
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oh you’ve come to the right place mama!!
going off the fact that you watch gilmore girls i’m gonna assume several wonderful things ab you and rec accordingly:
short stories or memoir-like - great to dip in and out of but impactful enough to hold ur interest. love unaccustomed earth & the lowland by jhumpa lahiri, anything by david sedaris, anything by sheila heti (motherhood and how should a person be are faves), just kids by patti smith. the first books i ever truly loved were white oleander by janet finch and the glass castle by jeanette walls
family drama (less quick) - hate to rec a little life by hanya yanagihara but it‘ll keep you off your phone! also loved pachinko by min jin lee, hello beautiful by ann napolitano, and my brilliant friend series by elena ferrante
some great and gripping fiction: come and get it by kiley reid, now is not the time to panic by kevin wilson, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow by gabrielle zevin, writers and lovers by lily king
TWO ye olde recs: little women and the picture of dorian gray :))))
Mar 7, 2024
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Fiction:
In Watermelon Sugar-Richard Brautigan.
Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada.
Death in her Hands-Ottesa Moshfeg.
Mist-Miguel de Unamuno.
Animal-Lisa Taddeo.
This is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill.
Death With Interruptions-José Saramago.
The Family of Pascual Duarte-Camilo José Cela (This one is extremely violent and graphic, so beware).
Flowers in the Attic-V.C Andrews.
100 Years of Solitude-Gabriel García Marquez.
Non-fiction:
Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs.
Educated-Tara Westover.
I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy.
May 30, 2024
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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
Jan 20, 2025
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its not the original tiffany one but its cheaper and looks the same (or better)
May 27, 2025
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(personal rec for amy winehouse lovers <3)
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