Some examples: My Year of Rest & Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh Bunny by Mona Awad The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell by Kitkat8131 Related: Since it’s October I want something spooky Good, but less popular fantasy or sci-fi? My TBR Stack. Suggest me a book that gives off and atmosphere of these quotes… Any classic books following a protagonist amidst a deep, dark depression that the reader can relate to
sadie1525 on February 2, 2025 8:29 pm Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R Austin — anxiety disorder and depression My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata — anxiety disorder and depression Milk Fed by Melissa Broder — extreme eating disorder Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley — trauma and abuse Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield — grief
clumsystarfish_ on February 2, 2025 8:32 pm Resilience is Futile by Julie S. Lalonde (surviving an abusive/stalker partner) Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan (surviving an extremely rare medical condition)
Abi_Beam on February 2, 2025 8:35 pm All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton
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Boy Parts – Eliza Clark
Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily R Austin — anxiety disorder and depression
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata — anxiety disorder and depression
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder — extreme eating disorder
Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley — trauma and abuse
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield — grief
Resilience is Futile by Julie S. Lalonde (surviving an abusive/stalker partner)
Brain on Fire by Susannah Cahalan (surviving an extremely rare medical condition)
All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
Lola in the Mirror by Trent Dalton