Hi! I'm looking for a new book to read. Life has been stressful lately and I want to use my day off today to relax and read in bed while listening to the rain.
My favourite books usually have some complicated family dynamics, are a bit traumatic and dark. Hoping to find something similar to some of these:
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- All books by Tiffany McDaniel
- The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
- The Secret History by Donna Tartt
- Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
- Sorrow and Bliss by Meg Mason
- All the Ugly and Wonderful Things by Bryn Greenwood
- Boy's Life by Robert McCammon
- We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates
I just finished reading, and enjoyed, Wild Dark Shore and a couple of books by Tracey Lange. I like a bit of a longer book, and don't mind having my soul destroyed by a book!
Thanks so much!
by acaciavee
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All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews, and Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart.
Bastard Out of Carolina – Dorothy Allison (my favorite book, if I had to choose one)
She’s Come Undone – Wally Lamb
Ordinary People – Judith Guest
If you’re in for very long and very soul crushing, A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara is certainly both of those things with absolutely beautiful writing. You might also like The Great Alone or The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
I also love coming of age books, like The Girls from Corona Del Mar by Rufi Thorpe and The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne