Hi there! I’m gonna turn 22 in a week and am deeply in need of good book recs to put on a little wish list. This is probably gonna be hyperspecific for me but I want some books that will help me out in life!
I’m struggling with mental health issues currently and tired of wasting my days scrolling on my phone and want to pick up reading again. I suffered emotional abuse and neglect as a child and found family trope in books/series literally restores a bit of my faith in humanity. Within ‘found family’ I especially enjoy more mentor-mentee or parent-child dynamics than any other relationship, it’s kinda just wish fulfilment I guess.
Alternatively, any books that actually DEAL WELL with (emotional) abuse/neglect, growing up, mental health etc would also be appreciated even if there’s no found family themes.
OK SO THINGS I’D LOVE
+ cosy, feel good, escapist comfort reads
+ heart-wrenching, soul-destroying, brain-chemistry-changing reads
+ good parental figures!!!
+ friendship themes
+ welcoming community themes
+ mental health themes (light or heavy is ok!)
+ childhood emotional abuse recovery themes
+ actual genre doesn’t matter at all!
+ prefer fiction but wouldn’t mind non-fiction
THINGS I HATE
– trauma porn
– (bland) romance
– don’t mind sex in books but i don’t like gratuitous sex scenes especially for no reason
———-> ok the bar for my bookish dislikes is in hell omg
BOOKS I LOVED
+ anything by Khaled Hosseini
+ anything by Madeline Miller
+ Matilda by Roald Dahl of course
+ Harry Potter by you know who
(RELEVANT) BOOKS I ALREADY HAVE ON TBR PILE
+ Language of Flowers
+ My Name is Leon
+ Wee Free Men
+ Girl in Pieces
+ Turtles All the Way Down
+ The Way I used to Be
Bless you if you read that whole ramble. TL;DR I’d love some recs ahahahah! Even films or series would be ok, happen to be on the lookout for those as well. Hope everyone is doing well and if not I hope whatever it is gets better soon 🫂 peace and love guys 🥹🫶
by todaywillyeetyou