I want something atmospheric, quiet, and unsettling. Think A Little Life, Never Let Me Go, or The Secret History. Stories where tension builds slowly and characters unravel. Would love any recommendations in that space.
* *The Little Friend* by Donna Tartt — same vibe as *The Secret History*, but meaner and more Southern Gothic
* *Foster* by Claire Keegan — short, devastating, zero fat
* *The Hour of the Star* by Clarice Lispector — disorienting, raw, existential dread baked into every sentence
* *Disgrace* by J.M. Coetzee — cold, clinical, but you feel every moral collapse
* *Open Water* by Caleb Azumah Nelson — lyrical and slow, like heartbreak unfolding underwater
All quiet. All haunting. None of them let you off easy.
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* *The Little Friend* by Donna Tartt — same vibe as *The Secret History*, but meaner and more Southern Gothic
* *Foster* by Claire Keegan — short, devastating, zero fat
* *The Hour of the Star* by Clarice Lispector — disorienting, raw, existential dread baked into every sentence
* *Disgrace* by J.M. Coetzee — cold, clinical, but you feel every moral collapse
* *Open Water* by Caleb Azumah Nelson — lyrical and slow, like heartbreak unfolding underwater
All quiet. All haunting. None of them let you off easy.