Hey
So lately I've read : rosemarys baby, the haunting of hill house and just finished yesteryear. Ive been really enjoying what I feel is a commentary on the entrapment of women by the patriarchal system. I especially enjoy books where it's not clear if the main character is reliable and/ or mentally well.
My favourite was yesteryear. I loved the prose, the commentary, the twist, the slow descent into madness. And with the haunting of hill house I loved how Eleanor's perception of the house shifted from horror and repulsion to love and belonging and how it was unclear if the house was haunted or if Eleanor was going mad.
by electricmocassin-
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Nightbitch fits well with the ones you mentioned!
Seven Days – Alex Lake
Nightwatching – Tracy Sierra
I think you might enjoy “The Vegetarian” by Han Kang
The Yellow Wallpaper
Check out “The Shame” (Goodman) and “Chouette” (Oshetsky).
This is kind of different as it’s not actually “horror,” but it might as well be. No book has ever made me so angry as Stay With Me by Ayobami Adebayo.
Ooh you might enjoy Sarah Bernstein’s Study for Obedience, it was a bit controversial among readers when it got nominated for the Booker Prize, but I personally really enjoyed it and it fits this theme!
Also this feels like a bit of an obvious suggestion, but if you enjoyed Hill House you should totally read We Have Always Lived in the Castle too. And while we’re on the topics of classics of the genre involving thematically significant houses — not quite as horror-y or weird, but you can’t go wrong with Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca!
Oh one more, even less horror-y but no less heavy on the entrapment of women by the patriarchal system — Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo. (Someone already recommended The Vegetarian by Han Kang so I’ll just add that here at the end in my own Korean literature segment (lol) as well because upvoting isn’t enough!)
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a trip.
Trad Wife
The School for Good Mothers
When Women Were Dragons