Any genre, any author, fiction or non-fiction. Could be a short story, a collection of them, or a thousand page epic or a series. A dense read, or a light, fun one. Anything. I’ve got no triggers at all, so don’t worry about that. Throw em my way.
by J_Beckett
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Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assasin
Favorite dense reads: The Invented Part by Fresán or The Dying Grass by Vollmann
Favorite epic story: The Luminaries by Catton
Favorite philosophical fiction: A Heart to White by Marias and The Employees by Ravn
Fun off the wall pick I also adore: Bubblegum by Levin
Emotional character epic: A Fine Balance by Mistry
Charles Dickens’ novels. All of them. Bleak House and Great Expectations are my favorites.
Wouldn’t that hurt? (Har har)
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
Anything by Zoe Whittall
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
I have 5 personal favorites:
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
(I like books that make me *feel* something strong, and each of these accomplished that in different ways)
You Don’t Belong Here, How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War, Elizabeth Becker
Nothing to See Here, Kevin Wilson
The Killing Hills, Chris Offutt
Uprooted by Naomi Novik
I love literary fiction. Here are some recent faves :
The Guest /Fruit of the Dead/Worry/When We Lost Our Heads /O Beautiful