Mine’s The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath. Thick books never stopped me from reading nonstop before, but there are entries in the book that just has me stopping and taking time to mull things over.
Also, sharing this excerpt: “Not to be sentimental, as I sound, but why the hell are we conditioned into the smooth strawberry-and-cream Mother-Goose-world, Alice-in-Wonderland fable, only to be broken on the wheel as we grow older and become aware of ourselves as individuals with a dull responsibility in life?”
So many! A couple of poetry collections, Norman MacCaig and Maya Angelou. A short story collection by Shirley Jackson. Tolkien’s collected notes/WIP in The History Of Middle Earth (12 volumes.)
Oh man I didn’t even think about HOME. I’ve been reading that my whole life in a very disordered way, so I may have read it all by now, but I also wouldn’t be shocked if I’ve missed some bits, too lol