Intimacies by Katie Kitamura, something about how utterly alone that character was in the world really got to me. Also, the Shadow of the Wind, just beautifully written and describes one of the most heartbreaking deaths I’ve ever read.

EXACTLY! I kept reading because I thought ok this has to get better but no she just continues being the actual worst. Glad you didn’t pay for it, I’m still mad I spent money on it.

A Little Life, I’ve never read it but know enough about it to know it’s trauma porn. I don’t want to be near anyone who enjoys trauma porn.

Regretting Motherhood by Orna Donath. Some parts are a little harder to get through but in general it’s very insightful. Women are rarely able to safely admit that they regret becoming moms, so it’s a POV we don’t hear from often.

My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I struggle with depression and I just don’t think that was healthy for me. I’m more mindful now when reading books that contains themes of depression.

It’s one of my favorite books! I really loved it.

In Five Years by Rebecca Serle, it was a book club read and it really isn’t the kind of thing I normally pick up I ended up really enjoying it.

Madam by Phoebe Wynn - dark academia We Are the Origin by CM Lockhart - fantasy Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots - fantasy/sci-fi Dava Shastri’s Last Day by Kirthana Ramisetti - literary fiction My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite - fiction/thriller The Chalet by Catherine Cooper - mystery/thriller Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higgenbotham - non-fiction

There are retellings of classic stories that have become public domain and some are reimagined in the modern world. IIRC things become public domain 100 years after being published.

Although I recently got into reading some classics and read the original Dracula, not at all what I expected but I’m glad I read it. I also thoroughly enjoyed Shirley Jackson’s Haunting of Hill House. If a story really interests you I recommend checking it out at the library and giving it a shot - some writing styles can be hard at first but you get used to them after a few chapters. You might be surprised how different some details are from everything you’ve heard!