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[diet pill]

have you ever read a book so good you viewed the world in a different way? became interested in the "aesthetics"? you felt like a different person for a week?

 

please recommend me a special book like that ^^

[impmon]

im embarrassed but i felt this way reading the haruhi suzumiya novels

[Hendrix]

Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton. Amazing!

[Hendrix]

Also, one of my favourite books ever. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues, I remember reading this while bawling my eyes out on the train lol. And "The First Bad Man", by Miranda July.

[Alycat]

Do you have any particular styles of books you like? I could recommend loads, but different books would suit different people.

[sad_hamlet_with_a_knife]

The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman. Great if you like historical fiction and/or magical realism.

[pre-apocalypse]

The Picture of Dorian Grey- Oscar Wilde 

 

changed my life

[the_grungequeen_of_ana]

If you like christian books:

melody carlson's diary of a teenage girl series: chloe's books (not your traditional goody goody christian book; chloe is a rock rebel lol) and caitlynn's books, secrets series: enticed(great eye opening book about human trafficking, even i your not a christian this is a great read) , damaged (abusive relationships/sexual assult story) , shattered (great book about muder, loss and drug addiction!)

 

If you don't like christian books:

Louise O'neill's Only Ever Yours (super triggering but an absolute must read! dystopian world veiw)

The Falling Between Us (don't know the author, deals suicide, depression, stuffs, main character deals with lots of ups and down and her co-character is a rocker)

and Paperweight (Don't know the author either; fictional eating disorder treatment stuffs)

 

These are all super great reads and really give you somethings to think about

[aneles iso]

Ziggy, Stardust, and Me by James Brandon


Helps if you are a fan of David Bowie like i am.

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[snork]

Girl, Inturrupted by Susanna Keysen
- forget EVERYTHING about the movie, which was not at all accurate to susanna Keysens biography. I hate the movie's association to the book so so so much



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[laurag98]

Changing Ways by Julia Tannenbaum. It's based on the author's struggles with anorexia and is the first ED book I read that I really felt got it right.

[Max.bean]

Imagine Me Gone by Adam Haslett

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[tea&strumpets]

The Vegetarian by Han Kang. A strange, dark, cerebral story of a woman who one day has a dream and becomes a vegetarian. Everything else by this author is also great.

Also recommend Haruki Murakami for total immersion in someone else’s strange world, bonus if you like Japanese culture. The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Norwegian Wood are my favorites.

[Flapjacks]

Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles

[Jay Jay]

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng GIRL YAS CHANGED ME

[weirdeq]

all the bright places - Jennifer Niven 

[madelaine ♡]

I fell in love with Holly Black's world of fae, especially in her Folk of the Air series

[UsagiDrop]

Memoirs of a Geisha! Read that book about 3 times.