The final book in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
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House of the Spirits last chapter awaken in me two generations of generational trauma. It left me dead inside for a couple of days.
Grouchy-Bluejay-4092 on
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
periodpad on
the secret history by donna tartt & bunny by mona awad
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Dark matter by blake crouch Local Woman missing by mary kubcia
TokkiJK on
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
colin_3 on
The river by Peter heller and the green mile by Stephen king
doodle02 on
I just finished Mother Night by Vonnegut today and it definitely had that effect. It’s up there with the best novels Vonnegut’s ever written imo.
Vegetable-Driver2312 on
Brave New World
Uulugus on
The Magicians series. Particularly the first book.
That was something else.
slicineyeballs on
A Fine Balance
Guniuai on
Giovanni’s Room
Just finished it yesterday, so exquisitely tragic.
bullgarlington on
Coming through slaughter
emptynest_nana on
The Dark Side by Danielle Steel
Jaycee Dugards’ story of when she was kidnapped and held prisoner for something like 18 years.
I Know my Name is Steven by Steven, and I’m probably going to spell his last name wrong, Stainer
A Child Called IT
errasim on
a little life
Substantial-Fan4489 on
No longer human
Mis8ryGutz on
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver – the best book I’ll never read again. There’s a movie adaptation, but I don’t think I can bear to watch.
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*Tender is the Flesh*
english1221 on
The handmaid’s tale
Ok-Thing-2222 on
Fall on Your Knees. I’m still staring at the wall years later. And I read it again and it still puts me in shock.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Crushing. I had to stop reading it partway through and finish it 6 months later.
GoHerd1984 on
The Grapes of Wrath. The Joad’s struggle for dignity in the face of debilitating poverty and the end of their generational source of income was depressing. Their survival from the paradigm shift in farming and the drought that forced them into debt was crushing enough and poignantly written by Steinbeck. But that ending. I was not expecting that ending.
Emergency-Dark-2569 on
A child called it
mcleofly on
Oryx and crake. Just read it. I promise your brain will ache with dystopian thoughts.
jestenough on
Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy
Ok_Abbreviations_471 on
Demon Copperhead.
pit-of-despair on
Revival by Stephen King.
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The Book Thief, noone seems to talk about this book anymore
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This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp.
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Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
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Elie Wiesel’s *Night*
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My year of rest and relaxation. It wasn’t necessarily sad, just made me reevaluate my life.
sniffleprickles on
Outer Dark – Cormac McCarthy
Or really anything by McCarthy. Blood Meridian, Child of God…
LexiconLearner on
1984, George Orwell. I read it in high school and at the end just went
“Well. Fuck.”
jkeegan123 on
Yellow wallpaper
Larktavia on
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Absolutely haunted me for weeks after.
wifeunderthesea on
**Comfort Me With Apples** by Catherynne M. Valente. it’s a SUPER SHORT 103 page novella.
**IF YOU READ THIS BOOK YOU MUST GO INTO IT TOTALLY BLIND OR IT WILL BE RUINED FOR YOU!!**
do not google it. do not read goodreads reviews. don’t read the synopsis. just read it.
i **HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY** recommend you listen to this by audiobook (it’s just over 2 hours long). you should be able to check it out for FREE through your library through the libby/hoopla app/website.
if you listen to the audiobook, the narrator in the very beginning will sound like a robot but you will figure out why very quickly and it is not the main narrator voice.
this is one of the best books i have EVER read and every single time i recommend this, i have people commenting back or DM’ing me telling me they absolutely loved it.
make sure you read the **RIGHT** book!! there are (2) books with this same title. the **CORRECT** book is the one written by Catherynne M. Valente and the cover has a girl’s face covered with leaves on the cover!
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{{Villette by Charlotte Brontë}}
All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
The final book in The Dark Tower series by Stephen King.
House of the Spirits last chapter awaken in me two generations of generational trauma. It left me dead inside for a couple of days.
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro.
the secret history by donna tartt & bunny by mona awad
Dark matter by blake crouch Local Woman missing by mary kubcia
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The river by Peter heller and the green mile by Stephen king
I just finished Mother Night by Vonnegut today and it definitely had that effect. It’s up there with the best novels Vonnegut’s ever written imo.
Brave New World
The Magicians series. Particularly the first book.
That was something else.
A Fine Balance
Giovanni’s Room
Just finished it yesterday, so exquisitely tragic.
Coming through slaughter
The Dark Side by Danielle Steel
Jaycee Dugards’ story of when she was kidnapped and held prisoner for something like 18 years.
I Know my Name is Steven by Steven, and I’m probably going to spell his last name wrong, Stainer
A Child Called IT
a little life
No longer human
We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver – the best book I’ll never read again. There’s a movie adaptation, but I don’t think I can bear to watch.
*Tender is the Flesh*
The handmaid’s tale
Fall on Your Knees. I’m still staring at the wall years later. And I read it again and it still puts me in shock.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Crushing. I had to stop reading it partway through and finish it 6 months later.
The Grapes of Wrath. The Joad’s struggle for dignity in the face of debilitating poverty and the end of their generational source of income was depressing. Their survival from the paradigm shift in farming and the drought that forced them into debt was crushing enough and poignantly written by Steinbeck. But that ending. I was not expecting that ending.
A child called it
Oryx and crake. Just read it. I promise your brain will ache with dystopian thoughts.
Blood Meridian, by Cormac McCarthy
Demon Copperhead.
Revival by Stephen King.
The Book Thief, noone seems to talk about this book anymore
This Is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp.
Tender is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica
Elie Wiesel’s *Night*
My year of rest and relaxation. It wasn’t necessarily sad, just made me reevaluate my life.
Outer Dark – Cormac McCarthy
Or really anything by McCarthy. Blood Meridian, Child of God…
1984, George Orwell. I read it in high school and at the end just went
“Well. Fuck.”
Yellow wallpaper
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison. Absolutely haunted me for weeks after.
**Comfort Me With Apples** by Catherynne M. Valente. it’s a SUPER SHORT 103 page novella.
**IF YOU READ THIS BOOK YOU MUST GO INTO IT TOTALLY BLIND OR IT WILL BE RUINED FOR YOU!!**
do not google it. do not read goodreads reviews. don’t read the synopsis. just read it.
i **HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY** recommend you listen to this by audiobook (it’s just over 2 hours long). you should be able to check it out for FREE through your library through the libby/hoopla app/website.
if you listen to the audiobook, the narrator in the very beginning will sound like a robot but you will figure out why very quickly and it is not the main narrator voice.
this is one of the best books i have EVER read and every single time i recommend this, i have people commenting back or DM’ing me telling me they absolutely loved it.
make sure you read the **RIGHT** book!! there are (2) books with this same title. the **CORRECT** book is the one written by Catherynne M. Valente and the cover has a girl’s face covered with leaves on the cover!
**REMEMBER GO INTO THIS ONE TOTALLY BLIND!!**
A thousand splendid suns
The Yellow Wallpaper