Hi all,
I'm almost 30 and only got into reading last year after never reading books in my entire life because I was dyslexic and thought it would be too difficult of an activity for me to do. But, now I've realised I enjoy reading and have read 42 books in a year and a half.
From what I have gathered I enjoy literary fiction, some of my favourite books so far have been –
- Bunny
- Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
- The perks of being a wallflower
- The picture of Dorian Gray
- The Secret History
- The Midnight Library
- Brave New World
- Tender is the flesh
If there are any books with this similar vibe, please recommend them to me or anything in general that you think are a must-read. I'm not a big fan of fantasy, but I like mythology. Most of what I enjoy have been low-key depressing books, but I'm open to some lighthearted books, although I'm unsure if I'll like them haha
by turtle-11
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She’s Come Undone, by Wally Lamb
The Hour I First Believed, by Wally Lamb
The Fool series (Fool, The Serpent of Venice, and Shakespeare for Squirrels), by Christopher Moore.
Drive your plow over the bones of the dead
My dark Vanessa
Close to home
A Million Tomorrows (Amazon) by Kris Middaugh is comped to some Matt Haig novels.
It’s an unconventional romance with grounded sci fi elements.
TSH vibe – Brideshead revisited
Some random classic international authors:
Thomas Bernhard
WG Sebald
Luisa Valenzuela
Julio Cortazar
Georges Perec
Margaret Millar
Angela Carter
Carlos Fuentes
Dambudzo Marechera
Ezekiel Mphahlele
Alfred Jarry
Americanah
She’s Come Undone
Klara and the Sun
🙂
It’s a long read, but you might consider “A Prayer for Owen Meany” by John Irving. I’m about 3 hours into the audiobook that is brilliantly narrated by Joe Barrett. It’s a unique book that can appeal to many different types of readers on many different levels. It’s fiction that reads like a brilliant memoir piece.
Character driven but there does seem to be a “philosophical plot” woven in throughout. It’s an interesting examination of the human condition as existing in this small world created by Irving and youthful experiences that will be easy to relate to for many but especially older generations.