Frederick Rolfe (“Baron Corvo”), *Hadrian the Seventh*.
SerenfechGras on
Literally everything Phillip K. Dick wrote, with the exception of *High Castle*
the_lusankya on
Former British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson wrote and published a novel called *Seventy-Two Virgins: A Comedy of Errors*.
I read it once out of morbid curiosity, and it was terrible. But it was also very obviously written by a crazy person, so it fits your spec.
AcanthopterygiiNo960 on
Oxygen thief by Anonymous
Dreketh21 on
“The Ignored”. by Bentle Little.
Zhuo_Ming-Dao on
Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human
nux_walpurgis on
Stephen king’s novels lol. Personally I find them unhinged. When I learned he was high while writing and coming up with the plots it all clicked together lol
shdw_dncr on
The First Bad Man – Miranda July
nux_walpurgis on
The bell bar by Sylvia plath is also one I would consider. It is semi autobiographical and the protagonist is suicidal. It all makes sense when you know that the author herself died of suicide some years later, after many failed attempts. The protagonist (which is also the author) never really got better and past her demons. Sad really
TheHouseMother on
Ariel by Sylvia Plath.
damsirius12 on
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I think he was BPD while writing it. It was very awkward book imo.
10skyranchdogs2 on
Naked Lunch, William Bourroughs
fleeced-artichoke on
Valis by Philip K Dick (in a good way)
Ezra_lurking on
Everything Hemingway
LoveToRead_1 on
Sorry, meaning the author is crazy and it shows up in the writing?
Haunting_Step_8834 on
I’m going to put in a plug for Zelda Fitzgerald’s *Save Me the Waltz*. There’s a good argument to be made that she wasn’t really crazy but a victim of her place and time, but the I think her fictional account of her real marriage shows the slow deterioration of her mental health. She ended up in an institution.
ChaEunSangs on
My Husband by Maud Ventura
BrokilonDryad on
{{In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan}}
Adenidc on
Infinite Jest, kind of. DFW feels both very normal and very nuts; I guess it’s why it’s such a great book.
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Frederick Rolfe (“Baron Corvo”), *Hadrian the Seventh*.
Literally everything Phillip K. Dick wrote, with the exception of *High Castle*
Former British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson wrote and published a novel called *Seventy-Two Virgins: A Comedy of Errors*.
I read it once out of morbid curiosity, and it was terrible. But it was also very obviously written by a crazy person, so it fits your spec.
Oxygen thief by Anonymous
“The Ignored”. by Bentle Little.
Osamu Dazai’s No Longer Human
Stephen king’s novels lol. Personally I find them unhinged. When I learned he was high while writing and coming up with the plots it all clicked together lol
The First Bad Man – Miranda July
The bell bar by Sylvia plath is also one I would consider. It is semi autobiographical and the protagonist is suicidal. It all makes sense when you know that the author herself died of suicide some years later, after many failed attempts. The protagonist (which is also the author) never really got better and past her demons. Sad really
Ariel by Sylvia Plath.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. I think he was BPD while writing it. It was very awkward book imo.
Naked Lunch, William Bourroughs
Valis by Philip K Dick (in a good way)
Everything Hemingway
Sorry, meaning the author is crazy and it shows up in the writing?
I’m going to put in a plug for Zelda Fitzgerald’s *Save Me the Waltz*. There’s a good argument to be made that she wasn’t really crazy but a victim of her place and time, but the I think her fictional account of her real marriage shows the slow deterioration of her mental health. She ended up in an institution.
My Husband by Maud Ventura
{{In Watermelon Sugar by Richard Brautigan}}
Infinite Jest, kind of. DFW feels both very normal and very nuts; I guess it’s why it’s such a great book.