“The Dice Man” by Luke Rhinehart arguably qualifies.
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The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell has a main character who’s trapped in an asylum. It’s set in the 1800s but was written in the 2010s (2017 maybe?). I highly recommend it; I couldn’t put it down.
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You might like The Magus by John Fowles – the narrator gradually questions his own sanity, suspecting he’s being gaslit but never sure.
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Solaris (trapped in a space station)
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I’m thinking of ending things, fight club is also a good one
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– Shutter island by Dennis Lehane
– The chalk man by C.J. Tudor
– Kill the next onw by Frederico Axat
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The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
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if ur into slow descent into madness check out *The Yellow Wallpaper* by Charlotte Perkins Gilman it’s short but hits hard af like u can feel the mc’s grip on reality slipping as u read also *American Psycho* if u wanna see a guy lose it in the most messed up way possible or *The Bell Jar* by sylvia plath def has that mental ward vibe ur lookin for it’s deep tho
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*The Red Tree* by Caitlin R. Kiernan
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Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance…
The writer of the book (Rober M. Pirsig) actually went insane and it’s a fictionalized autobiography…
It’s a great book where subjects like quality, truth, and various ways of thinking/thought are explored
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Nikolai Gogol – Diary of a Madman
(a short story)
Ken Kesey – One flew over a cuckoo’s nest (about a guy in an asylum)
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Fernanda Trias – “The Rooftop”
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Second book of the Locked Tomb
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Negative Space by B.R. Yeager
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Out of Mind by J. Bernlef.
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I Am the Cheese youth novel by Robert Cormier
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Will never understand why posts like these get downvoted. Some people are right bellends on this app.
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The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
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Auto da Fé by Ella’s Canetti.
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The Shining by Stephen King
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Highly recommend A Scanner Darkly – front row seat to the disintegration of the mind of a man addicted to a (fictional) highly addictive drug that severs the hemispheres of your brain over time.
On another note – Ted Chiang’s story Understand. The narrator isn’t going insane in a conventional sense, but technology has catapulted his intellect far beyond normal human capacity and keeps accelerating, and he’s quite unhinged. (And has a great ending I don’t want to spoil.)
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“The Dice Man” by Luke Rhinehart arguably qualifies.
The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell has a main character who’s trapped in an asylum. It’s set in the 1800s but was written in the 2010s (2017 maybe?). I highly recommend it; I couldn’t put it down.
You might like The Magus by John Fowles – the narrator gradually questions his own sanity, suspecting he’s being gaslit but never sure.
Solaris (trapped in a space station)
I’m thinking of ending things, fight club is also a good one
– Shutter island by Dennis Lehane
– The chalk man by C.J. Tudor
– Kill the next onw by Frederico Axat
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
if ur into slow descent into madness check out *The Yellow Wallpaper* by Charlotte Perkins Gilman it’s short but hits hard af like u can feel the mc’s grip on reality slipping as u read also *American Psycho* if u wanna see a guy lose it in the most messed up way possible or *The Bell Jar* by sylvia plath def has that mental ward vibe ur lookin for it’s deep tho
*The Red Tree* by Caitlin R. Kiernan
Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance…
The writer of the book (Rober M. Pirsig) actually went insane and it’s a fictionalized autobiography…
It’s a great book where subjects like quality, truth, and various ways of thinking/thought are explored
Nikolai Gogol – Diary of a Madman
(a short story)
Ken Kesey – One flew over a cuckoo’s nest (about a guy in an asylum)
Fernanda Trias – “The Rooftop”
Second book of the Locked Tomb
Negative Space by B.R. Yeager
Out of Mind by J. Bernlef.
I Am the Cheese youth novel by Robert Cormier
Will never understand why posts like these get downvoted. Some people are right bellends on this app.
The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Auto da Fé by Ella’s Canetti.
The Shining by Stephen King
Highly recommend A Scanner Darkly – front row seat to the disintegration of the mind of a man addicted to a (fictional) highly addictive drug that severs the hemispheres of your brain over time.
On another note – Ted Chiang’s story Understand. The narrator isn’t going insane in a conventional sense, but technology has catapulted his intellect far beyond normal human capacity and keeps accelerating, and he’s quite unhinged. (And has a great ending I don’t want to spoil.)