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A powerful and haunting memoir that blends personal experience with elements of surrealism and gothic fiction.
In the Dream House: A Memoir|Paperback
Call me basic, but this is my favourite book of all time. The story is narrated by Richard Papen, a student who is drawn into the mysterious and elitist world of a small group of classics. He witnesses their descent into moral corruption, obsession, ...
The Secret History|Paperback
A deeply personal and powerful letter from a father to his teenage son, exploring the realities of being Black in America. The book is not just a letter, but a call for understanding.
Between the World and Me|Hardcover
An emotionally charged novel written in the form of a letter from a son to his mother, who is illiterate. The narrator reflects on his immigrant experience, his complicated relationship with his mother, and his coming-of-age as a queer Vietnamese-Ame...
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous|Paperback
A reflective memoir written by a neurosurgeon who faced terminal cancer. Kalanithi reflects on his experiences in medicine, the nature of life and death, and what it means to live a meaningful life when time is running out.
When Breath Becomes Air|Hardcover
I would consider any of Joan Didion's works a must read. The Year of Magical Thinking is a deeply moving memoir that explores grief, loss, and the mourning process. She describes the ways in which grief can distort reality, using the concept of "magi...
The Year of Magical Thinking (National Book Award Winner)|Paperback
The book explores the diverse experiences of twelve different characters- mostly women of African or Caribbean descent living in the UK- spanning generations and addressing themes of race, gender, sexuality, and identity.
Girl, Woman, Other (Booker Prize Winner)|Paperback
The story follows two university students, Diana Martin and Aurelle Taylor, who form a deep, almost consuming bond as they try to escape troubled, wealthy family backgrounds. Living together at a remote lakeside campus, their friendship becomes incre...
Stargazer by Laurie Petrou
In My Year of Rest and Relaxation, I felt like I was really inside the main character’s mind as she tried to shut herself off from the world. She decides to spend a whole year sleeping as a way to escape her emotions and everything going on in her li...
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh