list of fiction books that i personally love so much that I would have to literally perish before I stopped recommending (literary fiction novel edition)
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books that gave me the will to live
books that gave me the will to live
that's it that's the description
she's my everything
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake - Aimee Bender
yeah it's long it might take you a few months but like....it will be so worth it
The Queen Of The Night - Alexander Chee
do we even need to discuss it? she's my favorite of all the austen's
Emma - Jane Austen
did this book make me go to barcelona? cannot confirm or deny
The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafón
this book was my personality for like 5 years - wildly transformative both in prose and in content
Catch-22 - Joseph Heller
I literally went to naples because of this book
My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante
start here BEFORE sea of tranquility, then work your way back to all her other ones because they're literally all perfect
The Glass Hotel - Emily St. John Mandel
a singular voice as they say
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - Milan Kundera
these short stories made me like short stories? will she ever come out with another book to read? i have been waiting since 2017 now
What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky - Lesley Nneka Arimah
haunting(ly amazing) but also just haunting
White Is for Witching - Helen Oyeyemi
can't talk about how much i love this one enough but i also hated it bc of how much it annoyed me but in that good way? it's a compliment idk how else to describe it
Disorientation - Elaine Hsieh Chou
i legitimately loved this book so much i immediately gave it to a friend to borrow
