Literature

I'm probably gonna be an odd one out here with a cleaning book, but I really, really like K.C Davis's "How to Keep House While Drowning" book about cleaning your house while mentally unwell and not considering yourself a moral failure for the state your house is in.

I think it's the one that had the most amount of positive benefits to my life. It turns out having a positive influence in the form of a book that tries to encourage you take things one step at a time, a book that even admits it doesn't know everything either---well, it's more beneficial than my real life acquaintances and family who opted for the shame method.

The Percy Jackson series is probably my favorite, still even as an adult. It's my comfort book series.

• the colour purple by Alice walker
• the seven husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

I'm a sucker for books that have the main character fight so hard for who they are and who they want to be. To see their transformation and growth into the people they stand proud as at the end of the day? 🥺

And yes the MCs are both queer!

(Feel free to drop a reply/pm to rec books like this!)

1. Catcher in the rye. The best representation of grief and depression I have read.
2. Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy. Most brilliant and unique book(s) I've read.
3. Pride and prejudice. It's just fun.

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1984, Lord of the Flies, The Wheel of Time, and the Death Gate Cycle.

Off the top of my head:

• Enigma Variations Andre Aciman
• Ulysses James Joyce
• The Little Prince Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• Catch-22 Joseph Heller
• The Giver Lois Lowry
• Kafka on the Shore Haruki Murakami
• A Walk in the Woods Bill Bryson

John Dies At the End series.

It is hilarious, dark, and gets a little nasty sometimes (not necessarily in a sexual way).

Jason Pargin used to be the cheif editor at Cracked, so that energy does pop in and out. What he is really great at is showing profound empathy despite the choas. He is not just a good writer, you can tell he is also a very good person.

Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits is also awesome.