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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong is beautifully written and reads almost like poetry. It's kinda written in the form of a letter from a son to a mother with the intention that she'll never be able to read it (she never learned how to speak english). The narrator covers intense topics of sexuality, trauma, and loss in such a beautifully HEARTBREAKING way. It's just one of those books I just can't stop thinking about. Could not recommend this book enough. (Books you've read that made me recommend this: The Picture of Dorian Gray & Call Me By Your Name)

An Apprenticeship or The Book of Pleasures by Clarice Lispector is the closest book I have yet to find that evokes the same feelings as Normal People by Sally Rooney. I'd read the summary to see if you're interested in it at all, but what I loved about it was the fact that it almost felt like getting the women's (Marianne/Lori) internal dialogue. Other's may not agree with me, but I felt as though the two characters from the different novels drew many parallels and fought with similar internal struggles. Clarice Lispector is a wonderful author in general, and I'd recommend any given novel she has written. I remember reading on the back of this particular novel that someone asked her why her writing style seemed different than that of her other novels. She responded saying something along the lines of that she humanized herself, and the novel reflects it. Every so often I hit a line and think, damn, that hits hard. If you related to Marianne in any way, I definitely recommend you read it!

Aubrie (taylors version) wrote: "The Inhertance Games
Renegades
A girl good guide to murder
Powerless
Happy Place"

I agree with agggtm! And the inheritance games and powerless sound good! So I agree with recommending those too!

I really loved Verity by Colleen Hoover and if he had been with me by Laura Nowlin. Def 100% recommend those two

caroline wrote: "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong is beautifully written and reads almost like poetry. It's kinda written in the form of a letter from a son to a mother with the intention that she'll ..."

These sound really good! I’m so excited 😆

I just finished a Hue of Blu and it was so beautifully sad but also had a very satisfying ending

Mr. Wrong Number 🤍

lana!! ꨄ (regulus’ version.) wrote: "the song of achilles if u haven’t read yet!!!"

This!!

YOU NEED TO READ BETTER THAN THE MOVIES BY LYNN PAINTER OR WHAT HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT!

eileen by otessa moshfegh

the naturals

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas has been one of my fav series recently.

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuinston. I haven’t quite finished it but it’s good so far!

Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher. Absolutely phenomenal. Historical fiction — set in Arthurian times. Words cannot describe how much I enjoyed this book.

I’m also big into dystopian novels. Anthem by Ayn Rand and Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury are always good ones. While I haven’t finished it yet, Unwind by Neal Shusterman is wonderful too.

Happy reading! :)

☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ ѕℓιм ☠︎︎༒︎✞︎ wrote: "The Forest of Hands and Teeth Series by Carrie Ryan."

Good, I enjoyed them too, but they can be read in one sitting/day.

The book thief
Divine rivals
Once Upon a broken heart
Better than the movies
If we were villains

i reccomemd the good girls guide to murder series ( murder mystery with lost of plot twists, better than the movies (fun friends to lovers romance) and the shatter me series

any elle kennedy books if you like a little bit of spice too

caraval-stephanie garber(fantasy)
a good girls guide to murder-holly jackson(murder mystery)
the summer of broken rules-k.l. walther(romance)
love snd gelato-jenna evans welch(romance with some mystery)

binding 13. check trigger warnings but SO good