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Exploring Obsession

Fixations and obsessions

Lolita

Misery

Beauty and Sadness

Sin

Lolita

Misery

nyrb fundamentals

by stephslibrary

Stoner

Abigail

The Go-Between

Lies and Sorcery

Stoner

Abigail

NYRB

Idiocy

The Lord

Baby Driver

Friday

Idiocy

The Lord

Approved by Malissa (bewareofpity)

I really enjoy Malissa's bookish vlogs on Youtube and got a lot of good recommendations from her, so here's a list of her favourites. Will update as I find more!

Rebecca

Sula

Slouching Towards Bethlehem

The Fire Next Time

Rebecca

Sula

Set in Austria

Books set in Austria

Carmilla

The Empress

Carmilla and Laura

The Accidental Empress (Sisi, #1)

Carmilla

The Empress

Counterpunch's 100 Best Novels, in Translation, Since 1900

https://thegreatestbooks.org/lists/291

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In Search of Lost Time

The Trial

One Hundred Years of Solitude

The Master and Margarita

In Search of Lost Time

The Trial

Books where the author killed themselves

by orionsolovan

The Bell Jar

The Vampyre

Letters from a Stoic

The Painted Bird

The Bell Jar

The Vampyre

Books Everyone Should Reed Reed Reed

(In Werner Herzog voice)

Rebecca

An Artist of the Floating World

The Letter for the King

Hard to Be a God

Rebecca

An Artist of the Floating World

aye superjail 2026

can u tell im insane!!

Giovanni's Room

If You Could See the Sun

Villette

Beware of Pity

Giovanni's Room

If You Could See the Sun

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