Recs if you like Vineland...

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

Apophenia: the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated or random things and events

Books that were adapted into movies (not tv shows). Let's make this list as long as possible!

(going to only add the first book in a series)

this is the reading list for the Zero To Well-Read podcast hosted by Jeff O'Neal and Rebecca Schinsky at Book Riot. "A fun and irreverent guide to the books everyone talks about from classics...to modern hits.

updated weekly.

I know there are already several lists with a California theme, but I am hoping this acts as a syllabus of sorts for books that deal with the core myth, history, violence, dream, and contradiction of California. Suggestions are welcome!

Books that exhibit key traits of, or helped develop, the Postmodern literary movement, many of which are experiemental. Not including criticism or theory. Research trigger warnings before reading.

(Recommendations welcome)

These books have been turned into movies that went on to win an Oscar

Too rare to die.

Books with a distinct literary DNA that reflects the chaotic, revolutionary era they were born into and often show a systemic distrust of authority. Whether the enemy is the military (Catch-22), psychiatric institutions (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), or government surveillance (Vineland)

books that have been adapted into successful movies and have also won an oscar for their screenplay

Primarily films adaptations, some tv