Recs if you like Night Film...

“lynchian” is an over-prescribed pill, so i’m not going to assign such a label to any of these books. still, this selection reflects works that are in some way evocative of the work of master artist and filmmaker david lynch.

Horror books were cameras and journals may be all that remain

for this list, i am specifically looking into creating an extensive list of novels whose narratives center in some way film as an art or an industry. these are fictional explorations of what it means to make, love, fear, consume, be consumed by cinema.

books that have been selected for the Welcome to Night Vale patreon book club!

A collection of mixed media and epistolary/immersive books

Books that ignore the traditional way of telling a story. These books tell their stories in unexpected ways, through letters, transcripts, diaries, documents, text messages, or unconventional layouts.

Books that are just as good as the cover promises. AKA: Fantastic book covers that also happen to be fantastic books! List will be added to in the future because I can’t leave well enough alone. (Suggestions welcome, leave it in the comments.)

Books about haunted or cursed films, books, websites, etc

(ok bc to me jane schoenbrun is his aesthetic/creative offspring)

This list features books with nontraditional forms, structures, and narratives.

Feel free to recommend more! :)

my favorite novels featuring experimental, inventive, unconventional narrative forms and structures

analogue horror, vhs, cult films, occult objects, static, exploitation, found footage, snuff

When you follow the strange trails, they will take you who knows where.

It’s always nice to feel like a normal person by reading about those more unhinged than you 😌 These are all women focused books. Some I’ve read and some I’m going to read. Apologies in advance if it gets long. Recommendations are absolutely welcome!! So please feel free.

I know a couple are written by men which might be taboo for some but I’ve included because I thought they were appropriate or the author has a track record of writing women well.

Mixed media mysteries and thrillers. Featuring emails, photos, podcasts, etc as part of the mystery

My best friend's cousin's neighbor's classmate has seen it -- it's real, I swear!

Books with unusual or unique formatting outside of the traditional narrative