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.

A collection of mixed media and epistolary/immersive books

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!

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.)

the house is haunted… or maybe not? but there are voices coming from the walls and bodies in the floorboards… or aren’t there? who knows!

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

Feel free to recommend more! :)

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

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

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.

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

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.

a collection of books that say “buh-bye” to the traditional format of a novel and instead use unusual/unconventional formating

Epistolary, ergodic, experimental, unconventional… books that challenge the traditional formats and usual rules of storytelling. 👀