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1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on π Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listed in the description, or offhandedly said.
light of my life, fire of my loins - obsessions
books featuring obsession, from the light-hearted and quirky to the dark and twisted
Disturbing Novel Iceberg - Tier 3
Tier 3 of the Disturbing Novel Icberg. Stories are more graphic with darker themes.
Note: some books are missing due to lack of access.
Postmodern literature
Books that exhibit key traits of, or helped develop, the Postmodern literary movement.
Not including criticism or theory.
Research trigger warnings before reading.
(Recommendations welcome)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
The heart wants what the heart wants, what can I say π³
This is a list with books about people who engage in or want to engage in romance and sex with modes of transportation. Thanks to alexz for the spark of unintended inspiration π
Please drop any suggestions for additions in the comments, thank you!
You Should Look Away. You Wonβt. π₯π
βItβs like a car crash you just canβt look away fromβ
Books where the red flags are flashing from page one. You see the obsession forming, the moral line blurring, the disaster building β and you keep reading anyway. Slow spirals. Psychological rot. Inevitable collapse. Oh my!
the gross and horrifying
lots of gore and/or taboo topics trying to add mostly based off what iβve read
Criterion Films Based on Novels
Because good movies appreciate good stories first. Adding more to this all the time!
Kink Classics
Transgressive Fiction 101
An introductory list to transgressive fictionβa genre in which characters, feeling confined by social norms, seek to free themselves those of restrictions through illicit or unusual means. Because this list is intended to be an introduction, the books within it are (relatively) well-known within popular culture, rather than the best or most extreme examples of the genre.
obsession, desire, unravelling
Every Book Mentioned in Cry Havoc (Rebecca Wait)
I think the author is using books as a character and social commentary. Iβve added one film poster & one play reference because they were originally written stories. I wonder if I have missed any.
(Cry Havoc is a wry, compelling, and funnier than expected, mystery at an all girls boarding school in 1980βs UK. Everyone has a secret and everything is going wrong. Thereβs a strange contagion taking place. A very satisfying read).
need to read
books i need to "study"
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