books that are special to you
cped from night shift anon, but feel free to respond here!
Mossflower - Brian Jaques
i love this book so much! it was my favourite book as a child, by far, and so it kind of always will be. i love martin and his ~struggle against evil~ and i loved the strong female characters like bella (though my favourite female character as a child was mariel, and her books were my second favourite!). this was the first redwall book i ever read and it cemented my love for fantasy (but not furries >:I) forever.
The Homeward Bounders - Diana Wynne Jones
i don't even know what to say about this book except nothing encompasses loss more than it, to me. whenever i read it i cry and cry and cry. i've never really felt that strongly about any of her other books, but perhaps that's because they'll never be this.
Am I Blue?
this is a compilation of short stories about being gay aimed at young adults, and it was my first literary introduction to the fact that gay was a thing that people could be? it's not the most sophisticated, but i love it because of what it did for me, and i still think it's a landmark book and an excellent resource for young queer people.
Strangers in Paradise - Terry Moore
probably the only story completely focused on women, by a man, that isn't a piece of shit. this was sort of my adult queer fixation, and i've read the entire thing multiple times and i love it deeply. the female characters are beautiful and realised and strong and fucked up and i love it. (if anyone needs pdfs, btw)
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden - Hannah Green/Joanne Greenburg
published in the 50s, set in the 40s, this is a semi-authobiographical novel about a young schizophrenic woman and her three years in a psychiatric hospital pre-medication. it's absolutely beautiful, and i recommend it without a doubt to anyone who's mentally ill. the therapeutic relationship between deborah and her doctor is a major focus of the book, and it really spoke to me on so many levels. i can't recommend this book enough.
Goodbye Tsugumi - Banana Yoshimoto
translated (very well) from the japanese, this is a novel about growing up, about transition, and about people. i can't really describe it more, but i will say it's one of the most stunning things i've ever read.
He, She, And It - Marge Piercy
this is an amazing, feminist, science fiction novel about the nature of humanity. the book focuses on a middle-aged women who moves back to the small town she grew up after a tramatic divorce and the loss of her son, and falls in love with an android. it is an excellent piece of science-fiction, and it's introspective and questioning rather than regurgitating tropes.
SO NONAS what are your favourites!!! seriously, i care. i care so much about books.
Mossflower - Brian Jaques
i love this book so much! it was my favourite book as a child, by far, and so it kind of always will be. i love martin and his ~struggle against evil~ and i loved the strong female characters like bella (though my favourite female character as a child was mariel, and her books were my second favourite!). this was the first redwall book i ever read and it cemented my love for fantasy (but not furries >:I) forever.
The Homeward Bounders - Diana Wynne Jones
i don't even know what to say about this book except nothing encompasses loss more than it, to me. whenever i read it i cry and cry and cry. i've never really felt that strongly about any of her other books, but perhaps that's because they'll never be this.
Am I Blue?
this is a compilation of short stories about being gay aimed at young adults, and it was my first literary introduction to the fact that gay was a thing that people could be? it's not the most sophisticated, but i love it because of what it did for me, and i still think it's a landmark book and an excellent resource for young queer people.
Strangers in Paradise - Terry Moore
probably the only story completely focused on women, by a man, that isn't a piece of shit. this was sort of my adult queer fixation, and i've read the entire thing multiple times and i love it deeply. the female characters are beautiful and realised and strong and fucked up and i love it. (if anyone needs pdfs, btw)
I Never Promised You A Rose Garden - Hannah Green/Joanne Greenburg
published in the 50s, set in the 40s, this is a semi-authobiographical novel about a young schizophrenic woman and her three years in a psychiatric hospital pre-medication. it's absolutely beautiful, and i recommend it without a doubt to anyone who's mentally ill. the therapeutic relationship between deborah and her doctor is a major focus of the book, and it really spoke to me on so many levels. i can't recommend this book enough.
Goodbye Tsugumi - Banana Yoshimoto
translated (very well) from the japanese, this is a novel about growing up, about transition, and about people. i can't really describe it more, but i will say it's one of the most stunning things i've ever read.
He, She, And It - Marge Piercy
this is an amazing, feminist, science fiction novel about the nature of humanity. the book focuses on a middle-aged women who moves back to the small town she grew up after a tramatic divorce and the loss of her son, and falls in love with an android. it is an excellent piece of science-fiction, and it's introspective and questioning rather than regurgitating tropes.
SO NONAS what are your favourites!!! seriously, i care. i care so much about books.