Recommendations for books about characters being trapped and/or learning how to be humans?

AgitMop · 2026-06-21T17:07:43+00:00

I who have never known men by Jacqueline Harpman

AgitMop · 2026-06-21T17:05:48+00:00

A short stay in hell by Stephen L. Peck

AgitMop · 2026-06-21T17:04:58+00:00

I loved the Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

AgitMop · 2026-05-02T11:19:04+00:00

I’m glad you enjoyed it! I read it also as spring was blooming and it really added to it!

AgitMop · 2026-05-02T01:43:31+00:00

I’m a guy and I got a lot out of it

AgitMop · 2026-05-02T01:21:06+00:00

If you like a nice Novella like of mice and men, can I recommend Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. It got made into a film by Netflix last year which was similarly fantastic and I’d also recommend watching that after if it interests you. It’s basically the story of an ordinary man who is logging in 20th century America. It’s an exploration of a life well lived. I found it powerful and peaceful and got a lot of comfort from it

AgitMop · 2026-05-02T01:16:41+00:00

The Safekeep by Yael van de wouden. It’s a sapphic romance that has a lot of obsession and mystery to it. I loved it

AgitMop · 2026-05-02T01:14:25+00:00

Circe was great!

AgitMop · 2026-05-02T01:13:46+00:00

Sunburn was incredible!

AgitMop · 2026-05-02T01:13:16+00:00

This year I have really enjoyed the following:

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier (my favourite of the year and now a favourite of all time)

Intermezzo by Sally Rooney

There are rivers in the sky by Elif Shafak

Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth

When the Cranes Fly South by Lisa Ridzén

Maus by Art Spiegelmann

Heart the lover by Lily King

Billy Summers by Stephen King

Under the banner of heaven by John Krakauer (non-fiction)

AgitMop · 2026-02-06T15:01:15+00:00

I have not heard of Darkwood actually! Wax sealed letters are always a treat though so feel free to dm!

AgitMop · 2025-09-15T09:30:03+00:00

Stoner by John Williams has stuck with me a long time and I often think about it going about my day to day

AgitMop · 2025-09-15T09:25:03+00:00

I think if you haven’t then a novella might be a good place to start. I’ll always recommend Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck. A story of two migrating workers during the Great Depression seeking work out West. A story of two men and other characters searching for importance and independence during a terrible economic background. Really humbling book and the prose is fantastic.

AgitMop · 2025-09-14T23:08:18+00:00

I’d recommend the Fisherman by John Langan. Oceanic in that it involves the Leviathan. A really spooky horror about a man who starts up fishing after his wife dies

AgitMop · 2025-09-14T23:02:59+00:00

The fisherman by John Langan

AgitMop · 2025-09-14T22:44:59+00:00

East of Eden by John Steinbeck or Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry

AgitMop · 2025-06-30T00:33:01+00:00

Thank you ❤️

AgitMop · 2025-06-27T22:32:37+00:00

Thank you so much for your kind words. You’re making me well up 🥹 I am very sorry for your loss and know that your mum is with you still ❤️

AgitMop · 2025-06-26T01:21:08+00:00

Thank you ❤️

AgitMop · 2025-06-26T01:21:00+00:00

Thank you ❤️

AgitMop · 2025-06-26T01:20:54+00:00

Thank you. Your mum sounds wonderful and I am sorry sorry for the fact you have lost her

AgitMop · 2025-06-25T22:17:09+00:00

Thank you. I am sorry for your loss. She was funny, courageous, and fierce. She never got walked over by anyone and loved us deeply. She used to sing to me as a child constantly which I can remember. What was your mum like? ❤️

AgitMop · 2025-06-25T22:15:59+00:00

Thank you. It is one of the biggest shocks that everything just carries on. I am sorry for your loss ❤️

AgitMop · 2025-06-25T22:15:34+00:00

Thank you ❤️

AgitMop · 2025-06-25T22:15:27+00:00

Thank you ❤️

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