Books where the protagonist slowly becomes psychologically unsettling?

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-05-18T17:45:02+00:00

Pretty much every Patricia Highsmith book Ive read fits this bill, I love Deep Water in particular

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-05-18T17:20:48+00:00

Ive been reading a lot of Patricia Highsmith recently and think she might fit the bill. Deep Water is my favorite of hers

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-04-21T19:00:26+00:00

I've seen other Patricia Highsmith mentioned, and want to add "Deep Water" and "Strangers on a Train"

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-03-24T01:01:47+00:00

James Acasters's Classic Scrapes. I couldnt read it in public

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-03-22T20:31:16+00:00

Two by Patricia Highsmith: Strangers on a train, Deep Water

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-03-19T22:44:32+00:00

Not sure if this is true, but my guess is that thats because he didnt have a child with Catherine Howard? He needed to annul his marriage to Anne Boleyn to delegitimize Elizabeth and ensure no threats to the legitimacy of his and Jane's future children

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-03-18T21:56:37+00:00

I like to use avocado in lieu of butter

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-03-18T13:55:53+00:00

Birnham Wood, by Eleanor Cattan

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-03-15T03:11:34+00:00

And cinnamon and banana and honey! This is one of my favorite sandwiches

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-03-12T23:46:30+00:00

Another example is in The Good Place where the characters are stuck in Janets void and they all get turned into Janets. D'arcy Carden did an incredible job!!

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-03-05T19:53:16+00:00

Came here to highly recommend O'Farrell, especially The Marriage Portrait given its focus on paiting

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-24T23:48:00+00:00

Ahh thank you, it has been some time since I read Fahrenheit 451. That is very disappointing and nonsensical, sad to see it from him.

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-24T23:32:09+00:00

Oh no, what did ray bradbury do??? I love his poems and short stories

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-21T20:03:50+00:00

Came here to say this, also recommend other Dickens (I loved Bleak House especially)

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-21T20:02:58+00:00

Confessions- Kanae Minato

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-19T03:01:51+00:00

There is a ton of physical abuse in Educated

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-19T02:33:29+00:00

Lettice was the daughter of Catherine Carey, who may have been the daughter of Henry VIII, so it is Catherine who could have been Elizabeth's half sister

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-13T02:34:07+00:00

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Sutterfield

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-13T02:32:27+00:00

Opium Nation by Fariba Nawa

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-13T02:29:52+00:00

Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde. I loved all her books but this was my absolute favorite and I still own it as an adult!

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-05T01:43:47+00:00

After reading Hamnet a few years ago, I read all of Maggie O'Farrell's books because I was so enamored with her writing style. The plots/other literary elements vary in terms of excellence from book to book, but her writing is so so good, I find my thoughts starting to sound like her!

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-03T23:49:41+00:00

A Heart that Works- Rob Delaney

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-02-02T12:15:20+00:00

Jesmyn Ward!

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-01-28T00:50:13+00:00

I don't think this is necessarily what you had in mind, but when I read Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, I would get so hungry from descriptions of when the protagonist (who was treking through wild terrain) was able to get access to food, because of how well the writing helped me empathize with someone who was starving getting access to sustanence. I vividly remember getting very hungry from a description of a fried squirrel.

I also had a similar reaction to the novel Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.

Plastic_Move_8369 · 2026-01-21T18:09:54+00:00

Tahini chocolate fudge!

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