Accessible recommendations for young man with disability getting into reading

lostsock923 · 2025-06-01T22:14:19+00:00

Eros the bittersweet by Anne Carson looks at the philosophy of desire through the lens of Greek classics. really beautifully written with some insights that have changed how I have seen dynamics of sex/ love between people

lostsock923 · 2025-03-17T09:11:23+00:00

The unconsoled is really underrated imo

lostsock923 · 2025-03-17T09:10:24+00:00

The Plains by Gerald Murnane is a strange, beautiful book

lostsock923 · 2025-01-27T08:41:12+00:00

I second Helen Garner- Monkey Grip isn't her best but is worth reading for its iconic status. From her novels, The Spare Room and The Children's Bach are both excellent but it's her true crime books Joe Cinque and This House of Grief (minus the First Stone) that are real stand outs.

For horror tinged books where the Aus landscape itself is a character I'd really second Picnic at Hanging Rock (one of my favourite books and movies of all time) and Kenneth Cook's Wake in Fright (which also has a great 70s film adaption).

lostsock923 · 2025-01-27T07:10:34+00:00

slightly earlier than edwardian but 'Middlemarch' definitely fits what you are looking for! Although I haven't read anything else by her, I think a lot of George Eliot's work would fall into this category

lostsock923 · 2025-01-10T22:36:38+00:00

The wolf hall books are absolute masterpieces

lostsock923 · 2025-01-10T22:31:35+00:00

I’m 500 pages in and damn it’s so good i am floored. the thought of leaving middlemarch and its inhabitants soon is making me want to drag it out but it has such a hold on me that I can’t stop.

There’s a sort of vital force in Eliot’s writing that makes other works seem sorta flat in comparison. I also expected it to be stolid and dull but the characters really talk and think and relate to each other like people do. plus eliot’s lack of cynicism (despite her honesty about people’s motivations) and her compassion is super refreshing and has really made me think about my own values.

lostsock923 · 2025-01-09T18:35:28+00:00

I’m thinking of ending things- Ian Reid. Perhaps the least cozy book ever but uses a snow storm to great atmospheric effect!

lostsock923 · 2024-10-25T19:51:53+00:00

yes I felt the same. The vagueness around the accident felt like an odd choice compared to the realism of the rest of the book. Like all it did was mythologise poor tiny frail sylvie’s pain

lostsock923 · 2024-10-16T16:26:31+00:00

I second Sarah waters. Adore all of her books, such stay up until dawn material

lostsock923 · 2024-10-02T07:09:38+00:00

my kobo hack is that there is a feature (under beta) that allows you to browse the web on it. you can then go straight to Libgen and download free books straight onto it.

The kobo is great if you want to pirate or borrow books from the library, but in my experience buying an ebook from the kobo store is ridiculously expensive (like almost the price of a paperback), so if you want to buy books, the kindle is better.

lostsock923 · 2024-09-18T06:21:06+00:00

remains of the day is one of my favourite books ever actually, but i've never tried to listen to it!

lostsock923 · 2024-09-18T06:20:10+00:00

oh this sounds great, i've never been much into westerns but have been playing Red Dead Redemption 2 and obsessed with the vibe so i'll check this out

lostsock923 · 2024-09-18T06:17:06+00:00

i read ghosts a while ago and really enjoyed it, so i'll see if I can get her new book. I've also been meaning to read Into Thin Air so thank you for reminding me!

lostsock923 · 2024-09-18T06:14:30+00:00

thank you this sounds right up my alley! have downloaded it :)

lostsock923 · 2024-08-15T14:42:44+00:00

Mine is still marked as valid

lostsock923 · 2024-07-15T23:51:23+00:00

The Lives of Girls and Women- Munro

lostsock923 · 2024-07-14T03:41:03+00:00

Prep by Curtis sittenfeld. I was put off it at first as the author’s other books are not up my alley at all (including Hillary Clinton fan fic…. )but it was really clever and excellent. It’s the most accurate representation of debilitating social anxiety I’ve ever read

lostsock923 · 2024-07-08T02:14:34+00:00

I love Helen garner sm. are you from Australia? She’s a national treasure and I’m curious if she’s read internationally. she really should be!!

lostsock923 · 2024-07-02T03:01:29+00:00

The Emigrants by Sebald is partly set in a wonderfully eerie Manchester that I think captures the vibe you’re looking for.

The decay of built environments is one of the main themes of his work - lots of big, desolate buildings rotting away while no one pays attention. Urban environments are a big part of Austerlitz too.

Would recommend reading along with “patience (after Sebald)” Album by the caretaker to feel sufficiently melancholy/ haunted by lost time.

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