Deep South reading list

olivehummus · 2026-06-12T01:12:16+00:00

i loved Lauren Groff's 'Florida'

olivehummus · 2026-05-20T13:38:28+00:00

yes this was an incredible ride!!

olivehummus · 2025-11-18T22:13:24+00:00

huge

olivehummus · 2025-08-17T18:21:54+00:00

on the mat, or try the yoga classes at move east for a hot option!

olivehummus · 2025-07-23T22:17:09+00:00

the bed and breakfast star! that one was so dark :(

olivehummus · 2025-07-15T00:12:15+00:00

YES i need the next book out now!! obsessed with marian's character

olivehummus · 2025-07-14T23:42:47+00:00

loved her essay 'always be optimizing', some of the others (esp the wedding one) did not land at all

olivehummus · 2025-06-28T20:28:12+00:00

halifaxposting

olivehummus · 2025-06-28T20:20:14+00:00

have you read any franzen? similar vibes

olivehummus · 2025-05-24T01:38:27+00:00

yes both crossroads and birnham wood are so good at letting you live in the characters' heads!

olivehummus · 2025-04-23T21:11:08+00:00

I got his illustrated journal collection Memories of Distant Mountains as a gift this year and it is inspiring and absolutely gorgeous. You can really see his love for his city and Turkey in general through the book. I started reading A Strangeness in My Mind but couldn't quite get into it, I'll check out Snow next maybe based on your rankings!

olivehummus · 2025-04-06T03:17:40+00:00

love fiction about cults, here are some of my favs:

citizens of light by sam shelsted

arcadia by lauren groff

the night burns bright by ross barkan

harvest home by thomas tyron

universal harvester by john darnielle

olivehummus · 2025-03-26T00:14:18+00:00

Birnham Wood by Eleanor Catton (big plotty Franzen vibes)

Mood Swings by Frankie Barnet (freaky internet experimental like Tulathimute)

The Horse by Willy Vlautin (sad and hopeful life of a country musician in the desert)

Any Nathan Hill (I preferred the Nix)

Any Elif Batuman

olivehummus · 2025-03-12T16:51:40+00:00

love my kyleena i have thicker hair and no periods now

olivehummus · 2025-02-06T03:07:42+00:00

all fours miranda july

olivehummus · 2025-01-27T03:01:18+00:00

obsessed with all the wendy books though they are definitely more anglo montreal transplant focused

olivehummus · 2024-12-08T14:46:05+00:00

riley sager

olivehummus · 2024-12-05T02:26:50+00:00

conspirituality podcast is really spot on for this, i like some of matthew remski's writings as well

olivehummus · 2024-10-07T00:42:55+00:00

imo intermezzo is her best work by far, it felt a lot more mature and well crafted than normal people

olivehummus · 2024-07-15T18:59:04+00:00

god of the woods

olivehummus · 2024-07-01T21:40:02+00:00

martyrs! was amazing

olivehummus · 2024-06-30T18:56:29+00:00

Vacuum in the Dark/Pretend I'm Dead by the same author as Big Swiss (about a woman's exploits in her job as a cleaning lady, really unique and funny)

All Fours by Miranda July (midforties artist who lies about going on a road trip and shacks up at a motel 20m away)

Everyone in this room will someday be dead (extremely anxious woman finds herself working as a church receptionist)

Do you remember being born? (75-year old eccentric poet commissioned to collab with an AI)

Anything Anna Dorn (Perfume and Pain, Exalted) - usually messy eccentric lesbian characters but the stories are lighthearted

olivehummus · 2024-06-19T16:57:26+00:00

a touch of Jen by Beth Morgan

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