21 oddly specific book recommendations

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I’m Dakota and I study literature + creative writing in Melbourne, Australia.
My work will be published very soon and I hope you stick around :)
I truly hope you gained something from at least one of these oddly specific book requests!1
Let me know if any of these requests deserve an entire video dedication.
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[goldentheponyboy]

1:37 Sapphic Horror/ Weird

2:32 A book with a characteristic writing style entirely unique to the author

3:31 Pretentious in a “impress my English teacher” way

4:10 To read in public as the hot mysterious stranger

5:11 Books for sad girls

7:12 Rich and pretty girl problems that is definitely self-destructive and depressing

8:23 Main character who is neurodivergent

9:16 A book to worsen the hole inside my heart and make me question humanity’s existence

10:19 Something that makes you stare at a wall after reading it

11:27 The strangest thing you’ve ever read

12:05 A book that will change the way you view the world

12:46 A book that feels like a fever dream in the best way

13:23 A book that would be perfect to read outside a French cafe smoking

13:56 A book that feels like Italy

14:36 A book to feel like a feminist, hot, smart, male manipulator

15:46 Books that have an old French aesthetic

16:41 A book with lots of it happening in a train

17:48 Lesbian vampire romance

[oliviaalee]

that's such a pretty bell jar cover omg

[lindsaydentonsfringe]

a ~booktube~ account that doesn't cater solely to ya/romance/fantasy!!!

[sakshi]

pls make a separate hot sad girls + cool girl monologue-esque books video

[catsyrhy]

List of books mentioned, in case you want to make a list :)

1. Paradise Rot - Jenny Hval
2. Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh (any book by Irvine Welsh was recommended)
3. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky
4. The Essential Kafka - Franz Kafka
5. The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
6. The Secret History - Donna Tartt
7. My Year of Rest and Relaxation - Ottessa Moshfegh
8. The Queen’s Gambit - Walter Tevis
9. The Trouble with Being Born - Emil Cioran
10. My Dark Vanessa - Kate Elisabeth Russel
11. Girls Against God - Jenny Hval
12. Notes from Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky
13. The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enríquez
14. The Stranger - Albert Camus
15. The Plague - Albert Camus
16. Call Me By Your Name - André Aciman
17. Gone Girl - Gillian Flynn
18. Old Man Goriot - Honoré de Balzac
19. The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
20. Carmilla - Sheridan Le Fanu

[Michelle-rxnd]

I absolutely love how diverse the books you included are, there’s really something for everyone!!

[mcmoon_]

You definitely should to an entire video for "the hot mysterious stranger"

[holly]

your prep work is the most virgo thing ever hahaha the lil notes on top of the books

[aaroamarf]

YES PLSS do more of "to read in public as the hot mysterious stranger". I'm starting uni and have none to 0 friends so I need that to cope with the fact that I'm alone lmaoo

[peanutmabel]

As a Latinamerican born and raised you just made me realize that yes, our literature is a fever dream. We were always reading the weirdest sh1t

[beatricevinassa]

I'm italian and i can assure that Call me by your name got me shivering for its descriptions of italian summer, that is exactly what it feels.

[DaraCartujano]

I was just literally looking at your channel to see of you updated and the boom here you are! Love the video already 🤍

[burritoes]

I'm currently reading The girl on the train and it is expected that you would bring that book up, your description just made everything more exciting, I'm even more thrilled to read it now!!!

[grueselduesel]

I’m literally so happy you posted thank you

[schwammliebe]

Ok but an oddly specific one I’m searching for: a book that gives of a really rainy / stormy atmosphere. Set in the modern world. No fantasy. Protagonist in their 20s or late teens. Just nice vibes - I’ve been searching for one like this for soooo long

[freyalovesbooks]

Could you please do more of the pretentious books to impress your English teacher? I think it is such a fun topic ☺️

[laylael-houli]

literally so thrilled for your work to be published, looking forward to it!!!!

[FeralCreatureOfIncredibleRoses]

That was so cute how you did all this categorization for us

[ejderhaz]

I don't know if someone has already mentioned this.

A main character who is neurodivergent : Keiko in Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. Although it's never explicitly stated that she is, so keep that in mind.

[crybabys]

I´d love to see a "sad girl" and a "pretentious in a impress my English teacher way" recommendation video