Toxic yaoi, underground comics, jazz, realistic hacking, 90s goth culture, AND overcoming generational trauma all in one book
Books
Warning: A lot of these contain graphic depitions of gore, sa, abuse, and a bunch of other horrifying things.
Read at your own risk & just because I like a book doesn't mean I support everything in it.
Favorite Books
Drawing Blood
Millenium Gothic
A very personal look into the 80s british goth scene (alongside mental illness and copious drug use). Definitely has a lot of flaws but I love it
Invisible Monsters
I understand why Ryan based an album on this
Night Players
Vampires in Las Vegas. In 2001. With lots of Vegas degeneracy. So yes this book was written specifically for me. But don't read past the first half TRUST ME. Spare yourself.
Nothing here yet!
100 Years of Solitude
beautiful writing and atmosphere yet disgusting and depressing (perfect)
Swimming in the Dark
best not romance novel ever
A Wizard of Earthsea
Very unique fantasy, pretty writing, plus an angsty self hating protagonist
No Longer Human
Yozo Oba is my favorite trainwreck
Palace Walk
1900s Egyptian history & politics through the eyes of the most disfunctional dramatic family ever.
9 Parts of Desire
Many interesting interviews with middle eastern and african women, some funny, some horrifying
Lost Souls
deranged homoerotic drug addict party vampires (its actually great trust me)
North American Lake Monsters
Horror anthology thats more beautiful than scary
The Wide Carnivorous Sky
Expiremental horror stories, dense but a fun challenge to read
Notes of a Crocodile
Diary of a self hating pathetic lesbian, basically. Lazi, my 2nd fav trainwreck <3
Children of the Fang
Pretentious existentially horrifying scary stories my beloved
The Heart Rate of a Mouse
ITS GOOD OK
Gray
I may hate pete wentz but this is genuinely well written and beautiful in a disturbing way
Whether Change
Only the last story was worth reading but it was so so good i cried :,(
My favorite horror story when I was 12. Only good thing to come out of r/nosleep
Favorite Manga
& Comics
Blood on the Tracks
soul crushing surrealist horror of parental trauma
A cruel God Reigns
Never read this. Its terrible. I warned you
Goodnight Punpun
No longer human but way.. wayy weirder. The ending.. man.
Emanon
Best, most beautiful sci fi short story ever. Everyone should read it once.
Ranma 1/2
So nostalgic ughh <3
Gatapishi
Supa cute short romance, kinda insane but funny
My Broken Mariko
Beautiful art, depressing and hopeless story about friendship & abuse
Witches
Great art, story is complete nonsense (in a fun way)
Chainsaw Man
I love fujimoto's sense of humor.. that might be a bad thing
Berserk
Probably the best manga art ever. Every page is beautiful
Homestuck
It really speaks for itself.
Scott Pilgrim
Greatly altered my personality when I was 14. Still one of my biggest inspirations
Godhusk
Ok it's not a comic but it's an awsome sci fi art book and you should buy it
Home Time
Strange and psychedelic coming of age / isekai. Every page is a masterpiece but I never have any idea what's going on
Anzuelo
Same as home time but somehow even more confusing and trippy lol