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Three Goblin Art
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representation of a cat's diary
tbh lifeâs too short to be embarrassed by little things ??? wear that outfit ur mom said was ugly & laugh ur natural too loud laugh & talk to intimidating people u find interesting !!! join cringy clubs & read books everyone hates & wear too much eyeliner !!! if shit doesnât work out who cares !!! people who are worth being around will stick by u anyway !!!
when you practice kindness and i mean seriously, consciously choose it over and over again, it shows. that kind of selfless love etches itself into your laugh lines, steeps like a teabag until your words are inherently graceful. sometimes we spit out that choice through gritted teeth, but late at night when time stands still, the universe kisses your eyelids and promises you twice the love in return.
this book website gives you the first page of a random book without the title or author so that you can read it with no preconceptions!!! great for discovering new recs
Itâs because she loves you, Kyo!Â
This scene broke my heartâlike the rest of this episodeâbecause Kyo doesnât even know how much she loves and cares for him. He just accepted that she might be interested in someone else, and he was willing to help her be with someone else! Ugh. I canât not cry while watching this show anymore.Â
the knave.
the (almost) complete Bungou Stray Dogs reading list
as a dostoyevsky fan i first discovered bsd by being very confused whenever i saw pretty anime boys in the crime and punishment tag, so now iâm using bsd to discover more classic literature, and you can too!
this is my personal list straight from my phone notes app, of the most significant works mentioned in the series. italized titles are those that i really couldnât find an english translation of but theyâre there for completeness (if youâve found one please comment!)
iâve also got links to the french text of all works that are originally in french, because i read french and as said this list is just adapted from my personal notes hahaha
special shoutout goes to @bsd-bibliophile and their website from where i got many of the links, especially the works of the japanese authors, as well as the bsd recommended reading list â¤ď¸
links are pdfs unless otherwise specified
the armed detective agency:
no longer human by dazai osamu
the moon over the mountain by nakajima atsushi (beast beneath the moonlight)
an encouragement of learning by fukuzawa yukichi (all men are equal)
o brother, you must not die by yosano akiko (thou shalt not die)
kunikida doppoâs works
the makioka sisters by tanizaki junichirou (light snow)Â [epub]
naomi by tanizaki junichirou
be not defeated by the rain by miyazawa kenji [online]
demon pond by izumi kyouka (demon snow)
edogawa ranpoâs works
i am a cat by natsume souseki
futon by tayama katai
the port mafia:
rashoumon by akutagawa ryuunosuke (link includes o-gin that akutagawa gin is based on)
this soiled sorrow by nakahara chuuya (upon the tainted sorrow) [online]
golden demon by ozaki kouyou
falling camellia by hirotsu ryuurou
the dancing girl by mori ougai (elise)
vita sexualis by mori ougai [epub]
higuchi ichiyouâs works (no ability specified yet, but see for example encounters on a dark night)
midwinter memento by tachihara michizou
lemon by kajii motojirou
dogra magra by yumeno kyuusaku [website, incomplete translation]Â
madness of george III by alan bennett (madness of the jewel king)Â pretty sure this oneâs still copyrighted, hence why they couldnât use alan bennettâs name for ace, and why i canât find any pdf copies
the guild:
the great gatsby by f. scott fitzgerald (the great fitzgerald)
little women by louisa m. alcott
the grapes of wrath by john steinbeck [online/pdf/epub]
the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne
gone with the wind by margaret mitchell [online/pdf/epub]
anne of green gables by l. m. montgomery (anne of the abyssal red)
moby dick by herman melville
the adventures of tom sawyer by mark twain (huck finn and tom sawyer)
the adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twain (huck finn and tom sawyer)
the black cat by edgar allan poe (the black cat in the rue morgue) [online]
the murders in the rue morgue by edgar allan poe (the black cat in the rue morgue) [online]
the call of cthulhu by h. p. lovecraft (the great old ones) [online]
the rats in the house of the dead:
the house of the dead by fyodor dostoevsky [online/epub]
crime and punishment by fyodor dostoevsky
a feast in time of plague by alexander pushkin [online/pdf/epub]
the precipice by ivan goncharov (this is an abridged translation please buy the new 2020 unabridged translation titled malinovka heights please itâs one of my all-time favourite books please thank you for your attention)
the perfect crime by oguri mushitarou
the decay of angels:
the decay of the angel by mishima yukio [online]
the overcoat by nikolai gogol
dracula by bram stoker [online/pdf/epub] (bramâs ability isnât named yet but come on who are we kidding)
sigma has been speculated to be a reference to russian writer and journalist sergey nikolayevich syromyatnikov, or possibly sigmund freud
the hunting dogs:
mirror lion by fukuchi ouchi (online summary)
gasp of the soul by ookura teruko (see bewitching shadow which is the only work of anyone from the hunting dogs with full english translation!)
priceless tears by jouno saigiku
plum blossoms in snow by suehiro tetchou (wikipedia)
special division for unusual powers:
discourse on decadence by sakaguchi ango
hail in the begging bowl [online/pdf] (an essay by james abrams on the life and poetry of taneda santoka, from which the ability name is derived)
order of the clock tower:
and then there were none by agatha christie
dark era:
strait is the gate by andrÊ gide (french original, online)
flawless by oda sakunosuke (see his other works from the stories of osaka life collection that has been translated into english, which can be found on the @bsd-bibliophile website)
the long goodbye by raymond chandler [online]
55 minutes:
the time machine by h. g. wells
the mysterious island by jules verne (french original, online/epub)
matasaburou of the wind by miyazawa kenji [online] (atsushiâs alias)
johann wolfgang von goethe (mentioned)
william shakespeare (mentioned)
victor hugo (mentioned) les misĂŠrables french originalÂ
fifteen + storm bringer:
illuminations by arthur rimbaud [online] (french original, online/epub)
paul verlaineâs poetry [online/epub] (french original, online/epub)
frankenstein by mary shelley (adam frankenstein)
gaiden:
another by ayatsuji yukito (volume 1, volume 2, volume 3)
the summer in the ubume by kyougoku natsuhiko (an inherent drop)
yesterdayâs shadow tag by tsujimura mizuki
dead apple:
shibusawa tatsuhikoâs works (referred to collectively as draconia, see fish scales which has been translated into english)
chapter titles and other references:
franz kafkaâs works (our man asagiri) metamorphosis [online/epub] the trial [online/epub]
the setting sun by osamu dazai (have you seen all those dazai sunset scenes in the anime)
the black lizard by hirotsu ryuurou
the case of murder on D hill by edogawa ranpo (murder on D street, ch 6)
poems of days past by nakahara chuuya (back in the day, ch 11) see poem collection
light, wind and dreams by nakajima atsushi (even if my head be mistaken, ch 29)
if youâre gonna read the above you should probably be acquainted with robert louis stevensonâs works, like the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde [online/epub]
tower of silence by mori ougai (the silent tower and the ravenâs feast, ch 30)
husband and wife by nakajima atsushi (cherrirs, ch 43)
dreaming of butterflies by hagiwara sakutarou (ch 65-66)
the sheep song by nakahara chuuya (the chant to activate chuuyaâs corruption)
les sĹurs de charitĂŠ by arthur rimbaud (the chant to activate verlaineâs corruption) french original
this is all the main works i could find, but naturally bsd is chock-full of literature references so please feel free to add to this list if you have anything! again i have to direct you to bsd-bibliophileâs online library for more complete resources and relevant authors that are not directly mentioned in bsd + a bunch of other useful content, i swear that page is one of my most-visited websites hahaha
other great resources for free books that have entered the public domain, where i got most of the links to the western books on this list:
project gutenberg
free editorial
planet ebook
planet publish
happy reading!
Yuki Sohma & Machi Kuragi
Fruits Basket
Season 3, Episode 3 "I Hope it Snows Soon"
you are your worst enemy until you learn to treat yourself like a friend. sabotaging your efforts and relationships, convincing yourself no one loves you, not trying because youâre sure youâll fail, being apathetic to everything is bc you think youâre not good enough. but the truth is you are good enough and you can be the best person you can be if you learn to change these thoughts into self-love and encouragement. listen to your needs and be there for yourself instead of destroying your health or abandoning yourself or your future.
One time a therapist listened to me talk about my anxiety and my family and she said to me: âThink about how you are when you are with your sisterâs kids, what do you do when they make a mistake?â I said I tell them itâs okay, it happens to everyone, youâre still learning but the effort was good, and that we can try again together. âExactly,â she said, âwhy wonât you say that to yourself when you make a mistake? Why do you berate and punish yourself for a mistake, when you lovingly guide your nieces and nephews? You need to start treating yourself like you treat your sisterâs kids.â And it was such a small thing but I think about it literally every day.
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This is a compiled list of some of my favorite pieces of short horror fiction, ranging from classics to modern-day horror, and includes links to where the full story can be read for free. Please be aware that any of these stories may contain subject matter you find disturbing, offensive, or otherwise distressing. Exercise caution when reading. Image art is from Scarecrow: Year One.
PSYCHOLOGICAL: tense, dread-inducing horror that preys upon the human psyche and aims to frighten on a mental or emotional level.Â
âThe Frolicâ by Thomas Ligotti, 1989
âButton, Buttonâ by Richard Matheson, 1970
â89.1 FMâ by Jimmy Juliano, 2015
âThe Yellow Wallpaperâ by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, 1892
âDeath at 421 Stockholm Streetâ by C.K. Walker, 2016
âThe Ones Who Walk Away from Omelasâ by Ursula K. Le Guin, 1973
âAn Empty Prisonâ by Matt Dymerski, 2018
âA Suspicious Giftâ by Algernon Blackwood, 1906
CURSED: stories concerning characters afflicted with a curse, either by procuring a plagued object or as punishment for their own nefarious actions.
âHow Spoilers Bleedâ by Clive Barker, 1991
âA Warning to the Curiousâ by M.R. James, 1925
âeach thing i show you is a piece of my deathâ by Stephen J. Barringer and Gemma Files, 2010
âThe Road Virus Heads Northâ by Stephen King, 1999
âRing Once for Deathâ by Robert Arthur, 1954
âThe Mary Hillenbrand Cassetteâ by Jimmy Juliano, 2016
âThe Monkeyâs Pawâ by W.W. Jacobs, 1902
MONSTERS: tales of ghouls, creeps, and everything in between.
âThe Curse of Yigâ by H.P. Lovecraft and Zealia Bishop, 1929Â
âThe Oddkidsâ by S.M. Piper, 2015
âNightmare at 20,000 Feetâ by Richard Matheson
âThe Graveyard Ratsâ by Henry Kuttner, 1936
âTall Manâ by C.K. Walker, 2016Â
âThe Quest for Blank Claveringiâ by Patricia Highsmith, 1967
âThe Showersâ by Dylan Sindelar, 2012
CLASSICS: terrifying fiction written by innovators of literary horror.Â
âThe Tell-Tale Heartâ by Edgar Allan Poe, 1843
âThe Interlopersâ by Saki, 1919Â
âThe Statement of Randolph Carterâ by H.P. Lovecraft, 1920
âThe Damned Thingâ by Ambrose Pierce, 1893
âThe Legend of Sleepy Hollowâ by Washington Irving, 1820Â
âAugust Heatâ by W.F. Harvey, 1910
âThe Black Catâ by Edgar Allan Poe, 1843
SUPERNATURAL:Â stories varying from spooky to sober, featuring lurking specters, wandering souls, and those haunted by ghosts and grief.Â
âNoraâs Visitorâ by Russell R. James, 2011
âThe Pale Manâ by Julius Long, 1934
âA Collapse of Horsesâ by Brian Evenson, 2013
âThe Jigsaw Puzzleâ by J.B. Stamper, 1977Â
âThe Mayor Will Make A Brief Statement and then Take Questionsâ by David Nickle, 2013
âThe Night Wireâ by H.F. Arnold, 1926Â
âPostcards from Natalieâ by Carrie Laben, 2016
UNSETTLING: fiction that explores particularly disturbing topics, such as mutilation, violence, and body horror. Not recommended for readers who may be offended or upset by graphic content. Â
âSurvivor Typeâ by Stephen King, 1982
âIâm On My Deathbed So Iâm Coming CleanâŚâ by M.J. Pack, 2018
âIn the Hills, the Citiesâ by Clive Barker, 1984
âThe New Fishâ by T.W. Grim, 2013
âThe Screwfly Solutionâ by Racoona Sheldon, 1977
âIn the Darkness of the Fieldsâ by Ho_Jun, 2015Â
âThe October Gameâ by Ray Bradbury, 1948
âI Have No Mouth, and I Must Screamâ by Harlan Ellison, 1967Â
HAPPY READING, HORROR FANS!
Iâve been doing some reading and have more stories to add:Â
PSYCHOLOGICAL:Â
âParadise Pineâ by C.K. Walker, 2016
âSuffer the Little Childrenâ by Stephen King, 1972Â
âRocking Horse Creekâ by C.K. Walker, 2016
âThe Ledgeâ by Stephen King, 1978
âTed the Caverâ by Ted, 2001
âThe Fly-paperâ by Elizabeth Taylor, 1969
CURSED:
âThe Reaperâs Imageâ by Stephen King, 1969
âCorrespondenceâ by Bloodstains, 2011
âCasting the Runesâ by M.R. James, 1911Â
âThe Dionaea Houseâ by Eric Heisserer, 2004
â1408âł by Stephen King, 1999
âStinson Beachâ by Walter Smith, 2011
MONSTERS:
âThe Crawlersâ by Jimmy Juliano, 2014Â
âPickmanâs Modelâ by H.P. Lovecraft, 1927
âDollhouseâ by C.K. Walker, 2016
âI Love My Grandparentsâ Fireplaceâ by Rona Vaselaar, 2016
âClick-clack the Rattlebagâ by Neil Gaiman, 2015
CLASSICS:
âOh, Whistle, and Iâll Come to You, My Ladâ by M.R. James, 1904Â
âThe Voice in the Nightâ by William Hope Hodgson, 1907Â
âThe Cask of Amontilladoâ by Edgar Allan Poe, 1847
âA Sound of Thunderâ by Ray Bradbury, 1952
âCool Airâ by H.P. Lovecraft, 1928
SUPERNATURAL:
âIt Was a Different Timeâ by Cymoril Melnibone, 2018
âThe Testament of Magdalen Blairâ by Aleister Crowley, 1929Â
âInstructions for the Babysitterâ by CR Jones, 2018
âThe Handâ by Guy de Maupassant, 1880Â
â63 Years Agoâ by Jake Healey, 2016
UNSETTLING:
âWindowâ by Bob Leman, 1980Â
âNo Matter Which Way We Turnedâ by Brian Evenson, 2016
âThe M Show Fan Clubâ by lenalona, 2013
âThe Duneâ by Stephen King, 2011
âJacqueline Ess: Her Will And Testamentâ by Clive Barker, 1984
âThe Judgeâ by Rona Vaselaar, 2015
ENJOY!
Hereâs some more stories Iâve enjoyed, bringing the list total to 125 scary tales:
PSYCHOLOGICAL:
âNightcrawlersâ by Robert R. Mccammon, 1984
âBurnâ by C.K. Walker, 2016
âExamination Dayâ by Henry Slesar, 1958
âMiriamâ by Truman Capote, 1945
âTo See the Invisible Manâ by Robert Silverberg, 1979Â
âA Conversation with a Stranger on the Busâ by C.M., 2019
âThe Man Who Loved Flowersâ by Stephen King, 1977
âPaleontologists Were Weâ by C.K. Walker, 2016
CURSED:
âThe Hourglass Tattooâ by The Dead Canary, 2019
âI Uncovered the Disturbing Truth Behind a Haunted FilmâŚâ by Joel Farrelly, 2015
âMoomawâs Cursesâ by Pippinacious, 2017
âA Curse is Killing My Friends and Iâm Nextâ by Zamil Akhtar, 2017
âThe Cat From Hellâ by Stephen King, 1977
âIâve Been Getting Strange Letters from the St. Louis Prisonâ by Andrew Harmon, 2015
âThe Ash-treeâ by M.R. James, 1904
MONSTERS:
âThe Midnight Meat Trainâ by Clive Barker, 1984
âRecluseâ by Jimmy Juliano, 2016
âThe Raftâ by Stephen King, 1982
âMr. Widemouthâ by perfectcircle35, 2010
âThe Beast of Averoigneâ by Clark Ashton Smith, 1932
âGraveyard Shiftâ by Stephen King, 1970
âThe Puppet in the Treeâ by Dopabeane, 2018
âThe Autopsyâ by Michael Shea, 1980
CLASSICS:Â
âThe Triumph of Nightâ by Edith Wharton, 1914
âSpecialty of the Houseâ by Stanley Ellin, 1956
âThe Oval Portraitâ by Edgar Allan Poe, 1842
âThe Mezzotintâ by M.R. James, 1904
âThe Occupant of the Roomâ by Algernon Blackwood, 1917
âWhere Are You Going, Where Have You Been?â by Joyce Carol Oates, 1966
âThe Waxworkâ by A.M. Burrage, 1931
âThe Terrible Old Manâ by H.P. Lovecraft, 1920
SUPERNATURAL:
âThe Stillwood Kingâ by Kris Straub, 2008
âSheâs Gotten One Step Closer Every NightâŚâ by Nick Botic, 2018
âBeautyâ by Robert R. Mccammon, 1990
âMy Girlfriend Talks in Her SleepâŚâ by Ryan Matthews, 2018
âThe Everlasting Clubâ by Arthur Gray, 1910
âCharâ by C.K. Walker, 2016
âThe River Styx Runs Upstreamâ by Dan Simmons, 1981Â
âLemon Blossom Girlâ by Kris Straub, 2008
âHow to Summon the Butter Street Hitchhikerâ by Chris Hicks, 2018
UNSETTLING:
âSoftâ by F. Paul Wilson, 1984
âThe Taxidermied Childâ by Tobias Wade, 2019
âItâs a Good Lifeâ by Jerome Bixby, 1953
âMagnum Opusâ by C.K. Walker, 2016
âSomething Passed Byâ by Robert R. McCammon, 1990
âThe Stretching Partyâ by Nick Botic, 2018
âIncident On and Off a Mountain Roadâ by Joe R. Lansdale, 1991
âOther Peopleâ by Neil Gaiman, 2001
HAVE FUN!
oh man, so excited to read these when its way too late at night!
recently i saw a post on my dash compiling study music, so i decided to make one of my own! here are some of my favorite playlists on youtube to listen to while iâm working, hope you enjoy!
japanese music
japanese jazz when driving on a warm night
do you like some japanese jazz fusion?
japanese songs i think you should listen to at least once
japanese pop/rock songs to cheer you up! bc studies are hard (help me pls)
calm japanese song to forget all the chaos nowÂ
japanese city pop mixtape vol. 11- seaside city
japanese pop/rock songs to cheer you up during quarantine
summer side | smooth 80â˛s japanese funkÂ
đť 9:00am : shiny morning time (indie/jazz)
japanese blues/jazz while floating towards the surface
korean music
korean r&b mix
loona; energetic, upbeat bops
chill/study kpop playlist
bts late night study playlist 2020
bts playlist to study//sleep//chill 2020
listening to a chill bts playlist in your car on a rainy night
seventeen chill playlist
playlist created and curated by seventeen themselves
red velvet soft & chill playlist
iuâs best songs
songs that make me feel like iâm in a high-teen romance kdrama
シďžââ§ soft nâ chill ⥠| kpop playlist
classical music
a playlist for a 19th century villain scheming against his enemies
your pianist roommate may have made a pact with the devil, but you are too afraid to askÂ
dark academia slightly obscure playlist
dark academia classical music but its only ballades
a playlist to you feel inside of âpride and prejudiceâ while youâre waiting for your Mr. Darcy
a playlist of beethoven proving heâs an immortal god
thatâs why tchaikovsky is the best composer
hope yâall enjoy some of these finds, and feel free to add your favorite study music in the notes so that people who need them can find something new to listen to!Â
books by asian authors
this by no means is a comprehensive list of books, but this may give you a starter point as to where to start reading more about asian experiences and learning about asian culture. hopefully, you will find something you enjoy!
graphic novels
such a lovely little war: saigon 1961-63 and saigon calling: london 1963-75, marcelino truong: the story of a french-vietnamese boy and his family during the vietnam war
almost american girl, robin ha: memoir of a korean girl who moves to america and experiences racism and sexism in high schoolÂ
year of the rabbit, tian veasna: the tale of a familyâs drive to survive the brutal khmer rouge regime
banned book club, kim hyunsook, ryan estrada and ko hyungju: memoir of a girl attending college in korea during the 1980s dictatorship and taking part in a banned book clubÂ
cat diary: yon and mu, junji ito: horror comic about a guy who adopts two cats who terrorize himÂ
nonfiction
why we swim, bonnie tsui: swimmingâs history, from olympic champions to japanese samurai swimmers
minor feelings, cathy park hong: essay collection of asian experiences of racism in the US
reading lolita in tehran, azar nafisi: an english professorâs experiences during the iranian revolution
all you can ever know, nicole chung: memoir of a korean girl adopted by white parents
family in six tones: a refugee mother, an american daughter, lan cao: memoir of a mother and daughter, the former of whom was a vietnam war refugee
fiction
on earth weâre briefly gorgeous, ocean vuong: a lovely, poetic letter from a vietnamese son to his mother
little fires everywhere, celeste ng: literary novel about a quiet suburban town and seemingly perfect family that changes once a traveling artist and her daughter move to town
the kiss quotient, helen hoang: super feel good romance featuring an autistic protagonist and a hunky swedish-vietnamese love interest
evil and the mask, fuminori nakamura: thriller novel that blew my head off
the windup bird chronicle, haruki murakami: literary novel about a manâs wife who disappeared suddenly and the mysterious journey he embarks on to find her again
pachinko, minjin lee: the multigenerational story of a family of koreans in japan during the early 20th century
prophecy (the dragon king chronicles #1), ellen oh: ya novel set in a korean fantasy landscape about a girl assigned to be the bodyguard to a prince during a demon invasion
run to me earth, paul yoon: the story of 3 orphans struggling to find their way in laos
in addition, iâd like you to notice these two lovely lists by @papenathys and @gaaaandaaaalf at these two links [x, x]. these lists are of south asian writers specifically, if youâre interested in them!Â
add on your favorite books by asian authors if youâd like in the notes :)
[edit: sorry it was incomplete when i queued it. good thing i checked haha]
haikyuu fics that are perfection
I saw this post of haikyuu fic classics on ao3 (the most popular ones) and I wanted to share the fics that I consider are haikyu classics! I will be updating this post as I read more fics. (05/14/21)
If you have any recommendations for fics, please comment them!
Thank you to the talented authors who wrote these fics and please give them love and support. I hope you enjoy and love these fics as much as I do.
IWAOI
i wanna ruin our friendship by roseknight [tw homophobia]
âOikawa can't pretend he doesn't know what he's feeling. He's far too accustomed to jealousy for that. But there's no reason to feel such intense jealousy towards two guys he doesn't even know, that he just happened to catch kissing. No reason he can accept.âÂ
to be first, to be best by kittebasu
âHajime is apparently something of a masochist, and as he stares down at the tie-dyed AREA51 T-shirt in his hands, he thinks âIâm totally in love with this asshole, aren't I?ââ
we shine like diamonds by whitemiists [tw homophobia]
âOikawa is nine when he first hears the word. The boys on the playground whisper it like it's dirty, like the way they daringly mutter the word fuck and then look over their shoulders to check their parents hadn't heard.â
KUROKEN
saltwater room by hipster-yams
âKenma had been perfectly happy just attending class half-asleep, secretly practicing cello, and occasionally getting his hand stuck in the vending machine but certain people refuse to let his quiet bliss go on and force him to think about everything he's been trying to hide away in the depths of his mind for years.â
knot in my heart by heart hopeÂ
âThereâs a picture. Kenma blinks, looking at the little calico cat, being held up next to the face of a guy with stupidly messy hair and a crooked grin.Cute.Theâ the cat. The cat is cute.Just the cat.Kuroo starts spending a lot of time at the flower shop Kenma works at. Kenma definitely isn't into him.â
the walk home by skiecas
â(A Kuroo and Kenma life story, told in five acts).â
BOKUAKA
fine line by starsqwub
ââDo you find me pretty intriguing, Akaashi?â âNot particularly,â Akaashi lies again.â
SAKUATSU
liminal spaces by hatsuna
âFuck you, Atsumu thinks, pointing at the pixelated Sakusa in the team photo on his bedside table.Itâs easier than youâd think to ignore loving your teammate.â
some memories, we may keep by mika60
âThe missing panels, the missing games, the missing moments.The them we never saw.â
your highs and lows series by astroeulogy
fic series of sakusa and atsumu falling in love slowly and them showing their affection in their own ways. all the fic are really beutiful seriously, this is the ultimate sakuatsu fic series.
even the sky knows how to fall (silently) by akaashook
âAtsumu had started to wonder. He had taken that couch of theirs and reduced it to its most microscopic particles. He had decomposed it into pieces, into molecules, into atoms. He needed to understand at what point the road he had chosen had begun to curve, an inch at a time, imperceptible for someone who, like Atsumu, only knows how to look ahead. In that moment more than ever he needed those memories so dear to his old captain, Kita Shinsuke.â
more of sakuatsu fic recs here!
KAGEHINA
crowchildren by orphan_account
âKageyama is a crowchild, tasked with carrying the souls of the dead to their final resting place. The first time he meets Hinata is when the boy is on his deathbed. It seems like an ordinary encounter, though Hinata proves that he is anything but, sending them both on a journey of life, death, friendship, and love.â
Books That Will Ruin Your Life
(trigger warnings under the cut)
A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara
This book, which is about 800 pages long, is one of the best pieces of literature I have ever read. It follows four friends after they move to New York City and pursue their goals, but most of the story focuses on one of the men: Jude St. Francis, who has a mysterious past that has wrecked him emotionally and physically. But despite the darkness of the subject matter (and it gets DARK) the acts of love and kindness and friendship from the people in Judeâs life will bring you to tears. Itâs a gorgeous study of trauma, human relationships, and the marriage of joy and pain that inevitably comes with living. I read it two months ago and have thought about it every day since. Itâs one of those books you want everyone to read and no one to read. (DEFINITELY check out the trigger warnings for this one.)
The Traitor Baru Cormorant, by Seth Dickinson
This book is a sprawling political fantasy, packed with detail and diversity and some of the best, most complex worldbuilding Iâve ever seen. Baru grows up under the shadow of imperialism and eventually joins a rebellion to break free of the empire that has begun to take over the world. Sheâs also a lesbian, which is forbidden in the new empire, but against herself is drawn to the enigmatic Duchess Tain Hu. There are devastating twists, loves, and heartbreaks that will break your heart along with Baruâs. To say anything else would be a spoiler, but if you like complex, morally ambiguous fantasy, check this one out.
As Meat Loves Salt, by Maria McCan
This book follows a man named Jacob as he slowly falls in love with a fellow soldier during the seventeenth century English Revolution. After the war, they attempt to establish a utopian farming commune and keep their relationship together. This book is a really interesting foray into 17th century England, but it is ultimately a dark, passionate tale of obsession and vindication that will leave you as sick with the actions of the protagonist as he is with himself.
The People in the Trees, by Hanya Yanagihara
This book is written as a memoir of a disgraced scientist, who discovers a hidden tribe in a small Pacific island that he believes holds the key to a longer (and even immortal) life. You almost forget that the events of the book are fiction and not a real memoirâeverything described seems meticulously researched and vividly real. As always, Yanagiharaâs writing is gorgeous, absorbing, and well-paced. Itâs a haunting tale of how science, hubris, and greed can lead to someoneâs personal downfall, as well as colonialism and cultural genocide.
The Goldfinch, by Donna Tartt
You might have already heard of this one, but I had to put it on the list anyway! After a traumatic accident kills Theo Deckerâs mother, his life is thrown into turbulence and eventual crime, all stemming from a stolen painting. The story is tense, beautifully written, and will make you root for yet another morally gray narrator. For fans of dark thrillers, art history, homoerotic friendship, and/or coming-of-age stories, this one is for you.
Daytripper, by FĂ bio Moon and Gabriel BĂ
Although Daytripper is a graphic novel, it deserves a spot on this list. It follows BrĂ s, a Brazilian writer, and his journey through specific turning points in his life, each represented as a âdeath.â The art is gorgeous and the story flows impeccably, capturing the beautiful mundanities and joys of life. This book will leave you touched, inspired, and deeply affected.
The Vintnerâs Luck, by Elizabeth Knox
After a vintner saves his life, an angel named Xas visits him every year for a single night. As the vintner grows, so does their relationship, just like a fine vintage. Itâs difficult to say too much about the plot without spoiling the story, but I can say that this book explores the nuances of human relationships and the love we feel for each other, as well as the hate and fear that can pervade those relationships.
Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison is one of the greatest American novelists and Beloved is my favorite of her works. The book follows Sethe, an ex-slave, and her daughter Denver as they reckon with a ghost from Setheâs past that begins to haunt them more literally than metaphorically. The story is both captivating and difficult to read, but Morrisonâs writing is gorgeous and the characters come to life on the page. It superbly explores the depth of trauma and motherhood, as well as depicting the horrors of slavery in a way that doesnât feel cartoonish or exploitative.