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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine was a book that threw me just because the main protagonist had such odd perspectives.
Listen For the Lie by Amy Tintera is written with segments of it like a true crime podcast. Highly recommend it as a listen.
Ive been reading a lot of books that aren't written traditionally. Taylor Jenkins Reid books, Evelyn Hugo was written as an interview, Daisy Jones and the Six like documentary, etc. Dungeon Crawler Carl is LitRPG and best as audiobook (written primarily as such). Of Monsters and Mainframes was written with computers as main characters. Super fun.
So many good books out there. Please report back on what you've enjoyed the most!
Sorry I got carried away and its late here. Ive read a lot of different and very unique books but my favorite "unique books" recently are Of Monsters and Mainframes and Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Pure fun.
Other books like Piranesi, Katabasis, and 100 Years of Solitude are super unique but were a bit of a chore to read.
Which ones you reccomend by Taylor Jenkins Reid?
My absolute favorite that shes made is Atmosphere but its not that "unique". Its a love story to 1980s space exploration first then second to another love story.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo is more unique in story telling and its based on the 1920s Golden Age of Hollywood. I'm quite a nerd so after listening to the book (people enjoyed the written book too) I got lost in learning more about Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, etc. I didn't think off title alone it would be my type of book but I've fallen in love with everything TJR has written about so far lol.
Thank you! Gonna check it out.