— booklist

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath · 2005

Haunting Adeline

H. D. Carlton • 2021

"The Manipulator. I can manipulate the emotions of anyone who lets me. I will make you hurt, make you cry, make you laugh and sigh. But my words don't affect him. Especially not when I plead for him to leave. He's always there, watching and waiting. And I can never look away. Not when I want him to come closer. The Shadow. I didn't mean to fall in love. But now that I have, I can't stay away. I'm mesmerized by her smile, by her eyes, and the way she moves. The way she undresses... I'll keep watching and waiting. Until I can make her mine. And once she is, I'll never let her go. Not even when she begs me to." --

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The Stranger

Albert Camus

The Secret History

Donna Tartt • 2004