thank you so much for reading! i'm glad you enjoyed it so much <3 it's basically a mentally ill situationship The series. someone had to do it!

my most obvious suggestion is actually a book i haven't read! my dear dear boyjeans/brachioios on twt told me that for both of the fics, it really reminded them of "heaven" by mieko kawakami. (as a side note go read their entire bibliography of fics they're amazing i love them). onto my personal reccomendations!

if you're having trouble reading longer things consistently, then i would start off with short stories and poems. "crush" by richard siken is an obvious choice for a poetry book and i've even used someone of his lines in "in cages of desire." "kingdom animalia" by aracelis girmay is also another amazing one, i think about her poem "i am not ready to die yet" more than what is considered healthy. my favourite short story collection is "awayland by ramona ausubel. another one is "slaughterhouse" by yves olade, it's 17 pages and worth your time. here's the link for it, you don't have to pay for it but you can tip! https://payhip.com/b/RKhp

these are all novels that are between 150-350 pages: "convenience store woman" by sayaka murata, "flowers for algernon" by daniel keyes, "in the dream house" by carmen maria machado, "on earth we're briefly gorgeous" by ocean vuong, "the perks of being a wallflower" by stephen chbosky. as always, please look up any content warnings for the books themselves if the summary intrigues you and you have any sensitivities towards certain content! stay safe always. if you ever end up reading one of these, please let me know your thoughts by popping in here, i'd love to know what you think (and so sorry for how long this is) <3