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Books like It Chooses You
A tender, voyeuristic stroll through the living rooms of strangers, fueled by creative anxiety and a desperate need for connection. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with It Chooses You.
- intimate
- melancholic
- voyeuristic
- quietly surreal
- 01
Wreck this journal
Keri Smith
A tactile, rule-breaking invitation to destroy your way into uninhibited creativity.
- 02
Keep Going
Austin Kleon
A warm, pragmatic pep talk for the burnt-out creator trying to find joy in the daily grind.
- 03
All Fours
Miranda July
A wildly original, fiercely funny fever dream about blowing up your domestic life just to see what the pieces look like.
- 04
No One Belongs Here More Than You
Miranda July
A tender, delightfully weird exploration of lonely people fumbling toward connection in the most unexpected ways.
- 05
Syllabus
Lynda Barry
A vibrant, chaotic permission slip to make a mess and rediscover the pure joy of putting pen to paper.
- 06
Just Kids
Patti Smith · 2006
A tender, poetic elegy to a transformative friendship and the gritty, magical crucible of 1970s bohemian New York.
- 07
I might regret this
Abbi Jacobson
A funny, vulnerable road trip through the messy realities of relationships and self-discovery.
- 08
Consider This
Chuck Palahniuk
A gritty, generous masterclass in storytelling delivered from a barstool by a literary provocateur.
- 09
The chronology of water
Lidia Yuknavitch
A raw, untraditional plunge into grief, fluid sexuality, and the fierce current of survival.
- 10
The faraway nearby
Rebecca Solnit
A lyrical, associative journey through the landscapes of memory, illness, and the stories that bind us together.
- 11
The human element
Brianna Wiest
A philosophical and grounding exploration of getting out of your own way and embracing the quiet process of becoming.
- 12
Voices from the Valley
Ben Tarnoff and Moira Weigel
An unfiltered, ground-level exploration of the human labor and stark contradictions hiding behind Silicon Valley's polished utopian hype.
