Books Recommended by Tavi Gevinson
The Virgin Suicides
Jeffrey Eugenides
Source: "For articulating, intentionally or not, what it means to be in love with the idea of love, in love with your own memories, with your own control, with a prevailing aloneness." - Tavi Gevinson
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Source: "For articulating, intentionally or not, what it means to be in love with the idea of love, in love with your own memories, with your own control, with a prevailing aloneness." - Tavi Gevinson
The Member of the Wedding
Carson McCullers
Source: "Frankie seems like a silly 12-year-old who's overly obsessed with her brother's wedding but, actually, people of all ages are obsessed with weddings." - Tavi Gevinson
Gods Like Us
On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame
Ty Burr
Source: "About movie stardom and fandom, and how our love of celebrities can be an indicator of what we love and hate about ourselves." - Tavi Gevinson
Slow Days, Fast Company
The World, The Flesh, and L.A.
Eve Babitz
Source: "She understands how fame can seem like a catch-all solution to feeling unloved, much like Prince Charming, much like God." - Tavi Gevinson
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith
Source: "It zeroes in on a desire so strong that it becomes the desire to murder and replace." - Tavi Gevinson
Oblivion
Stories
David Foster Wallace
Source: "[The 'Good Old Neon' story] addresses the inefficiency of language and the unlikelihood of true empathy." - Tavi Gevinson
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
Stories
Kathleen Collins
Source: "She pinpoints the tender details that make up a long, amorphous relationship-thing." - Tavi Gevinson
White Girls
Hilton Als
Source: "For its ode to twinship, and to not knowing if you want to love someone or just BE them." - Tavi Gevinson
John
Annie Baker
Source: "It's about love triangles in which the third person only really exists in your mind." - Tavi Gevinson
Call Me by Your Name
A Novel
André Aciman
Source: "Makes you feel as lost in the characters as they are in each other." - Tavi Gevinson
Beloved
Toni Morrison
Source: "[I recommend this book] because everything." - Tavi Gevinson
I Love Dick
Chris Kraus
Source: "About love letters, of which I've written many." - Tavi Gevinson
The Story of Adele H.
The Complete Script of the Film
Francois Truffaut
Source: "About love letters, of which I've written many." - Tavi Gevinson
Too Much and Not the Mood
Essays
Durga Chew-Bose
Source: "[Heart Museum is] exactly what it sounds like." - Tavi Gevinson
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