War and Peace really struck a chord with me, especially Pierre and Andrei. Something about how they go through what would be a full character arc in another book, and then… keep living, and growing, and changing. Pierre tries a bunch of stuff in finding happiness in life, some of it sticks, some doesn’t, but the way both of them keep persevering got me really hard.

Pretty much every book i read, i feel like i find pieces of myself in them which makes it easier for me to justify how fucked up i really am

I’m reading “The Book Thief” right now and find myself relating to Liesel because of how books become a necessity to her. There’s something wonderfully visceral about the way she interacts with them.

No Longer Human. So much of what was written down felt like thoughts that had been ripped right out of my head. It was so relatable it was actually terrifying.

The Trickster’s Choice/Trickster’s Queen duet by Tamora Pierce. I feel like the main character, Aly, could be who I would be in that world.

Recently started a book series referred to as the Murderbot Diaries where the protagonist is essentially a cyborg that hates humans, is socially awkward, and just wants to be left alone to watch media and I’ve never related to a character so hard!

The book I relate to the most also happens to be the metamorphosis! I am sorry it is one you relate to as well. My life took a catastrophic turn in my early twenties due to chronic illness, I have experienced immeasurable loss but the greatest losses have been the social losses and the loss of belonging. I first read the metamorphosis after getting sick and it was the most poignant thing I have ever read. Years late I continue to live the life of a giant vermin and I think about the metamorphosis all the time. To me it is perhaps the greatest piece of fiction because it captures such a sad, and mostly unacknowledged, truth, in such a masterful way.