The Tomb is really cool because it was written about the graveyard he was buried at

I would highly recommend also reading Edgar Allan Poe, Lord Dunsany, and Clark Ashton Smith if you like Lovecraft. He and Smith would even reference each other works sometimes.

J.D. Salinger also fought in World War 2 (I believe he was at D-Day and freed Dachau). I think a lot of his pessimism stems from the that. Once he found spirituality his outlook changed a bit, that’s why the Glass Family stories are different despite the fact they deal with similar characters/themes.

Watchmen (2009), I love the use of The Beginning Is the End Is the Beginning by The Smashing Pumpkins.

I used to think that too, but life is just soo fucked up that I can’t believe it would be that peaceful

He’s Nightclubbing

Everyone who questions Nurse Ratched is mentally ill

A Clockwork Orange! It could 2 player so could commit the old ultra-violence with your droogs. Moloka will give you health.

“"I don't know what I ate, but I felt immensely better after the first mouthful. It occurred to me that my vision of the fig tree and all the fat figs that withered and fell to earth might well have arisen from the profound void of an empty stomach." Everyone forgets this part!!

Also check out

The Snake Pit by Mary Jane Ward Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen Chocolates for Breakfast by Pamela Moore (Author sadly also committed suicide a year after Plath) Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel

Snowball and Goldstein are the worst!

I wouldn’t think about the meaning behind anything in that book too much, but it’s hilarious nonetheless.

I lived their from 2012-2015, I left because it just wasn’t very safe, but man I loved how weird it was and I miss it all the time