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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
Olivia Laing
★★★★· Published 2016· 336 pages
Olivia Laing weaves her own loneliness in New York through the lives of artists who were lonely too. Melancholy and gorgeous.
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Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein
Naomi Klein keeps getting mistaken for Naomi Wolf and follows that thread down into conspiracy culture and our strange mirror world. Fascinating.
★ 5I Miss You When I Blink: Essays
Mary Laura Philpott
Philpott's essays on the quiet crisis of a life that looks perfect on paper. Funny, honest, and comforting.
First Love: Essays on Friendship
Lilly Dancyger
Essays about female friendship, each one anchored in a real friend of Dancyger's, including the cousin she adored who was murdered at twenty. Grief-streaked and unflinching about how much these loves shape us.