
Dangerous Liaisons: Books About Madness & Obsessions
Last week we asked for your favorite stories about deliciously dangerous encounters and characters with madness and obsessions. Here’s a round-up of the books you suggested in the comments and on Facebook and Twitter.
anything by Chelsea Cain
Delirium by Laura Restrepo
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Wakefield Hall by Francesa Stanfill
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase
The Library of Lost Books by Darius Jones
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Perfume by Patrick Suskind
Await Your Reply by Dan Chaon
The Dexter series by Jeff Lindsay
The Devil and Sherlock Holmes by David Grann
Dare Me by Megan Abbott
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
The Devil in Silver by Victor LaValle
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Mr. Peanut by Adam Ross
So Much Pretty by Cara Hoffman
What would you add?