Books That Broke My Brain (In the Best Way)

Welcome to Bexxy Mov’s Bookshelf

Looking for psychologically messy fiction? You’re in the right place.

These are books I’ve personally read and genuinely recommend. If you enjoy morally grey characters, trauma, addiction, dark humour, complicated relationships, and stories that stay with you long after the final page, you’ll probably find your next favourite here.

Types of Stories

📚 Trauma & Recovery
🖤 Morally Grey Characters
🌶️ Dark Romance & Spice
🧠 Psychological Fiction
😭 Books That Emotionally Destroyed Me

Watch the reviews below:

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell

Kurt Vonnegut’s A Man Without a Country

5 Authors That Shaped Me as a Reader (And Accidentally Shaped My Novel)

Children of the Mind by Orson Scott Card

Lights Out by Vanessa Allen

My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh

Porno by Irvine Welsh

Want to see these themes in my own fiction?

Read Chapter One of The Copulation Chronicles →
or
Explore Psychologically Messy essays →