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Tavi Gevinson Book Recommendations
Tavi Gevinson is an American actress, writer, and magazine editor.
(Read more on Wikipedia)15 Books Recommended
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Slow Days, Fast Company
The World, The Flesh, and L.A.
by Eve Babitz
"She understands how fame can seem like a catch-all solution to feeling unloved, much like Prince Charming, much like God." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Ripley, Book 1
by Patricia Highsmith
"It zeroes in on a desire so strong that it becomes the desire to murder and replace." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
Gods Like Us
On Movie Stardom and Modern Fame
by Ty Burr
"About movie stardom and fandom, and how our love of celebrities can be an indicator of what we love and hate about ourselves." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
Too Much and Not the Mood
Essays
by Durga Chew-Bose
"[Heart Museum is] exactly what it sounds like." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
White Girls
by Hilton Als
"For its ode to twinship, and to not knowing if you want to love someone or just BE them." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
Call Me by Your Name
A Novel
by André Aciman
"Makes you feel as lost in the characters as they are in each other." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
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The Story of Adele H.
The Complete Script of the Film
by Francois Truffaut
"About love letters, of which I've written many." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
"For articulating, intentionally or not, what it means to be in love with the idea of love, in love with your own memories, with your own control, with a prevailing aloneness." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
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The Virgin Suicides
by Jeffrey Eugenides
"For articulating, intentionally or not, what it means to be in love with the idea of love, in love with your own memories, with your own control, with a prevailing aloneness." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
John
by Annie Baker
"It's about love triangles in which the third person only really exists in your mind." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?
Stories
by Kathleen Collins
"She pinpoints the tender details that make up a long, amorphous relationship-thing." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
The Member of the Wedding
by Carson McCullers
"Frankie seems like a silly 12-year-old who's overly obsessed with her brother's wedding but, actually, people of all ages are obsessed with weddings." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
"[I recommend this book] because everything." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
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Oblivion
Stories
by David Foster Wallace
"[The 'Good Old Neon' story] addresses the inefficiency of language and the unlikelihood of true empathy." - Tavi Gevinson (Source)
