Bathing in Darkness with Sam Wilmes
Episode 1
On this episode, Sam Wilmes and I discuss reading dark books including Stephen King, horror, and dark literary fiction. We find her book ick, a new-to-me source of books, and books that connect anxiety and depression and humor.
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
A Better World by Sarah Langan
The Nineties by Chuck Klosterman
Books Highlighted by Sam:
The Shining by Stephen King
It by Stephen King
Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Other Books Mentioned in the Episode:
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
By Kristen Hannah:
By Chuck Klosterman
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
We are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler
I’m Glad my Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Townie by Andre Dubus III
The Garden of Last Days by Andre Dubus III
By Hunter S. Thompson
By Samantha Irby
Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
I’m Judging You by Luvvie Ajayi
Little Troublemaker Makes a Mess by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss
Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity by Dan Berger
