Bathing in Darkness with Sam Wilmes

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:  The Nightingale  Great Alone  The Four Winds  By Chuck Klosterman  The Nineties: A Book  X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the 21st Century  Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota  Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story  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  The Rum Diary  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas  Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72  By Samantha Irby  We are Never Meeting in Real Life  Meaty Quietly Hostile  Wow, No Thank You  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