Bear and His Daughter

7 best books like Bear and His Daughter (Robert Stone): Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities, Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, Les Liaisons dangereuses, So Long, See You Tomorrow, West of Here, The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused -- And Start Standing Up for Yourself, Fresh Complaint

Sybil: The Classic True Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Personalities

Author	Flora Rheta Schreiber
ISBN	0446359408

Another old book review from my blog:

This was one seriously fucked up book. I have never seen the movie but, of course, knew what I was in for when I got the book. The name "Sybil" is very well known, and carries some stigma, in pop culture.
However, I had no concept of the extent or the perversity...

Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex

Author	Mary Roach
ISBN	0393334791

In Bonk, the best-selling author of Stiff turns her outrageous curiosity and insight on the most alluring scientific subject of all: sex. Can a person think herself to orgasm? Why doesn't Viagra help women-or, for that matter, pandas? Can a dead man get an erection? Is vaginal orgasm a myth? Mary Roach...

Les Liaisons dangereuses

Author	Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
ISBN	0192838679

The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature. The subject of major film and stage adaptations, the novel's prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil,...

So Long, See You Tomorrow

Author

William Maxwell

My heart was sliced to ribbons by this story. The narrator, an elderly man whose boyhood was scarred by a horrendous event, attempts to make sense of it all – and to make amends, as he tells it – 50 years down the road during the course of writing his memoirs.

In his memoirs, he talks about his...

West of Here

Author	Jonathan Evison
ISBN	1565129520

At the foot of the Elwha River, the muddy outpost of Port Bonita is about to boom, fueled by a ragtag band of dizzyingly disparate men and women unified only in their visions of a more prosperous future. A failed accountant by the name of Ethan Thornburgh has just arrived in Port Bonita to reclaim the woman...

The Nice Girl Syndrome: Stop Being Manipulated and Abused -- And Start Standing Up for Yourself

Author	Beverly Engel
ISBN	0470179384

How women can overcome the pressure to please others and feel free to be their true selves Are you too nice for your own good? Do family members manipulate you? Do coworkers take advantage of you? If this sounds familiar, read The Nice Girl Syndrome. In this breakthrough guide, renowned author and therapist...

Fresh Complaint

Author	Jeffrey Eugenides
ISBN	0374203067

The first collection of short fiction from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides

Jeffrey Eugenides’s bestselling novels have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence, self-discovery, family love, and what it means to be American in our times. The...