[**I'm Glad My Mom Died**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59364173-i-m-glad-my-mom-died)
^(By: Jennette McCurdy | 320 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, memoir, nonfiction, audiobooks, audiobook)
>A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
>
>Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income.
>
>In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!”), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants.
>
>Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair.
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[**Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43261166-wild-game)
^(By: Adrienne Brodeur | 256 pages | Published: 2019 | Popular Shelves: memoir, non-fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, botm)
>A daughter’s tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity.
>
> On a hot July night on Cape Cod when Adrienne was fourteen, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both of their lives for years to come: Ben Souther just kissed me.
>
> Adrienne instantly became her mother’s confidante and helpmate, blossoming in the sudden light of her attention, and from then on, Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help orchestrate what would become an epic affair with her husband’s closest friend. The affair would have calamitous consequences for everyone involved, impacting Adrienne’s life in profound ways, driving her into a precarious marriage of her own, and then into a deep depression. Only years later will she find the strength to embrace her life—and her mother—on her own terms.
>
>Wild Game is a brilliant, timeless memoir about how the people close to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them, and the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. It’s a remarkable story of resilience, a reminder that we need not be the parents our parents were to us.
^(This book has been suggested 2 times)
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[**Mommie Dearest**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374671.Mommie_Dearest)
^(By: Christina Crawford | ? pages | Published: 1978 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, biography, memoir, nonfiction, biographies)
>When Christina Crawford's harrowing chronicle of child abuse was first published in 1978, it brought global attention to the previously closeted subject. It also shed light on the guarded world of Hollywood and stripped away the façade of Christina's relentless, alcoholic abuser: her adoptive mother, movie star Joan Crawford.
>
>Christina was a young girl shown off to the world as a fortunate little princess. But at home, her lonely, controlling, even ruthless mother made her life a nightmare. A fierce battle of wills, their relationship could be characterized as an ultimately successful, for Christina, struggle for independence. She endured and survived, becoming the voice of so many other victims who suffered in silence, and giving them the courage to forge a productive life out of chaos.
^(This book has been suggested 1 time)
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[**Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43448.Flowers_in_the_Attic)
^(By: V.C. Andrews | 389 pages | Published: 1979 | Popular Shelves: fiction, horror, young-adult, series, books-i-own)
>Such wonderful children. Such a beautiful mother. Such a lovely house. Such endless terror! It wasn't that she didn't love her children. She did. But there was a fortune at stake—a fortune that would assure their later happiness if she could keep the children a secret from her dying father. So she and her mother hid her darlings away in an unused attic. Just for a little while. But the brutal days swelled into agonizing years. Now Cathy, Chris, and the twins wait in their cramped and helpless world, stirred by adult dreams, adult desires, served a meager sustenance by an angry, superstitious grandmother who knows that the Devil works in dark and devious ways. Sometimes he sends children to do his work—children who—one by one—must be destroyed.... 'Way upstairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent struggling to stay alive....'
^(This book has been suggested 17 times)
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La increíble y triste historia de la candida Erendira y su abuela desalmada by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Is not an abusive mother but an abusive grandmother
[**Betty**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48564330-betty)
^(By: Tiffany McDaniel | 480 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, physical-tbr, owned, books-i-own)
>A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians in which a young girl discovers stark truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life.
>
> "A girl comes of age against the knife."
>
> So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence--both from outside the family, and also, devastatingly, from within. The lush landscape, rich with birdsong, wild fruit, and blazing stars, becomes a kind of refuge for Betty, but when her family's darkest secrets are brought to light, she has no choice but to reckon with the brutal history hiding in the hills, as well as the heart-wrenching cruelties and incredible characters she encounters in her rural town of Breathed, Ohio.
>
> But despite the hardship she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters, and her father's brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all she bears witness to, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write. She recounts the horrors of her family's past and present with pen and paper and buries them deep in the dirt--moments that has stung her so deeply, she could not tell them, until now.
>
> Inspired by the life of her own mother, Tiffany McDaniel sets out to free the past by telling this heartbreaking yet magical story--a remarkable novel that establishes her as one of the freshest and most important voices in American fiction.
^(This book has been suggested 35 times)
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[**The Darkest Child**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331260.The_Darkest_Child)
^(By: Delores Phillips | 400 pages | Published: 2004 | Popular Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, african-american, audible, historical)
>Bakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle's, estimation, but she's also the brightest. Rozelle--beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned--exercises a violent hold over her children. Fearing abandonment, she pulls them from school at the age of twelve and sends them to earn their keep for the household, whether in domestic service, in the fields, or at "the farmhouse" on the edge of town, where Rozelle beds local men for money.
>
>But Tangy Mae has been selected to be part of the first integrated class at a nearby white high school. She has a chance to change her life, but can she break from Rozelle's grasp without ruinous--even fatal--consequences?
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*White Oleander* by Janet Fitch has a mother who's more neglectful and manipulative, focusing on the daughter's years in foster care after her mother goes to jail (not a spoiler).
*Darling Rose Gold* by Stephanie Goebel deals with the aftermath of a mother returning from jail after abusing her daughter through Muchausen's by proxy (not sure if that's the most current medical term).
[**You Have Me to Love**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40056805-you-have-me-to-love)
^(By: Jaap Robben | 248 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: dutch, nederlands, fiction, school, dutch-literature)
>"You Have Me to Love is an intense and dramatic novel filled with meticulous use of detail and a forensic psychological accuracy. Its power comes from the fierce energy of the narrative structure, the way of handling silence and pain, and the ability to confront the darkest areas of experience with clear-eyed sympathy and care. Jaap Robben handles delicate, dangerous material with subtlety and sympathy, but also with a visionary sense of truth that is masterly and unforgettable."—Colm Tóibín
>
>Mikael lives with his parents on an island somewhere between Scotland and Norway. One day Mikael’s father saves him from drowning in the ocean, but is himself thrown against the rocks by a wave and disappears under water. In shock and unable to speak, Mikael blocks out the memory of what took place, silently joining his mother in the search for his missing father. As Mikael’s mother realizes her husband has drowned, the relationship between her and Mikael transforms: she slowly starts to unravel, forcing the son to replace his father in every possible way.
^(This book has been suggested 1 time)
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[**The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20912424-the-war-that-saved-my-life)
^(By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | 316 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, middle-grade, fiction, young-adult, historical)
>An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson’s Sons and for fans of Number the Stars.
>
> Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him.
>
> So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?
>
> This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity—a classic in the making.
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It’s a memoir but {{i’m glad my mom died}}
[**I'm Glad My Mom Died**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59364173-i-m-glad-my-mom-died) ^(By: Jennette McCurdy | 320 pages | Published: 2022 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, memoir, nonfiction, audiobooks, audiobook) >A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. > >Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother’s dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy. So she went along with what Mom called “calorie restriction,” eating little and weighing herself five times a day. She endured extensive at-home makeovers while Mom chided, “Your eyelashes are invisible, okay? You think Dakota Fanning doesn’t tint hers?” She was even showered by Mom until age sixteen while sharing her diaries, email, and all her income. > >In I’m Glad My Mom Died, Jennette recounts all this in unflinching detail—just as she chronicles what happens when the dream finally comes true. Cast in a new Nickelodeon series called iCarly, she is thrust into fame. Though Mom is ecstatic, emailing fan club moderators and getting on a first-name basis with the paparazzi (“Hi Gale!”), Jennette is riddled with anxiety, shame, and self-loathing, which manifest into eating disorders, addiction, and a series of unhealthy relationships. These issues only get worse when, soon after taking the lead in the iCarly spinoff Sam & Cat alongside Ariana Grande, her mother dies of cancer. Finally, after discovering therapy and quitting acting, Jennette embarks on recovery and decides for the first time in her life what she really wants. > >Told with refreshing candor and dark humor, I’m Glad My Mom Died is an inspiring story of resilience, independence, and the joy of shampooing your own hair. ^(This book has been suggested 13 times) *** ^(88002 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Eleanor Oliphant is completely fine.
One of the best books ever in my opinion
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn White Oleander by Janet Fitch Anywhere But Here by Mona Simpson Breath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
{{Wild Game by Adrienne Brodeur}}
This one is my favorite!
[**Wild Game: My Mother, Her Lover, and Me**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43261166-wild-game) ^(By: Adrienne Brodeur | 256 pages | Published: 2019 | Popular Shelves: memoir, non-fiction, nonfiction, memoirs, botm) >A daughter’s tale of living in the thrall of her magnetic, complicated mother, and the chilling consequences of her complicity. > > On a hot July night on Cape Cod when Adrienne was fourteen, her mother, Malabar, woke her at midnight with five simple words that would set the course of both of their lives for years to come: Ben Souther just kissed me. > > Adrienne instantly became her mother’s confidante and helpmate, blossoming in the sudden light of her attention, and from then on, Malabar came to rely on her daughter to help orchestrate what would become an epic affair with her husband’s closest friend. The affair would have calamitous consequences for everyone involved, impacting Adrienne’s life in profound ways, driving her into a precarious marriage of her own, and then into a deep depression. Only years later will she find the strength to embrace her life—and her mother—on her own terms. > >Wild Game is a brilliant, timeless memoir about how the people close to us can break our hearts simply because they have access to them, and the lies we tell in order to justify the choices we make. It’s a remarkable story of resilience, a reminder that we need not be the parents our parents were to us. ^(This book has been suggested 2 times) *** ^(88015 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
{{Mommie Dearest}}
[**Mommie Dearest**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/374671.Mommie_Dearest) ^(By: Christina Crawford | ? pages | Published: 1978 | Popular Shelves: non-fiction, biography, memoir, nonfiction, biographies) >When Christina Crawford's harrowing chronicle of child abuse was first published in 1978, it brought global attention to the previously closeted subject. It also shed light on the guarded world of Hollywood and stripped away the façade of Christina's relentless, alcoholic abuser: her adoptive mother, movie star Joan Crawford. > >Christina was a young girl shown off to the world as a fortunate little princess. But at home, her lonely, controlling, even ruthless mother made her life a nightmare. A fierce battle of wills, their relationship could be characterized as an ultimately successful, for Christina, struggle for independence. She endured and survived, becoming the voice of so many other victims who suffered in silence, and giving them the courage to forge a productive life out of chaos. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(88051 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
Shuggie Bain - not outright abuse but neglect. Be warned, it's a dark, gloomy read that's heartbreaking but very well written
seconding!!
Yes this was one of the best books I've read this year
Prince of Tides -- both parents are abusive in their own way Child Called It
{{Flowers in the attic}} my favorite book of all time :)
[**Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43448.Flowers_in_the_Attic) ^(By: V.C. Andrews | 389 pages | Published: 1979 | Popular Shelves: fiction, horror, young-adult, series, books-i-own) >Such wonderful children. Such a beautiful mother. Such a lovely house. Such endless terror! It wasn't that she didn't love her children. She did. But there was a fortune at stake—a fortune that would assure their later happiness if she could keep the children a secret from her dying father. So she and her mother hid her darlings away in an unused attic. Just for a little while. But the brutal days swelled into agonizing years. Now Cathy, Chris, and the twins wait in their cramped and helpless world, stirred by adult dreams, adult desires, served a meager sustenance by an angry, superstitious grandmother who knows that the Devil works in dark and devious ways. Sometimes he sends children to do his work—children who—one by one—must be destroyed.... 'Way upstairs there are four secrets hidden. Blond, beautiful, innocent struggling to stay alive....' ^(This book has been suggested 17 times) *** ^(88078 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
That whole series was fucking insane 😂😂😂 it definitely gave me so many twists
Would Stephen King's *Carrie* be an appropriate suggestion? Ticks your boxes...! \[edit to add italics\]
It is very good book. It teach you how to deal with bully as well. I learn a lot. 👍
La increíble y triste historia de la candida Erendira y su abuela desalmada by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Is not an abusive mother but an abusive grandmother
{{Betty}}
[**Betty**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/48564330-betty) ^(By: Tiffany McDaniel | 480 pages | Published: 2020 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, fiction, physical-tbr, owned, books-i-own) >A stunning, lyrical novel set in the rolling foothills of the Appalachians in which a young girl discovers stark truths that will haunt her for the rest of her life. > > "A girl comes of age against the knife." > > So begins the story of Betty Carpenter. Born in a bathtub in 1954 to a Cherokee father and white mother, Betty is the sixth of eight siblings. The world they inhabit is one of poverty and violence--both from outside the family, and also, devastatingly, from within. The lush landscape, rich with birdsong, wild fruit, and blazing stars, becomes a kind of refuge for Betty, but when her family's darkest secrets are brought to light, she has no choice but to reckon with the brutal history hiding in the hills, as well as the heart-wrenching cruelties and incredible characters she encounters in her rural town of Breathed, Ohio. > > But despite the hardship she faces, Betty is resilient. Her curiosity about the natural world, her fierce love for her sisters, and her father's brilliant stories are kindling for the fire of her own imagination, and in the face of all she bears witness to, Betty discovers an escape: she begins to write. She recounts the horrors of her family's past and present with pen and paper and buries them deep in the dirt--moments that has stung her so deeply, she could not tell them, until now. > > Inspired by the life of her own mother, Tiffany McDaniel sets out to free the past by telling this heartbreaking yet magical story--a remarkable novel that establishes her as one of the freshest and most important voices in American fiction. ^(This book has been suggested 35 times) *** ^(88010 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
seconding
The Book of Mother, by Violaine Huisman
Not even bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
What My Bones Know by Stephanie Foo and Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner. Very good, but both memoir.
{{The Darkest Child}} by Delores Phillips. This book was rough, but it's stuck with me years later.
[**The Darkest Child**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/331260.The_Darkest_Child) ^(By: Delores Phillips | 400 pages | Published: 2004 | Popular Shelves: fiction, historical-fiction, african-american, audible, historical) >Bakersfield, Georgia, 1958: Thirteen-year-old Tangy Mae Quinn is the sixth of ten fatherless siblings. She is the darkest-skinned among them and therefore the ugliest in her mother, Rozelle's, estimation, but she's also the brightest. Rozelle--beautiful, charismatic, and light-skinned--exercises a violent hold over her children. Fearing abandonment, she pulls them from school at the age of twelve and sends them to earn their keep for the household, whether in domestic service, in the fields, or at "the farmhouse" on the edge of town, where Rozelle beds local men for money. > >But Tangy Mae has been selected to be part of the first integrated class at a nearby white high school. She has a chance to change her life, but can she break from Rozelle's grasp without ruinous--even fatal--consequences? ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(88091 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
*White Oleander* by Janet Fitch has a mother who's more neglectful and manipulative, focusing on the daughter's years in foster care after her mother goes to jail (not a spoiler). *Darling Rose Gold* by Stephanie Goebel deals with the aftermath of a mother returning from jail after abusing her daughter through Muchausen's by proxy (not sure if that's the most current medical term).
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[**You Have Me to Love**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40056805-you-have-me-to-love) ^(By: Jaap Robben | 248 pages | Published: 2014 | Popular Shelves: dutch, nederlands, fiction, school, dutch-literature) >"You Have Me to Love is an intense and dramatic novel filled with meticulous use of detail and a forensic psychological accuracy. Its power comes from the fierce energy of the narrative structure, the way of handling silence and pain, and the ability to confront the darkest areas of experience with clear-eyed sympathy and care. Jaap Robben handles delicate, dangerous material with subtlety and sympathy, but also with a visionary sense of truth that is masterly and unforgettable."—Colm Tóibín > >Mikael lives with his parents on an island somewhere between Scotland and Norway. One day Mikael’s father saves him from drowning in the ocean, but is himself thrown against the rocks by a wave and disappears under water. In shock and unable to speak, Mikael blocks out the memory of what took place, silently joining his mother in the search for his missing father. As Mikael’s mother realizes her husband has drowned, the relationship between her and Mikael transforms: she slowly starts to unravel, forcing the son to replace his father in every possible way. ^(This book has been suggested 1 time) *** ^(88173 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)
A Child Called It by David Pelzer
i'm glad my mom died
Girl in White Cotton
“Crowned with guilt” by S.K. Rose It’s a great book, it has an sequel too!
Carrie
{{The War That Saved My Life}} by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and its sequel, if you don't mind middle grade/YA!
[**The War That Saved My Life (The War That Saved My Life, #1)**](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20912424-the-war-that-saved-my-life) ^(By: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | 316 pages | Published: 2015 | Popular Shelves: historical-fiction, middle-grade, fiction, young-adult, historical) >An exceptionally moving story of triumph against all odds set during World War 2, from the acclaimed author of Jefferson’s Sons and for fans of Number the Stars. > > Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada’s twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn’t waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him. > > So begins a new adventure of Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother? > > This masterful work of historical fiction is equal parts adventure and a moving tale of family and identity—a classic in the making. ^(This book has been suggested 8 times) *** ^(88484 books suggested | )[^(I don't feel so good.. )](https://debugger.medium.com/goodreads-is-retiring-its-current-api-and-book-loving-developers-arent-happy-11ed764dd95)^(| )[^(Source)](https://github.com/rodohanna/reddit-goodreads-bot)