Novels about obsession

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Anyone recommend books about obsession from either perspective?
Thanks !!

Was that The Lost Weekend?

Rebecca

Good call kiri which leads on to My Cousin Rachel.

Try Good Behaviour, wordfactory, I can definitely recommend it.

Are we doing all obsessions or just obsessive "love" of one person for another? If it is all obsessions, then Crime and Punishment is a good one -- the obsessive desire to commit the crime morphing into obsessive regret and guilt.

Oh yes kiriwawa and wordfactory Daphne du Maurier is brilliant at claustrophobic obsession. I'd add in Don't Look Now too, for obsession relating to grief and loss.

Frankenstein and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde both deal with obsessive personalities.

Yes, you're right Wordfactory - thanks!

Thankyou for the recommendation miss

Yes, yes, yes to Lolita - can't believe I didn't think of it.

And Misery!
And The Yellow Wallpaper is superb. And Frankenstein.

The Great Gatsby

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan

I've remembered another one - Johnny I Hardly Knew You by Edna O'Brien. I think it might be out of print now, but might still available from a library. I read it a long time ago, so may have faulty memory of the novel, but I did think it was quite disturbing.

My first thought was Wuthering Heights but I see it's already been mentioned.

Asylum - Patrick McGrath
Enduring Love

When We Were Orphans - Kazuo Ishiguro

You (Joanna Briscoe)
remuslupinsbiggestgroupie, great name. Also a Smiths fan, double snap!

:) I used to be BelligerentGhoul, which I like better, but have got used to this one!

Talking of obsessions, have you read the Moz's autobiography yet?

Weren't you also Captain Whatshisname at some point?

So what made you ditch BG? Perhaps the need to stake your claim on the good prof?! Not read it yet though heard good things despite him being an undeniable wazzock. Have you?

I came on to say The Collector as well.

I disagree with Room though, I don't think that was obsession, I think it was opportunity. It's interesting to see how others interoperate the story though so don't necessarily listen to me

wordfactory I love A Kind of Intimacy, it's an excellent book.

Notes on a Scandal has obsession in it.

And I read the James Lasdun book 'Give Me Everything You Have', which is his account of being stalked by a former student. I wouldn't recommend buying it, because my god but that man is annoying and the book can be hard work because of that, but if you can borrow a copy it might be worth a read.

Fever Pitch

I have zero interest in football but I have read this book more than once. A fascinating insight into obsession.

Love in the Time of Cholera

I ditched the ghoul for Harry Potter name change, and never went back.

Don't think I've ever been a captain, but I think I might have been a colonel for a while. :)

I'm scared to read the Moz because I know he's a fool and it will spoil my teenage love for him.

Ruth Rendell - The Bridesmaid
The Other Typist