To say that I love Shirley Jackson would be an understatement. I discovered her through the Haunting of Hill House when it came out in 2018, but I now know that I had read her short story Charles way back in high school. I can't remember if I was supposed to read it or if it was something I found on accident when I was flipping through the book and the rest of the class was discussing 1984 (I absolutely cannot stand 1984, you don't want to get me started on 1984). I read all of her works between November 2018 and January of the following year. Then when her book of letters came out in 2021 I knew I needed to read those, as well, so I did. Those were a little more melancholy of a read for me, because I knew that when the letters ended that meant Shirley Jackson had died. This October I have decided that throughout the month I will be reading most of her works again (I'm already a neurotic individual, I will be steering clear of The Lottery). Here is the reading order I have decided to go with, I will put on my thoughts on all of them when I finish.
Life Among the Savages
The Haunting of Hill House
The Sundial
The Bird's Nest
Raising Demons
The Road Through the Wall
Hangsaman
We Have Always Lived in a Castle
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