Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So Sad Today | 2016 | Melissa Broder | Buy |
Melissa Broder published So Sad Today in 2016, a collection of personal essays that originated from her anonymous Twitter account of the same name. The @SoSadToday account had already built a devoted following with its short, bleakly funny observations about depression and desire before Broder revealed herself as the person behind it.
The book expands those compressed thoughts into full-length essays on topics including anxiety, addiction, the quest for romantic love through dating apps, and what it feels like to be a person with a body. Broder’s writing is unflinchingly honest and often very funny, even when the subject matter is painful. So Sad Today landed at a moment when readers were hungry for unvarnished writing about mental health, and it remains one of the most distinctive essay collections of its era.