Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows (2021)

A thoughtful possibility for a word-lover, journal-keeper or someone interested in feelings that are hard to name. Koenig invents words and gives them lyrical definitions; this is an imaginative language project, not a conventional dictionary. The short entries and illustrations make browsing inviting. The melancholy is part of its character, so choose it for curiosity about emotional life, not as a discreet attempt to diagnose the recipient.