Start Here: You Seriously Don't Want to Know Table of Contents — E.J. Donovan
A living index of chapters and interludes as the book unfolds.
Start Here: You Seriously Don’t Want to Know by E.J. Donovan
A living index of chapters and interludes as the book unfolds.
Welcome — this is the central place to read the novel in order.
The working title for the book is You Seriously Don’t Want to Know.
As new chapters and interludes are released, they will be added here.
This post will remain pinned for easy navigation.
Part One — The Hill, the Dog, and the Shovel
Prefer to read straight through?
👉 Chapters 1–9 (Working Draft)
Chapter 1 — 👉 The Dog, the Street, and the Sky
Chapter 2 — 👉 The Room Where She Waited
Chapter 3 — 👉 There Is No Spoon
Chapter 4 — 👉 Halfway There
Interlude — 👉 The Human Jukebox
Chapter 5 — 👉 The Keeper of Softer Truths
Chapter 6 — 👉 Missy
Chapter 7 — 👉 The Plot
Chapter 8 — 👉 The Call
Chapter 9 — The Ghosts We Know (coming soon)
Part Two — The Mirror and the Minefield
Interlude — 👉 I Hope He Has a Dog
Chapter 78 — 👉 The Direction Change Theory
Part Three — Teeth, Traitors, and Other Endings
Chapter 75 — 👉 Diana in the Bathtub
Chapter 79 — 👉 The Princesses: One Biter, One Bolter, No Exit Strategy
Chapter 90 — 👉 I Chose This Life?
Chapter 103 — 👉 Drag Your Ass Across the Floor (The Fantasy)
Notes
New chapters and interludes will be added as they’re released.
You can read straight through or jump around — both are valid.
This index will stay pinned and updated.
Love the story? Subscribe to read along as it unfolds.
New chapters, interludes, and behind-the-scenes notes arrive in your inbox.


God I wish I had time to read all that I want, but I don't, especially now, so it's going to take time to start.
There’s something grounding about a project that grows in public like this.
Watching a story unfold piece by piece feels like being invited into the writer’s creative process, not just the final product.