Recs if you like Desert Creatures...
Feral and Hysterical: Works by Women
List of recommendations included in Sadie Hartmann's Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horror’s Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women.
Pairs with 50 States, 50 Books by Women list.
Aardvark Book Club master list
Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!
Bloody West: A Collection of Westerns Horrors
Everything under the high sun, from monsters and mayhem to hauntings and sorrow set across the hot, dry plains of the West. This collection spans from pure horror to the horror-adjacent found in both new printings and older classics.
Not Only Orwell - Dystopias written by women
Everyone knows George Orwell or Aldous Huxley. Their works are considered to be the staples of dystopia stories.
But are they?
Most of the people know Octavia E. Butler or Margaret Atwood. They showed the feminine side of dystopia. But this subgenre of science fiction have much more to offer.
Yes, you find here all the famous ladies too but I'll do my best to find even more. So I hope the fellow Boundlings will help too💗
books by disabled authors 💕
books written by disabled authors
dystopian book recs
dystopian: relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.
weird girlhood(s)
the books that are most interesting, inventive, and complex for the girlhood studies grad student in me. whose “girlhood” are we talking about? i’m thinking of girlhood as a liminal, queer, socially constructed, often traumatic, uncanny space.
50 States, 50 Books by Women
List from Sadie Hartmann's Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horror’s Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women
The American West beyond old white guys
Stories of the rural west
I haven’t read all of these, so feedback is welcome!
Surprise Cannibalism 🥩
A list of books that surprised me with cannibalism (as a fan of cannibalism books). Note: Just because a book is on this list doesn’t necessarily mean I enjoyed it nor does it mean it should’ve been unexpected. I just didn’t know going in (sometimes because I’m an idiot). Also if you like surprise cannibalism too, maybe skip this list 😏
Feral and Hysterical
This is a list of horror books written by women, as recommended by Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) in her book Feral and Hysterical. I highly recommend that you pick up a copy of Feral and Hysterical because it is so much more than a list of books. There are more lists of books, but also thoughtful essays by women writers. It's worth spending some time with Feral and Hysterical.
"Women are overqualified to write fictional horror. Period." -- Sadie Hartmann
To Serve Man 🥩
A non-exhaustive list of books featuring cannibalism I’ve enjoyed
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