Recs if you like Bad Fruit...
it’s complicated: mother-child relationships
Fiction & nonfiction books that explore the complexities and traumas of mother-child relationships or in which such relationships play a central role. While many books on this list are what I’d classify as including “mommy issues” there are others that are more about the different perspectives and nuances of the mother-child (often specifically mother-daughter) relationship. Some books center the child, some the mother, some both.
Suggestions are welcome.
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on 🔗 Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listed in the description, or offhandedly said.
Cover Porn: The Lit Fic Edition
Lit fic books to read for the aesthetic
aanhpi book recs
spotlighting some incredible books by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors
Weird and Unhinged Women 2.0
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women and girls.
This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated). You can view the original list here: (link) /// As a nonbinary person, I take as broad a view as possible of the "girl" in "weird girl*", hence the asterisk.
Wide open for recommendations!
make sure to eat your fruits and vegetables!
do you remember The Wiggles song “Fruit Salad”? or maybe “I Like to Eat Apples and Bananas”? what about any song from Veggietales like “The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything”?
this list is freshly harvested and full of books with (specifically) fruits and veggies in the title or on the cover 🌶️🥭🍒🍋🫑🥕🍓🍑🥝🫐🍇🥒
some are more appropriate than others 😈
as always, please feel free to suggest any books I missed!
The Writer's Syllabus (by Shaelin Bishop)
Shaelin Bishop (aka ShaelinWrites) is a Canadian writer and YouTuber who makes lots of great videos with really helpful writing advice. She also has two videos called "The Writer's Syllabus" with book recommendations that will help you become a better writer and I decided to make a list of them here!
traumarama
as a traumatized individual who is slowly but surely healing, i tend to enjoy reads that portray characters going through and dealing with trauma. these are so far books that i've read that do a good job with it.
self-explanatory: please be careful with these books and heed the tws/be safe!
Philosophically feminine
Just the girlies
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