Recs if you like Discontent...

supporting women's rights and very very wrongs

Books We Love from NPR began in 2013, always boasting over 200 books (almost 400 in recent years) featuring genres from memoirs, to cookbooks, to graphic novels, to children’s literature, to nonfiction, to novels. Check out NPR’s website to filter this massive list.

The list is in reverse alphabetical order directly from NPR.

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

Corporate satire and other fiction set in the office/workplace, because apparently your 9-5 just isn’t enough!

This collection is THE reason I haven’t cancelled BOTM; these books are criminally underrated & deserve more attention! Litfic lovers, these are for you.

The Offset is a collection from Book of the Month (BOTM) featuring “a series of books from indie and international voices for those who seek artistic expression over commercial appeal, elevated prose over action-packed plots, or the unconventional over the mainstream.”

Will be updated routinely.

fiction about capitalism, surveillance, and how the jobs we work to survive impact our sense of self

All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.

Books that are just as good as the cover promises. AKA: Fantastic book covers that also happen to be fantastic books! List will be added to in the future because I can’t leave well enough alone. (Suggestions welcome, leave it in the comments.)

The ladies on these covers just need a damn break.

If you were the “gifted kid” in school who grew up to be the tired adult who can’t even reply to texts on time… hi, welcome, these books are for us.

free me from this capitalistic hellscape!

2026 is for unhinged girls and their weird agendas

List formerly known as weird girl elders. "Weird girl literature" books with characters that are over 30.

💜 yarnandbooks

fiction that explores some aspect of the modern capitalist hellscape, whether high-tech corporate, blue collar, or something in between.

It’s always nice to feel like a normal person by reading about those more unhinged than you 😌 These are all women focused books. Some I’ve read and some I’m going to read. Apologies in advance if it gets long. Recommendations are absolutely welcome!! So please feel free.

I know a couple are written by men which might be taboo for some but I’ve included because I thought they were appropriate or the author has a track record of writing women well.

All the 2025 BOTM monthly, add on, and Allurial titles

Ever want to feel uncomfortable but not for too long? Short weird books that can be read in one weekend (or sitting if your only hobby is reading like me). Weird can mean weird girl, horror, questionable choices, uncomfortable and anything all around and in between. These books are not meant to be scary, but horror elements are within many.

Shorter books (around 200 pages) to get out of a reading slump or to help pad your stats. Comment if you want recommendations, I’ve read a lot of these.