Recs if you like Ghost Wall...
Books that feel like an A24 film
Books that are atmospheric, emotionally unsettling, beautifully written, a little weird, and linger long after you finish them.
Fun Size Horror Reads
Horror novellas under 200 pgs. Bite size scary reads for spooky season. These span the horror spectrum from psychological horror to gory, body horror to gothic ghosties and more. Let me know what else I should add!
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on π 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.
sapphic books for litfic girls
my personal wlw library so⦠a lot of classic lesbian lit, basically
Horror in < 200 pages
Horror books with a page count of 200 pages or less.
Before we started defining novellas by word count, they were defined as being any book less than 200 pages. Source: my Analysis of Short Stories & Literature professor in community college. I loved that class. But he loved James Joyce. So, ymmv, I guess.
Books like an espresso shot
Short, quick reads that still pack a punch and wake you from your numb slumber
Feral and Hysterical: Works by Women
List of recommendations included in Sadie Hartmann's Feral and Hysterical: Mother Horrorβs Ultimate Reading Guide to Dark and Disturbing Fiction by Women.
Pairs with 50 States, 50 Books by Women list.
100 Gothic Classics
A list of 100 gothic classics which covers over 250 years of literature, from the high-drama castles of the 1700s to the psychological "New Gothic" of today.
eco-literature
includes contemporary fiction, scifi, horror, speculative fiction and nonfiction
Witches, Weirdos & Other Women of Taste
A little feral, a little fashionable, and wholly uninterested in being understood. From housewives who fall in love with sea creatures to grandmothers who commune with the cosmos. These stories are eccentricity, rebellion, and taste.
Folk Horror
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This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated).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!
Queer Your Reading Challenge
Queer stories that are under 200 pages
Desperately Seeking SΜΆuΜΆsΜΆaΜΆnΜΆ Bog Bodies
Bog bodies in fiction (and poetry?).
I am on a personal quest for the bog body book of my dreams and invite you to join me.
alphabet soup group
Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.
the wilds / green gothic
haunting forest-y, forested books and eco-fiction; moody wild fantasy atmospheric green gothic lit!
British and Irish Folk Horror
the green man, pagan rites, stone circles, sacrifice, jack of the woods
fever dreams
novels/novellas that feel akin to a fever dream, surreal, inchoate, strange, dream logic
atmospheric books in remote or isolated locations
basically my favorite genre that encompasses a lot of other genres. all very different in tone! i have not yet read all of these.
Medieval Times & Medieval Vibesπ‘οΈ
Books that either take place in medieval times or have medieval vibes.
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