Recs if you like Woman, Eating...

An emergent subgrene by and about strange women on themes of female rage, sisterhood, hunger, attraction, beauty, motherhood, violence, and much more.

are you sick of being recommended stephen king when you ask for a horror novel? have you picked up a book expected to be scared, but the scariest thing about it was a woman being needlessly tormented and gaslit? have you read 4627473 books about a man in a haunted house and need something different?

if so, this list is for you :)

a masterlist of horror by anyone who isn't a straight cis white man. i've been maintaining it for myself since 2022 and it was time to share the wealth!

vampires who try to ethically source blood, to varying degrees of success

these books use (literal) hunger as a political tool to speak to women’s oppression, repression and desire, whether through overt cannibal metaphor, speculative dispatches, or more subtle nuances of appetite in literary fiction. these women are hungry for something more, whether they’re allowed to act on it or not.

recommendations welcome!

in the first edition of ‘the monstrous-feminine’, barbara creed challenges the dominant representation of women in horror films as victims, arguing that patriarchal ideology constructs women as monstrous because of their sexuality (or lack thereof).

later, creed reinterprets the monstrous-feminine as a being who embraces her body and reclaims her otherness. in line with this contemporary vision, these are books which use horror to redefine notions of ‘womanhood’.

recommendations welcome!

Books that are atmospheric, emotionally unsettling, beautifully written, a little weird, and linger long after you finish them.

We all love gothic classics, but what is new when it comes to the gothic genre (from the last 20 years or so)?! For fans of Dracula, Jane Eyre, Frankenstein, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, etc. Please comment with suggestions to add!

no vampire emoji because apple made them weird and gray. all genres. pls leave books to add in comments <3

books with a painting/artwork on the cover see the pinned comment for artwork details suggestions welcome 🚧this list is under construction🚧

feminine rage, (mostly sapphic) yearning and general vibes that would make hozier, mitski and florence + the machine proud. inspired by the amazing mimi_reads & astraios! suggestions welcome<3

Books about feminine power and rage. Inspiring, enraging, validating. Let us rise, my sisters.

Books that explore women's hunger (as a theme/with appetite as a key aspect of the book), whether it's ambition, power, sexual/emotional hunger, longing for a voice/community, or literal physical hunger. #girldinner

Main characters that are people of color and vampiric (in a variety of mythologies).

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.)

vampire books where romance is not the focus. think lit fic, horror, fantasy (not romantasy). throw any recs in the comments!

In these novels, women will do anything and everything to satiate their hunger. There's cannibalism, affairs, and everything in between!

Books that have a high focus on food. Food in the title, food on the cover, baking/cooking as a career/hobby, etc.

I'm a sucker for them

The goal: to have the most comprehensive complete list of vampire books, fiction and otherwise, in the world. Then? I’ll read them all.

Please send recs <3