Recs if you like Natural Beauty...
Weird Girl Fiction
An emergent subgrene by and about strange women on themes of female rage, sisterhood, hunger, attraction, beauty, motherhood, violence, and much more.
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no stephen king in sight
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!
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girl dinner
books where women eat or think about eating other people
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snake oil
what does it mean to be perfect when perfect cannot exist?
books with commentary about the wellness and beauty industries, social media, and self care.οΏΌ
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the monstrous-feminine
in the first edition of βthe monstrous-feminineβ, 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 βwomanhoodβ.
recommendations welcome!
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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.
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Weird Gurls Read Weird Horror
the gurls NEED to read horror books π i wouldnβt say these are all horror but thatβs left to the reader to make that assumption
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thatβs not my name!
they call me hell, they call me Stacy, they call me her, they call me Janeβ¦thatβs not my name!!!
this is a list of books featuring characters without a name
as always, taking any and all suggestions!!
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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, listened in the description, or offhandedly said.
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the feminine imagination in east asian literature
a collection of inventive, incisive, and invigorating works of contemporary and speculative fiction by women writers of East Asia and its diaspora.
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Messy Queers
Just because you are queer doesn't mean you have your life together
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Profit > People
Fictional stories. Real consequences. Profit > People is dedicated to books with capitalist critique, focusing on the lives - and bodies - sacrificed at the altar of industry and interest. Always taking recommendations!
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High Femme Fiction
pink, sophisticated & sometimes fatale <3 (added some essential nonfic & poetry!)
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Service95 Book Club β¨
Aka Dua Lipaβs reading list. Everyoneβs fave popstar on permanent holiday with a massive list of books to read, and she always seems to have incredible recommendations.
I am not part of Service95 or affiliated with Dua Lipa. I am just a fan curating this list based on the @service95bookclub IG account π
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books that look like skincare packaging
me + sake on a Saturday night = this list lol idk what is happening or even what the requirements are, it's just a vibe? u kno?? πππ
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Sheβs spiraling
Books where the protagonist loses their grip on reality, has strange, unsettling, and/or surreal experiences
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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.
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One Book Many Quests
Books in this list are in at least two quests. Thus helping to earn more badges. Books will span different genres. Once I scan through all the quests, I plan to further organize the list. I am thinking of creating a seperate list and moving the books with three or more quests to the new list and keeping the two badge books in this list. Are there other ways you would organize a list this big?
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Creepy Queers
Creepy books made better because there are queer characters
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"She's Going Through Something"
Horror books written by women where a female MC is "going through something" and it's (mostly) society's fault. Others might think she's going crazy, or seeing things that aren't really there... But is she, really?
These books explore the real horrors women have to face in society through the storytelling conventions of the horror genre.
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