Recs if you like With Teeth...
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 his 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.
Florida Anti-Censorship Reads
Florida books D*santis would hate for you to read
Includes books with BIPOC and/or queer authors or main characters from Florida and books related to topics being censored including history, race, migration, LGBTQIA+, climate change, the environment, etc.
List is a work in progress, please feel free to suggest additions! Non-fiction and fiction welcome.
Queer Literary Fiction
Focused on stories with beautiful prose, depth, and explore the intricate realities of the LGBTQ+ experience. Sub-genres could range from historical, contemporary, science fiction, magical realism, and classics (even romance!).
I will continue to update this, so comment if you have more!
Weird Girl Lit | Women's Wrongs | WTF
could be queer could be horror downright wonky
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
🔗Continuation of this list which I am unable to delete.
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Sapphic lit fic
Any sapphic book that I feel falls in the category of lit fic
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
open wide
opened mouthed covers
Weird Motherhood
"Weird girl literature" featuring themes around pregnancy or motherhood
💜 yarnandbooks
Chaotic Sapphics
"Weird girl literature" featuring sapphic characters
💜 yarnandbooks
fucked up fiction (complimentary)
messy characters + bad decisions
books involving motherhood
some book recs that involve the complexities of motherhood: the tough and tender, chaotic and beautiful, exhausting and full of purpose.
sapphic litfic
Complicated and Sapphic
Lesbian books that I feel are real and full and complex and more than just that. Sometimes they make me feel bad too. That’s okay. It’s all part of it.
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