Recs if you like A Novel Obsession...

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

Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!

...are unhinged, lonely, tortured, kooky, crazy, unmoored, yearning, plotting, stalking, monologuing, self-pitying, lost, etc.

...it would be a shame if it was corrupted….

a list of corruption arcs because i have an (probably unhealthy) obsession with them. a work in progress! suggestions welcome

books featuring obsession, from the light-hearted and quirky to the dark and twisted

This list will contain books that made me go, "Wait what?" I am still not sure if I completely get them but I i think I semi-liked some of them 🤣 (p.s. I am adding recs by other users so some i havent read yet)

Fiction about writers stealing manuscripts, ideas, and author identities or perpetrating some kind of con on the public

messy, problematic women whom you might have an affinity towards if you also feel like an unlikable character sometimes

This list features book covers illustrated or designed by New York-based artist Vi-An Nguyen. Her work boasts bold typography, minimalist illustrations, and bright, contracting colours on beautifully textured backgrounds. Her cartoons are often featured in The New Yorker.

stories with lots of twists and turns, including (but not limited to) murder mysteries

Books about bookstores, libraries, or other books.

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

Books about authors, literature, or with books as a general theme

books with characters/storylines that go against societal norms (check cws/tws)

books in which internet culture and social media are a theme

books where the characters are also authors and their writing (or lack of it) is a part of the narrative!

all the books I've found for HRCYED