Recs if you like Death Valley...
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.
weird girl covers that are paintings w/ neon text
an oddly specific trend i’ve noticed, mostly in genres like horror, weird girl, feminine rage, etc. (but there are some others here, too) 💁🏻
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.
🔪🩸👩❤️💋👩baddies on quests🐇🥰🧚♀️
Following women on journeys to do weird and maybe violent things.
let me tell you my story
audiobooks where the narrator is the author! any book goes, no matter the genre. there may be multiple versions of the audiobook, but at least one version has the author as narrator. please suggest more in the comments!
dreamy whimsical listless
in which nothing happens or a lot happens, but sometimes it feels like nothing at all.
also known as: lit fic that feels like a dream or a nightmare or a hallucination.
Aardvark Book Club master list
Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!
Weird Girl Lit | Women's Wrongs | WTF
could be queer could be horror downright wonky
Wait, That IS a Fall Out Boy Song!!*
*Liberties were taken. Inspired by @ErinYeager 's list That's Not a Fall Out Boy song?? This list is purely based on the titles of books!
grief is a journey
fiction books centered around characters processing grief 🦋
neon pink & yellow covers!
books who have the same style of covers; featuring bright hot or neon pink🩷 with neon yellow💛!
sadly, the default pagebound editions might not be the correct ones so you’ll have to look through the available editions. pagebound please let us choose</3
open to recs!
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
Books to Read to Feel Well Adjusted
It’s always nice to feel like a normal person by reading about those more unhinged than you 😌 These are all women focused books. Some I’ve read and some I’m going to read. Apologies in advance if it gets long. Recommendations are absolutely welcome!! So please feel free.
I know a couple are written by men which might be taboo for some but I’ve included because I thought they were appropriate or the author has a track record of writing women well.
Belletrist Book Club
A compilation of all of Belletrist’s monthly picks
window into someone else's life
gives you all the tea without stressing about your own. books that changed my worldview (a little bit) and immerse you into someone else's life.
It gets so hot
MUNA wrote the song it gets so hot. And these are books that feel like that song. Literally and metaphorically.
The sun or summer or heatwave is a character or an oppressive force. Or the city of LA is a character or an oppressive force or a key setting. Or a combo of both. Or it’s a book MUNA have recommended. Or it’s just a bit steamy 🥵
on grief, death and dying
Books about grieving loved ones. Main themes or death adjacent. Books that helped me through the grieving process. "I know why we try to keep the dead alive: we try to keep them alive in order to keep them with us." —Joan Didion.
feral fiction
All things queer, weird, unhinged, taboo and subversive.
Delightfully Different and Wonderfully Weird
Books that challenge reality in all the best ways! From SciFi and speculative fiction to horror and literature these books are true escapism. Most I have read and loved some I’m most definitely going to read. I’m sure not all will be for everyone and that’s ok! Just wanted to share a little weirdness 🤓
Unhinged/Weird Girl Lit - any genre
Books that are considered "weird girl" lit or have "unhinged" women.
