Recs if you like Bitter Orange...

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!

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.

Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do! Subject to changes since I’m fickle. All 150 books plus the 2 bonus! I’m probably crazy for trying 🫠 I have repeated authors mostly because I’m trying to use books I already own. I’m not sure if that’s taboo or not…

Books where the home is a character or where the home is the problem. You’ll get the vibe.

inspired by and to assist with the Rainbow of Words prompt for version 3.0 of the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do, pls find on this list books colours in the title.

Books exploring the often messy, contradictory and frustratingly human nature of women grappling with the discord between their own choices and desires and those of society.

Food and drink on the cover or in the title. Apparently there's a lot?

Books ive added I either own or are on my tbr, feel free to recommend more