Recs if you like Julie Chan Is Dead...

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

Books where cults are a significant part of the narrative. Some fiction, some non-fiction.

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.

Books where one of the main character(s) pretends to be someone they’re not—literally. Always open to suggestions!

You loved Patrick Bateman. You wanted to be Jay Gatsby. You know all the rules about Fight Club. Well, do I have the list for you! Um, actually... is a list of books where the whole point went over people's heads. These novels handed readers a mirror and they wore it as a name badge instead. Always taking recommendations! (p.s. I am begging you to watch Um, Actually on Dropout TV... um, actually please watch anything/everything on Dropout TV)

Mikayla tried to warn us! Being an influencer IS hard! You have to work until 5:19 some days, open hundreds of PR packages, AND actually have to film those lucrative sponsorship videos but in these books, it's not just the influencer comment sections that become a blood bath! Don't forget to like, subscribe, and suggest more influencer horror/thrillers in honor of the hardest working people around! Use my promo code SOUL20 for 20% off your next demonic pact! #DevilPartner #Ad #BlessedAndPossessed

Books We Love from NPR began in 2013, always boasting over 200 books (almost 400 in recent years) featuring genres from memoirs, to cookbooks, to graphic novels, to children’s literature, to nonfiction, to novels. Check out NPR’s website to filter this massive list.

The list is in reverse alphabetical order directly from NPR.

Fiction stories where white women use and abuse people of color and other marginalized people. Thank you @chris for pointing out what a great list this would make!

This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕

An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.

spotlighting some incredible books by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors

Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!

could be queer could be horror downright wonky

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

What is it with queer people and cults?

These are the books that were chosen for the longlist for CBC Canada Reads.

books that center a woman main character who makes extremely questionable (unhinged) decisions, whether by choice or necessity. (often seen as ~ hysterical ~) heroes & villains welcome. [ongoing list]

Come to the cult side, we have cookies (and trauma).

books to hate-read, recommended by the pagebound club comments

people hate the character(s) but they couldn't put the book down 😋

(antihero, villain protagonist, unreliable narrator, etc.)

boo!! tomato tomato!! 🍅🍅🍅