Recs if you like Worry...

Fiction of all genres that explore what it means to cannibalize the self in service of others; the invisible labor, the elusive rewards, and the smothering of all else. Books do not need to feature actual eldest daughters. Always open to suggestions!

Fiction featuring sisters, because sisters are the best. (Note that not all sister relationships are easy, they are complex and layered and sometimes difficult.)

Please leave your additions in the comments!

books with characters who are in their 20s (and trying to figure out their 20s). primarily but not exclusively lit fic.

Books where the protagonist loses their grip on reality, has strange, unsettling, and/or surreal experiences

books where sisters’ love, hatred, or general angst towards each other is a main factor in [making you cry]/furthering the plot. Including classics/popular fiction, but particularly taking recc’s for standalone/underrepresented genres/nonfiction!!

All sorts of stories about all sorts of women and girls.

This list will be deleted in a few days. Go follow the masterlist by @yarnandbooks instead! :)

Lit fic books to read for the aesthetic

for those who don't conform to the norm.

books for fans of Lena Dunham’s Girls <3

have I read them all? there is literally no way to know. #whoworeitbetter

The ladies on these covers just need a damn break.

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

messy characters + bad decisions

With a big scoop of melancholy!

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.

(Inspired by @erintripsey s lists on audiobook narrators)

Helen Laser was one of the audiobook narrators that truly made me fall in love with audiobooks, her narration of Yellowface was fantastic and honestly one of the first times I got audiobooks

I honestly don‘t know how to describe her voice except that it scratches that itch in my brain