Recs if you like Milk Blood Heat...
weird Black girl lit
weird girl books with a Black woman protagonist! recommendations very welcome, hoping to spotlight some lesser known titles!
Books that feel like an A24 film
Books that are atmospheric, emotionally unsettling, beautifully written, a little weird, and linger long after you finish them.
A long list of short story collections
weird girlhood(s)
the books that are most interesting, inventive, and complex for the girlhood studies grad student in me. whose “girlhood” are we talking about? i’m thinking of girlhood as a liminal, queer, socially constructed, often traumatic, uncanny space.
Belletrist Book Club
A compilation of all of Belletrist’s monthly picks
The Audacious Book Club
A place to see all books included in The Audacious Book Club run by Roxane Gay.
I’m not affiliated at all. I just enjoy these recommendations and wanted one place to see them all here on Pagebound.
Check out audacity.substack.com for more info! They do book discussions for the current month.
KJ's Recommendations
Some recommendations
good short reads
poetry collections, short stories, and books <200pgs
anthologies
Belletrist
Books from Belletrist Book Club and some extra reccos from their IG account (I.e stacked or YA spotlight)
