Recs if you like Rest and Be Thankful...

Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what😉

(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know🤭)

Following women on journeys to do weird and maybe violent things.

Horror books with a page count of 200 pages or less.

Before we started defining novellas by word count, they were defined as being any book less than 200 pages. Source: my Analysis of Short Stories & Literature professor in community college. I loved that class. But he loved James Joyce. So, ymmv, I guess.

the warm, fragmented interiors of women navigating emotional turmoil, relational dysfunction, identity crises, and existential malaise. intense, immersive, atmospheric, and deeply felt. stories of mundanity and despair, but also of a different beauty, some subtler strength. let's wallow freely and without shame.

note: open to recs, but those focused on interiority rather than romance (e.g. not Normal People)

fiction books centered around characters processing grief 🦋

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

"I am the reason I suffer but I am worth fighting for." - Roland Faunte (from the song "Anchor")

Haunting, delicate, desperate, shaking voices, trembling fingers...reading these stories feels like listening to Roland Faunte songs. [Created Apr '26]

Shorter books (around 200 pages) to get out of a reading slump or to help pad your stats. Comment if you want recommendations, I’ve read a lot of these.

Medical horror and thriller novels to make your skin crawl🫣

I’ve noticed a trend and I love it

A list to help those who aspire to read from authors outside the typical areas. I will be creating different list for different regions. I will also list the countries currently found in the list. Be sure to check out the other lists! Note: The countries are not perfect as some countries are classified differently, so I did my best.

Current Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales

Ever want to feel uncomfortable but not for too long? Short weird books that can be read in one weekend (or sitting if your only hobby is reading like me). Weird can mean weird girl, horror, questionable choices, uncomfortable and anything all around and in between. These books are not meant to be scary, but horror elements are within many.

Books in the "weird girl literature" genre with 200 pages or less

💜 yarnandbooks

Why read a cozy book, when instead you can feel unsettled while reading of another women’s journey through the horrors of life?

From a slow descent into madness, covering up murder for siblings, accidentally(?) joining a cult, to insurance fraud over taxidermy - this list covers it all!!

florence welch’s book club

*not a complete list