Recs if you like One's Company...

I love it when women

...are unhinged, lonely, tortured, kooky, crazy, unmoored, yearning, plotting, stalking, monologuing, self-pitying, lost, etc.

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assigned by frankie

by nonalovesyou

356 books

almost every single book mentioned* on 🔗 Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.

updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listed in the description, or offhandedly said.

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sad girl litfic starter pack

by pachinko

19 books

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)

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Weird and Unhinged Women 2.0

by teddydee

775 books

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

This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated). You can view the original list here: (link) /// As a nonbinary person, I take as broad a view as possible of the "girl" in "weird girl*", hence the asterisk.

Wide open for recommendations!

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i’m obsessed… with this list!

by shanethe_readingrat

36 books

books centering on characters obsessed with a certain thing, ambition, or goal! one of my favorite types of characters… you could say I’m obsessed with them

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Weird and Unhinged Women

by deleted

566 books

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

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I Love Unlikeable Women

by beccasbargainbooks

It’s good to have a project

by Emil8

9 books

MC pursues a(n extremely normal) special interest

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7 Deadly Sins: Sloth

by j.bateman

18 books

Books where apathy, disengagement, and idleness are central themes.

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Books to Read to Feel Well Adjusted

by jess_the_reader

91 books

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.

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