Recs if you like She's a Lamb!...

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

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

the gurls NEED to read horror books 💋 i wouldn’t say these are all horror but that’s left to the reader to make that assumption

Weird, mostly girlys going through different unique life adventures. Supporting girlies (the girls, theys and thems) rights and wrongs.  Regina George screaming down her hallway into her room hunting down the Burn Book

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! :)

“I just want to be perfect.” - Black Swan

fictional accounts of artists who are defined, in some way, by their relentless obsession with their craft.

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

Horror, dystopia, intimacy, and supporting women's wrongs.

A reading list celebrating the women who know exactly how to get under your skin! Thankful for the gurlies!!!

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

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]

"Weird girl literature" with different flavours of horror elements

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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.

weird girl adjacent books set in canada or by canadian authors

Dark stories about failed actors, actresses, shadowed talents and more

Books that are considered weird girl lit or have unhinged women.

These characters are obsessed, maybe in the ways you think, maybe in unexpected ways. They might not be able to let go of the what if, of the need to have something, or of the need to be right. In its multiple facets, obsession can take on many forms. Let’s see what unfolds.