Recs if you like Hard Copy...
assigned by frankie
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.
light of my life, fire of my loins - obsessions
books featuring obsession, from the light-hearted and quirky to the dark and twisted
Weird and Unhinged Women 2.0
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This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated).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!
i’m obsessed… with this list!
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
Books for girls who need a vet, not a doctor.
weird girl reads — drop ur suggestions
Out of office (and my mind)
fiction about capitalism, surveillance, and how the jobs we work to survive impact our sense of self
Just Like Other Girls
Weird girl literature, horror, and nonfiction novels, short stories, anthologies, etc.
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
free will exists!
sometimes a book can remind you that free will exists and you can write whatever you want!
reading about work > working
fiction that explores some aspect of the modern capitalist hellscape, whether high-tech corporate, blue collar, or something in between.
lit fic for the girls gays and theys ✨
open to suggestions 🤗 have yet to read all of these but I’m working my way through it!
Gettin' Weird With It
weird girl lit
i love whatever's wrong with her
Obsessive Women
"Weird girl literature" featuring obsession
💜 yarnandbooks
have you ever felt as if you don't belong anywhere
...and just want to live in a place where no one knows you? - one million yen girl (2008)
books about loneliness, melancholy, alienation, and feeling adrift
he's not like other guys (he's a lobster!)
a collection of books that highlight unconventional love – and i mean really unconventional
Weird Women in the Workplace
"Weird girl literature" that revolves around work
💜 yarnandbooks
Read Around The World
Books that aren't set in the US or UK, as those books dominate reading lists. I'm trying to collect as many different countries as possible, but sometimes there will be 2-3 books from one country.
taboo
books with characters/storylines that go against societal norms (check cws/tws)
Romancing Things That Are Not Human
Sort of another take on "weird girl lit", these are some books where people are in love/obsessed with/somehow involved with a thing that isnt Human. From strange monsters to literal planes, in some way, someone is trying to be in relationship with a thing. Not necessarily romances.
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