Recs if you like Female Life on Planet Earth...
it’s complicated: mother-child relationships
Fiction & nonfiction books that explore the complexities and traumas of mother-child relationships or in which such relationships play a central role. While many books on this list are what I’d classify as including “mommy issues” there are others that are more about the different perspectives and nuances of the mother-child (often specifically mother-daughter) relationship. Some books center the child, some the mother, some both.
Suggestions are welcome.
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
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* lit expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks, who is no longer on Pagebound. 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!
Buzz Books Fall/Winter 26/27 List (To Be Released)
Pulled from the Buzz Books Fall/Winter 2026 list. Books will be removed when released. On desktop, set to Gallery View and browse the virtual shelves. Enjoy.
Categories (Fiction): The Notables | Highly Anticipated | Emerging Voices | Debut | Commercial
Source: Buzz Books Official
mothers who haunt their daughters’ narratives
a list of books where the the female main character navigating her life with the “influence” of her late mother. suggestions are welcome!
