Recs if you like Swamplandia!...

In honor of our queen Dolly Parton's tragic passing, I present to you, a list that includes books she has shared she loved, books that give me Dolly vibes, books she herself has written and books about her... basically just a big ol' Dolly appreciation list. Recommendations welcome!! In the meantime, pour one out for an icon, you'll catch me watching Steel Magnolias and sobbing. Rest in power, Dolly.

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

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! :)

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.

for those who don't conform to the norm.

Family Secrets. Decay. Death. Rebirth.

Books set firmly in the Southern Gothic genre or books that incorporate Southern Gothic elements.

fiction books centered around characters processing grief 🦋

if you’re craving something that feels like the next martha’s vineyard (iykyk)! books that evoke the same feeling as the magnificent tv show ‘widows bay’

the books that are most interesting, inventive, and complex for the girlhood studies grad student in me. whose “girlhood” are we talking about? i’m thinking of girlhood as a liminal, queer, socially constructed, often traumatic, uncanny space.

Complete! Every book longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction since it was founded in 1996, under its current title and previous sponsored titles of 'Orange' and 'Baileys' Prize for Fiction. I want to hear your percentage overlap in the comments!

A balance of breezy page-turners with immersive classics and thought-provoking non-fiction.

US Southern Studies Books [in progress]

unnerving, unsettling, spooky or generally creepy books that take place in summer + have that slow scorching summer dread vibe

I’m not from Florida but, for some reason, a lot of books I read take place there. Here’s a list for fans of Florida!

"Weird girl literature" covers featuring animals!

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Adventuring gangs, messy friend groups, and quirky bio families trying to make it work. Whatever found-family mood you're in, this list has you covered!

LitFic / Fiction / Fantasy