Recs if you like Really Good, Actually...

Canadian authors writing books set in Canada.

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

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The ladies on these covers just need a damn break.

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

A list of books I have come across when looking for books that fit this theme. Please leave a comment if there is something I should add.

Celebrating Canadian authors, with an emphasis on fiction. I'm also trying to include a lot of Indigenous authors in this list! Open to suggestions.

None of the characters in these books do themselves any favors in being the heroes of their own stories. Some may be more likable than others, but they all are students in the art of self sabotage. Featuring hubris, obsession, greed, apathy, vanity, addiction, power & fame, or just plain old psychopathy. Some are humorous and some are decidedly not and some have a happy endings and some are tragic through and through. Either way, you’re in for a fascinating ride. Recommendations encouraged!

messy, problematic women whom you might have an affinity towards if you also feel like an unlikable character sometimes

A gallery of books selected on covers that are unique. Most of these are from actual paintings. Different types of art selected. The books listed below are just my opinion. Recommendations are welcome

books that are quintessentially about the millennial experience or are millennial coded

weird girl adjacent books set in canada or by canadian authors

She's a mess.

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Reading list

book selections inspired by the tortured poets department album courtesy of the one and only taylor alison swift, enjoy (or don't, i'm sorry)

Books exploring the often messy, contradictory and frustratingly human nature of women grappling with the discord between their own choices and desires and those of society.

Kinda love this microgenre

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Books that depict humans as their real, flawed selves and don't always take the more accepted "wrapped up in a bow" paths or typical endings