Recs if you like Near to the Wild Heart...

the warm, fragmented interiors of women navigating emotional turmoil, relational dysfunction, identity crises, and existential malaise. intense, immersive, atmospheric, and deeply felt. stories of mundanity and despair, but also of a different beauty, some subtler strength. let's wallow freely and without shame.

note: open to recs, but those focused on interiority rather than romance (e.g. not Normal People)

For when reading a classic feels too daunting. Classics under 200 pages!

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Our mental space can hold way more space than we think. So can our hands. This is for that tired, anxious and cool adult, go feed your soul and your creativity.

classic & modern classic literature by women. limiting myself to one book per author. please let me know who i've missed!

I see a few lists on here with this theme, but they were short themselves - and I was looking for a more diverse selection. So, thought I'd make my own list and share it! Nice for reading goals, but mostly, I like breaking up the rhythm if I'm reading something exceptionally long.

Just a collection of classics written by women, this is a diverse reading experience with voices of women from across time and boarders.

From Patagonia to the Caribbean.

the well of complex female feelings never runs dry. quiet discomfort, angst, rage, sorrow, estrangement, passion, etc, delivered to you through lesser known novels. predominantly lit fic.

Books for and about unconventional women.

when the prose is so achingly gorgeous it Hurts

created by a western gal — trying my best but might have inaccuracies

short literary fiction books that are less than 200 pages

Wander through stories that travelled across languages, borders, and cultures to find their way to you.

from women to the world <3

classics, deep cuts, and modern reads

Only including the following publishers: NYRB, Norton Critical, Penguin Modern, Pantheon, Penguin Classics, Oxford World's Classic, Vintage, Picador Paper, New Directions, McNally, Fitzcarraldo, Seven Stories, Very Short Introductions, Knopf, and Charco Press.