Recs if you like Betty...

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! :)

lit fic featuring dysfunctional families

books that feel like the moment at the end of a movie when the protagonist has been through hell and back, gets into a cab, and gazes silently out the window as she goes home. she smiles ever so slowly before the screen fades to black.

bildungsroman if ya nasty

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

God loves you, but not enough to save you from these stories. Ethel Cain & Preacher’s Daughter vibes/inspired fiction

some book recs that involve the complexities of motherhood: the tough and tender, chaotic and beautiful, exhausting and full of purpose.

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.

Historical fiction is one of my top pics as you can get a variety of flavors within it. Want to cry? Historical Fiction. Your skin to crawl? Historical Fiction! The world is your oyster

For those of you who subscribe to newlynova on either YouTube or TikTok, I have compiled a list of books that she has mentioned in her videos

Name generators my beloveds. Just a list made by someone whose D&D characters were mostly christened with the help of RNG. The one and only criterion: Title is a first/given name (or nickname too)! Some are verified by the book actually containing a character with that name.

Forever searching for book titles that are nods to the pop queen. 🦋💛✨🧣🕶️🐍💕🧥🌿🌙🖊️❤️‍🔥

Books from all genres that are gut wrenching and beautifully written🪉

Feel free to comment your recommendations!!🫶

We have lots of books about a mother & her daughter and the complication of their relationship and dynamics. But it seems that a father & his daughter is a very rare one. This list is created for that. Always open for you recommendation!

Ethel Cain’s bookshelf. Haunted churches, dirt roads, and hymns gone sour.

Stories of mothers and daughters tangled in love, grief, and ruin.

A collection of emotional books with a wide range of genres, themes, plot, etc. Make sure to check TW, these books can be intense. I personally love to sob my eyes out while reading, so if you do too, check if any of these books appeal to your tastes.

Shaelin Bishop (aka ShaelinWrites) is a Canadian writer and YouTuber who makes lots of great videos with really helpful writing advice. She also has two videos called "The Writer's Syllabus" with book recommendations that will help you become a better writer and I decided to make a list of them here!