Recs if you like Dear Monica Lewinsky...

Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!

lit fic and horror, mainly, and mostly books by women, nonbinary & trans writers, basically mostly non-cis-men

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

Atmospheric novels that feel like stepping into another country, another era, another interior life.

All the 2026 Aardvark book club picks

It’s always nice to feel like a normal person by reading about those more unhinged than you 😌 These are all women focused books. Some I’ve read and some I’m going to read. Apologies in advance if it gets long. Recommendations are absolutely welcome!! So please feel free.

I know a couple are written by men which might be taboo for some but I’ve included because I thought they were appropriate or the author has a track record of writing women well.

Books where obsession and power dynamics are central themes.

we wake from a dream like baby, what. was. that.

You can't trust their perspective, but by god, you can't get enough of reading it.

odd girlies !!!!

Books about survivors of SA, domestic violence, and abusive relationships (specifically those that helped me in my journey)