Recs if you like Headshot...
Weird Girl Fiction
An emergent subgrene by and about strange women on themes of female rage, sisterhood, hunger, attraction, beauty, motherhood, violence, and much more.
Barack Obama's favorite books
All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.
books your pretentious friend has heard of
Weird and Unhinged Women 2.0
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women and girls.
This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated). You can view the original list here: (link) /// As a nonbinary person, I take as broad a view as possible of the "girl" in "weird girl*", hence the asterisk.
Wide open for recommendations!
Quickies! Books that are 200 pages or less
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.
Sad girl essentials
With a big scoop of melancholy!
Short Books for a Slump
Shorter books (around 200 pages) to get out of a reading slump or to help pad your stats. Comment if you want recommendations, I’ve read a lot of these.
Women in Sports
Books across genres featuring women in sports
2024 Booker Prize Longlist
Winner: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
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