Recs if you like The Passion According to G.H....

Books that are atmospheric, emotionally unsettling, beautifully written, a little weird, and linger long after you finish them.

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

books that feel like the backrooms: unsettling and horrifying liminal spaces. Open to more recs that fit this description.

weird/wicked/gory/gothic/strange/surreal books by women, translated into english.

Lives of outsiders rendered in sharp prose style. Descendants of Shelley, the Brontes, and Woolf; forebears to 'Weird Girl Lit'. Title refers to the authors, the subjects of the work may not always be women. Focused on novels published between WW2 and 9/11, with a few memoirs and short story collections.

Inspired by some comments I saw regarding classics being too straight white male oriented. There are lots of classics that aren't, but unfortunately don't always get as much recognition. Hoping this list might help those interested expand their range of classics. Non-exhaustive and taking suggestions!

I noticed a trend in some of my recent reads, in which authors chose to leave the disappointing or downright abusive and criminal men unnamed. I started researching this and expanded it a bit. I haven't read them all, and some don't fit quite as cleanly as my original 3 - Hamnet, A Dowry of Blood, and Bright Young Women, so please let me know if you feel some don't fit well at all, or if you have additional suggestions!!

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.

Elena Ferrante, the bestselling pseudonymous Italian author behind My Brilliant Friend, has named her favourite 40 books by female authors around the world.

“When you see beauty in desolation it changes something inside you. Desolation tries to colonize you.”

deep in the feels, experiencing life and all of its ennui, questioning the meaning of existence, the cosmic outline and confines of the world, and wondering if anything is actually real, and, if it is, why does any of it matter?

A list of classics from the women & afro-descendant folks of Brazil.

The best books about insane or soon-to-be insane women.

A collection of books about people who are lost inside themselves. Alienated, detached, depressed, searching, unraveling or simply trying to figure out what the hell it means to be alive.

Latin American Literature - Lists jotted down from a few Instagram posts, inspired by the Bad Bunny Super Bowl show. (@muchneededbreak @jackbenedwards so far) Sorry, only posted 3 flags!

Enjoy my newest lit series, ‘Reading the World’, in an attempt to diversify your own reading and broaden horizons, I have included a mix of genres. Sensitive topics often lie ahead as history, social and political issues are usually the centre of this writing. Enjoy!

Fiction books set in Brazil.

Open to recs!

Women reshaping modern literature across continents and cultures.