Recs if you like Sad Janet...

Name-calling and insults you might hear on the playground and beyond...

Anything can be an insult if you believe it! My kid brother used to get in trouble for calling us "you...you BEAN" with all the spite his little preschool self could manage 🥹

Fiction about weird drugs that induce weird states/make you do weird things

Ideally not drugs that exist irl with cool new sci-fi names slapped on them. We're looking for totally new kinds of pharmacology here! Exciting (and potentially scary)!!

Under construction!

A list of books I have come across when looking for books that fit this theme. Please leave a comment if there is something I should add.

Alternative Xmas reading — think downbeat stories, family dysfunction, holiday loneliness, seasonal depression, black comedy. There's a gift from me to you under the tree in the comments.

Other winter-holiday books welcome as long as they're cranky!

Is your cynicism chronic? Check out my list Bleakness Is My Weakness...

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.

canadian author emily r austin's recommended books, as taken from her website!

books that are quintessentially about the millennial experience or are millennial coded

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

Books that are considered "weird girl" lit or have "unhinged" women.

long, morose days laying in the sun, fully unplugged, contemplating depression and existence. litfic, mostly vibes. [work in progress]