Recs if you like ITCH!...

the gurls NEED to read horror books 💋 i wouldn’t say these are all horror but that’s left to the reader to make that assumption

Following women on journeys to do weird and maybe violent things.

supporting women's rights and very very wrongs

“Nothing bad has ever happened in the forest.” -Andrew from Don't Let the Forest In (and all of these MCs, probably)

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

I like grasshoppers cause frogs eat 'em I like bees cause flowers need 'em I like spiders, I like slugs I like caterpillars, I like bugs I hate crowds, I love people I ain't down with the plague But I'm cool with beetles and bugs

Horror, dystopia, intimacy, and supporting women's wrongs.

Pastels, lip gloss, and blood. This list features bubblegum horror stories that mix girly, candy coloured aesthetics with psychological terror, body horror, and chaotic feminine rage.

Botanical horror is great and all, but have you ever thought about all the horrors scuttling beneath the leaves?

Horror that features bugs (insects and arachnids - argue about whether shellfish should be involved in the comments) as a major antagonist.

Eerie horror book recs for the girlies who are not afraid of the dark, but seek it from the comfort of their couch. Let me rot.

books who have the same style of covers; featuring bright hot or neon pink🩷 with neon yellow💛!

sadly, the default pagebound editions might not be the correct ones so you’ll have to look through the available editions. pagebound please let us choose</3

open to recs!

A reading list celebrating the women who know exactly how to get under your skin! Thankful for the gurlies!!!

Books that like to exclaim their titles

Horror books with pink covers!

dismemberment, parasitic infection, medical transmutation... body horror truly has it all. when the horror lives inside you, when there's no external danger, what do you do? you can't run from the transformation you've undergone. body horror centers the unbecoming of who you are at your core and the subsequent changes on the outside.

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

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.

Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do! Subject to changes since I’m fickle. All 150 books plus the 2 bonus! I’m probably crazy for trying 🫠 I have repeated authors mostly because I’m trying to use books I already own. I’m not sure if that’s taboo or not…