Recs if you like Clutch...
2026 releases
lit fic and horror, mainly, and mostly books by women, nonbinary & trans writers, basically mostly non-cis-men
Despondent Women
The ladies on these covers just need a damn break.
Friendship ➕ Time 🟰 ?
novels that track friendships throughout time. full of complex childhood comparison trauma, friend break ups and perhaps reconciliations, shifting friend group dynamics, and the impact of age on our most foundational relationships.
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
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* lit expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks, who is no longer on Pagebound. 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!
Listen to another podcast or read another book?
Book recommendations from podcasts I listen to: NPR books, Book Reccos, What Should I Read Next?, Book Off, What Page Are You On?, Book Cheat
‘e’ is for emily
books by and about emilys
