Recs if you like Just Watch Me...

these books are both aligned with and offer a queering of ‘weird girl literature’, a genre that manipulates horror, dark comedy, and/or surrealist elements to excavate the internal world of complex and unconventional characters. they are deviant, daring, and perverse reads for the weird queers among us.

*girl in quotation marks to allow this list to extend beyond the binary. recommendations welcome!

...are unhinged, lonely, tortured, kooky, crazy, unmoored, yearning, plotting, stalking, monologuing, self-pitying, lost, etc.

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

books with unhinged narrators that feel impossible to put down

Lit fic books to read for the aesthetic

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

books for fans of Lena Dunham’s Girls <3

Be the trend setter of your book club or bookish friend group by getting to know the authors of next year’s publication cycle. These books are all by new talent in the publishing world from both the Big 5 and small, traditional publishers.

Be sure to also check out these authors on social media for ARC opportunities, and show these authors some love by requesting a purchase with your local library, or pre-ordering a copy yourself!

a collection of books im interested in which are releasing this year (2026). no particular order

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

Just another day at the office 🤪

None of the characters in these books do themselves any favors in being the heroes of their own stories. Some may be more likable than others, but they all are students in the art of self sabotage. Featuring hubris, obsession, greed, apathy, vanity, addiction, power & fame, or just plain old psychopathy. Some are humorous and some are decidedly not and some have a happy endings and some are tragic through and through. Either way, you’re in for a fascinating ride. Recommendations encouraged!

Weird, sometimes obsessive & typically unusual

She’s burnt out and depressed but she’s trying her best!✨🕺

i am an odd gross sad silly girl, and maybe you are too

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