Recs if you like Just Watch Me...
weird ‘girl’ lit for dirtbag queers
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!
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on 🔗 Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listed in the description, or offhandedly said.
I love it when women
...are unhinged, lonely, tortured, kooky, crazy, unmoored, yearning, plotting, stalking, monologuing, self-pitying, lost, etc.
🔪🩸👩❤️💋👩baddies on quests🐇🥰🧚♀️
Following women on journeys to do weird and maybe violent things.
weird girl lit fic
books with unhinged narrators that feel impossible to put down
It’s okay to judge a book by it’s cover!
Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉
Cover Porn: The Lit Fic Edition
Lit fic books to read for the aesthetic
Booker Prize Eligible for 2026
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This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated). 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!
all adventurous women do
books for fans of Lena Dunham’s Girls <3
Trend Setters 2026
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!
messy 20-somethings
upcoming in 2026
a collection of books im interested in which are releasing this year (2026). no particular order
Absurdist Workplace Novels
Just another day at the office 🤪
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
Weird girls on top!
Weird, sometimes obsessive & typically unusual
Messy Girl Fiction
She’s burnt out and depressed but she’s trying her best!✨🕺
books for odd gross sad silly girls
i am an odd gross sad silly girl, and maybe you are too
Unhinged Weird Girl Lit - any genre
Books that are considered weird girl lit or have unhinged women.
Women going through something
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