Recs if you like The Guest...

An emergent subgrene by and about strange women on themes of female rage, sisterhood, hunger, attraction, beauty, motherhood, violence, and much more.

Books that are atmospheric, emotionally unsettling, beautifully written, a little weird, and linger long after you finish them.

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

books that feel:

claustrophobic like the summer heat like stifling longing flushed cheeks like unbidden realisations melancholically sweet like painful emptiness existential like utter confusion

I haven’t read all book on this list (yet). Feedback regarding books/authors is welcome🫶🏻 PLS CHECK TW

musical inspiration: fourth of july - Sufjan Stevens Habibi - Tamino implosion - Labrinth now, run - Hania Rani ozean - AnnenMayKantereit

Aka Dua Lipa’s reading list. Everyone’s fave popstar on permanent holiday with a massive list of books to read, and she always seems to have incredible recommendations.

I am not part of Service95 or affiliated with Dua Lipa. I am just a fan curating this list based on the @service95bookclub IG account 💋

books with characters who are in their 20s (and trying to figure out their 20s). primarily but not exclusively lit fic.

in which nothing happens or a lot happens, but sometimes it feels like nothing at all.

also known as: lit fic that feels like a dream or a nightmare or a hallucination.

Dua Lipa’s book clip picks

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

could be queer could be horror downright wonky

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

books that have really made me open my eyes and realize— i'm just truly not as weird as i think i am! (... or am i?)

Crime, obsession, feminine rage etc 🩷

i love an unhinged woman

Service95 Book Club Monthly Reads + more and more books from their lists :)

2026 is for unhinged girls and their weird agendas