Recs if you like Kitten...

Fiction & nonfiction books that explore the complexities and traumas of mother-child relationships or in which such relationships play a central role. While many books on this list are what I’d classify as including “mommy issues” there are others that are more about the different perspectives and nuances of the mother-child (often specifically mother-daughter) relationship. Some books center the child, some the mother, some both.

Suggestions are welcome.

Books where the protagonist loses their grip on reality, has strange, unsettling, and/or surreal experiences

Lit fic books to read for the aesthetic

books featuring obsession, from the light-hearted and quirky to the dark and twisted

weird girl reads — drop ur suggestions

Weird, mostly girlys going through different unique life adventures. Supporting girlies (the girls, theys and thems) rights and wrongs.  Regina George screaming down her hallway into her room hunting down the Burn Book

books that center a woman main character who makes extremely questionable (unhinged) decisions, whether by choice or necessity. (often seen as ~ hysterical ~) heroes & villains welcome. [ongoing list]

This list features books with covers designed by New York-based, Houston-born designer Cassie Vu. She is a Senior Designer for Penguin Random House's art department. Her covers boast loud, bold lettering and striking colour gradients. Her website features a "cover graveyard", showcasing different iterations of covers that were ultimately chosen, which I highly recommend perusing.

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

This is one of a few lists I'm making to help me organize my ideas for HRCYED 3.0. Feel free to take inspiration or comment with more ideas.

Books set to be released in 2026 or 2027. All genres welcomed. Books will be removed at end of release month.

--RELEASE DATES-- Appraisals: A Novel | RELEASED Kitten | RELEASED Queen Mab | RELEASED Soft Spots | RELEASED The Project: A Novel | RELEASED Death Card | 8/11/2026 Mia | 8/11/2026 The Responsible Party: A Novel | 8/11/2026 Bound By Fury | 8/18/2026 First Summer | 8/18/2026 The Secret Dinner: A Novel | 8/18/2026 Hellbound | 8/28/2026 I Hope This Email Finds You In Hell | 9/1/2026 Before We Burn | 9/9/2026 Daughter of the Dark (Daughters of Auquis, 1 | 9/15/2026 Dead Beat | 9/15/2026 Fallow | 9/15/2026 The Age of Blood and Magic: A Novel | 9/15/2026 The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes | 9/22/2026 Reap & Sow | 10/6/2026 Strange Lights | 10/6/2026 Twisted Vows: An Immortal Consequences Story | 10/6/2026 Victorious (Villains, #3) | 10/6/2026 Ultan Academy | 10/6/2026 The Gods of Blood and Honey | 10/30/2026 This Wretched Alchemy | 11/10/2026 Nanny Nanny: A Novel | 11/17/2026 Tylor Whitlock Just Won't Die | 1/5/2027 The Divinity Thieves | 1/26/2027 Viper & Lilies | 2/2/2027 Milkiverse | 2/2/2027 Gutterwitch | 3/2/2027 To Burn a Kingdom | 4/6/2027 Dreams of Ruin | 6/24/2027

its giving autumn but make it vibey

Showing love to the upcoming and newly-ish released debut novels.

The Disappointment | RELEASED Honey | RELEASED The Cloak and Dagger Club | RELEASED The Death Row Club | RELEASED Henry Tudor Must Die | RELEASED Wings of Wren | RELEASED Spoiled Milk | RELEASED Lunatide | RELEASED Girl's Girl | RELEASED Their Will Undone | RELEASED Soft Spots | RELEASED Queen Mab | RELEASED The Project: A Novel | RELEASED Appraisals: A Novel | RELEASED Kitten: A Novel | RELEASED The Responsible Party: A Novel | 8/11/2026 Mia | 8/11/2026 Death Card | 8/11/2026 Bound By Fury | 8/18/2026 First Summer | 8/18/2026 Hellbound | 08/28/2026 The Fractured Life of Lucy Hughes | 9/22/2026 Strange Lights | 10/6/2026 Reap & Sow | 10/6/2026 Nanny Nanny: A Novel | 11/17/2026 Viper & Lilies | 2/2/2027 Worth Playing For | 04/27/2027* Dreams of Ruin | 6/22/2027 Hollow's Scales | 07/07/2027*

*not currently on Pagebound

The Center of Fiction’s longlist for the first novel prize. 180 submissions narrowed to 19. Winner announced December 8th 2026