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!
created by aliyahmk
last updated April, 2026
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Fantastic list! Seconding Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval for this
epic list!! if it was a quest i would already have a bronze
aliyahmkOP
no way miranda! you’re so prolific!
this is such a cool list omg! I think notes of a crocodile by qiu miaojin would fit — it's not a horror, but it is a dark comedy that contains several surrealist elements. and it's very much queer!
There we go - that’s my list
