Hi everyone! I wanted to share how this quest was curated, and how suggestions and new additions will be evaluated. This quest first and foremost celebrates women behaving badly, whether that's through revenge, selfishness, unhinged desire, or simply a loose screw. There are (thankfully) many examples of such women in every genre, but this quest leans towards the "weird girl lit fic" realm. Weird girl litfic isn't an official sub genre of course; it's more of a vibe, you know it when you see it. Books in this sub genre tend to be literary or contemporary fiction with some thriller and horror mixed in, which is reflected in the quest list.

For new additions, I will be prioritizing new releases. There may be some exceptions if I missed an excellent backlist book, but in general I want the quest list to grow with books that will be published in the months and years to come :) Right now, I'm going through books published in 2025 that would be excellent fits. What Hunger by Catherine Dang was just added - let me know which other standout titles were published in 2025 and I'll do some research!

There are some popular backlist titles I intentionally did not include since they're well represented in other Quests (for example, Gone Girl and Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil). Others fit the theme but not the genre (examples: Poppy War and Iron Widow).

Hope this clarifies the criteria and helps steer suggestions! Stay bad 🔪💄🚬

This is such a strong start to the book. I'm instantly hooked and care about the main character.

the month is wrapping up, and i'm curious how everyone's reading went this month 👀👀 were there any surprising/new favorites out of your reads this month?

i, for one, am lagging so behind on everything i wanted to read, but i'm hoping to catch up this weekend (sorry to everyone i started buddy reading with this month 😭😭) my favorite read this month was sorrowland by rivers solomon, which also earned me the botanical horror badge!

Any non natives who read this and would recommend it? High fantasy tends to be a little too much for me especially if the language is high level but the premise sounds so good. Same reason I shy away from Katabasis although I love Rebecca F. Kuang.

Since I 'found' contemporary romance last summer, I have not DNFd even one book, but sadly I just could not get into this one. I thought it was a me problem, like too much going on in the/my world so I couldn't get into it, but I started a different book and can't put it down. Love Emily Henry but this one was not for me.