Weird Girl Lit is my favorite genre BY FAR. Whether she's just strange, unhinged, or the girl you love to hate, these books are filled with women making questionable decisions, and I am here for it! These are the kind of books that leave you thinking...
Frances needs Elaine, but doesn't actually want her. So how do you keep someone around without having to tolerate them? You sedate them, of course.
Sedating Elaine: A novel
A governess plans a very special Christmas surprise. Gory, vengeful, and so satisfying.
Victorian Psycho: A Novel
A deep dive into the most personal, disgusting parts of someone's secret subconscious. Also, a great storyline.
Eileen: A Novel
A therapy transcriptionist becomes obsessed with a patient, orchestrates a “chance” meeting and things go very, very wrong.
Big Swiss: A Novel
One of the most memorable books I've ever read. A group of free-spirited sisters are villainized by the small-minded people in their small town. And they play along.
The Hounding: A Novel
A postpartum mother begins having strange cravings and her husband is…useless.
Nightbitch: A Novel
A book about female rage and eyeballs. So. Many. Eyeballs.
The Eyes Are the Best Part
The protagonist you love to hate. I support women's rights but I also support women's wrongs!
A Good Person
A woman floats around, merely existing, and going wherever opportunity takes her. And yet somehow, her weightless existence wreaks havoc on everything she blows over.
The Guest: A Novel
An estranged mother-daughter relationship. Obsession with beauty. And a cult.
Rouge: A Novel
Corporate success and existential dread leads to an absolutely wild, impulsive decision.
Discontent: A Novel
A robot built for male pleasure evolves to discover autonomy. And the exact thing her owner says he wants from her becomes the very thing he ends up hating about her. The paradox of the “perfect” woman.
Annie Bot: Sci-Fi Novel about Female Android
If a reality TV show went to extremes. How far would you go to get everything you ever wanted?
The Compound: A Novel
A protagonist you hate, and yet somehow can understand how she became who she is. This one is twisty - plot-wise, and emotionally.
Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
The pressure of societal expectation unravels a young woman's psyche, and we get to witness the entire thing, from the depths of her mind.
The Bell Jar: Timeless Coming-of-Age Classic
A natural disaster destroys her future plans and forces a woman to navigate life, now unmoored, making very questionable decisions along the way.
Hurricane Girl: A novel
Jealousy, resentment, & questionable decisions. I couldn't put this one down.