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Bookmarked & Binge-Worthy: Top Picks

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Marnie

Come explore my bookshelf! These are the books that have crossed my path and earned a spot on this list, covering everything from thrilling escapes to comforting non-fiction. Each book is a personal journey, you'll find the details: a little summary,...

A young girl driven to psychosis under the societal pressures of South Korea, things just get more and more disturbing.. - 10/10!!
Fiction | Coming-Of-Age

'Mina' by Kim Sagwa

Kenji is hired to take an American tourist out to see the night life; he begins to suspect the man is a serial killer.. - Pretty good!! 9/10!
Fiction | Psychological Thriller/Horror

'In the Miso Soup' by Ryu Murakami

Follows the rotting discontent of Dorotea after she offs herself, doomed to wander as a ghost and come to terms with her choice. - Really good!! 7.5/10!
Fiction | Gothic/Dark Contemporary

'Hollow Heart' by Viola Di Grado

Teen girl sneaks out to experience nightlife; loss of innocence and the radical acceptance of tragedy, danger, and trauma. - Really good read! 8/10!!
Fiction | Noir/Horror

'Cornucopia' by Lindsay Amaris Temple

Five different women and their interconnected paths to a surreal paradisal home after escaping men in an oppressive patriarchy. Why have I never seen anyone talk about this? - Amazing feminist classic! 10/10!!
Fiction | Magical Realism

'Women Without Men: A Novel of Modern Iran' by Shahrnush Parsipur

A couple with loads of emotional baggage move to an isolated small town where everyone avoids them and weird stuff begins to happen.. - The ending shocked me even though you know its coming! 8/10!!
Fiction | Quiet Horror/Weird Fiction

'The Country Will Bring Us No Peace' by Matthieu Simard - Translated by Pablo Strauss

An asteroid is going to hit earth in two months, it brings teens together with very different backgrounds to live life to the fullest. - Interesting read, 7/10!
Fiction | Apocalyptic/Dystopian

'We All Looked Up' by Tommy Wallach

Teen girls with a dangerous taste for violent revenge, intimate affairs with androids, mirrors reflect.. too much… - Good! 6/10!!
Fiction | Psychological Horror

'Angel Meat' by Laura Lee Bahr

Two murderous women unabashedly flip the script and treat men with the same callous violence that the two women were forced to endure. - AMAZING!! 10/10!!!
Fiction | Noir/Psychological Thriller

'Baise-Moi (R@pe Me)' by Virginie Despentes

Iceland implements a “sensitivity assessment” meant to measure empathy, affording better living standards and opportunites for those who pass - Utopia vs Dystopia. 10/10!!
Fiction | Speculative Fiction/Dystopian

'The Mark' by Fríða Ísberg

P0rns influence is impossible to avoid. This book unpacks the damage it does to us. - 7.5/10!
Non-Fiction | Gender & S3xuality Studies

'P0rnland: How P0rn Has Hijacked Our S3xuality' by Gail Dines

Two twins ~ One is put together, the other is a bit of an unhinged self-destructive mess. Potentially catastrophic, Family dysfunction, and Emotional manipulation - 9/10!!
Fiction | Domestic Fiction

'Cassandra at the Wedding' by Dorothy Baker

Foster kid put into a family and indoctrinated into a religious cult; She's subsequently set to be married off to the elderly cult leader. - 7/10!!
Fiction | Transgressive Fiction/Bizarro Fiction

'Stupid Children' by Lenore Zion

A Nereid presiding over an after-life realm inhabited by women who jumped off waterfalls; legends and stories exploring different facets of sacrifice, grief, and su!ci!de. - 10/10!!
Fiction | Psychological/Emotional Drama

'Waterfall Girls' by Kimberly White

A viking girl Folkui is a little bit TOO in love with her brother, Aslakr. To the point that she would do anything to keep him for herself. - 8/10!!
Fiction | Coming-of-age/Dark Contemporary

'First Comes Summer' by Maria Hesselager

Four women working the night shift at a factory get involved in a cover-up when one of them ends her husband in self-defense. Fraying patience, Time running out, and blackmail. - 10/10!!!
Fiction | Feminist/Social Commentary

'Out' by Natsuo Kirino

Crime and punishment if it was about a Greek grandmother (who happens to pick young girls) and focused on the plight of women, torment, guilt, and twisted motivations. - 7/10!
Fiction | Tragedy/Social Commentary

'The Murderess' by Alexandros Papadiamantis

Journalist Camille Preaker returns to her hometown in Missouri to cover the slaying of two teen girls. Traumatic pasts intertwine with the current crimes… mommy issues… wild twists… - SOO Worth reading!! 10/10!!
Fiction | Domestic Suspense

'Sharp Objects' by Gillian Flynn

Little girl raised by bisexual cannibal mom and forced to assist her with luring in prey. - I found the POV very unique, an utterly tragic, aching wreck that demands you bear witness. 9/10!!
Fiction | Magical Realism/Social Commentary

'The Lamb' by Lucy Rose

Follows the Cleveland family 11 years after 9 year old Robin was found hung in their own yard; his sister becomes obsessed with solving his crime.. - Pretty good 6/10!
Fiction | Southern Gothic

'The Little Friend' by Donna Tartt

Full of commentary on womanhood, philosophy and beauty. - This is a really good book! 10/10!!
Fiction | Modernism

'Near to the Wild Heart' by Clarice Lispector

A collection of letters/poetry that both broke and mended me. - 10/10!
Non-Fiction | Epistolary/Philosophical

'Letters to a Young Poet' by Rainer Maria Rilke

The feminine urge to Rot into a forbidden fruit. A story rich into religious imagery, gothic antidotes and fever dream writing. - 10/10!!
Fiction | Feminist/Queer Literature

'Paradise Rot' by Jenny Hval

A dystopian and speculative read showcasing the patriarchy, womanhood, and how we survive. - 10/10!!!
Fiction | Speculative Fiction

'I Who Have Never Known Men' by Jacqueline Harpman