darkly cerebral novels exploring intimacy, identity, and woman/queer inner lives
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queer lit
the female experience
others
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trans women explore the meaning behind their existence via horror
persona - aoife josie clements
queer western but with hippos
american hippo - sarah gailey
lesbian love manifests like a fungus and consumes
paradise rot - jenny hval
a woman is trapped in a strange world in which she is alone and must survive
the wall - marlen haushofer
a mother's love turned frankenstein-esque monster
monstrilio - gerardo sámano córdova
poetic story about an indigenous woman's youth
split tooth - tanya tagaq
queer lit
novels exploring the queer experience
the idea of queerness sneaking up behind you like a wolf in the dark. you no longer are able to hide who you truly are
grey dog - elliot gish
collection of stories centered around trans women. sci-fi, slice of life, etc
stag dance - torrey peters
girls are scary. especially when they turn into dogs
the hounding - xenobe purvis
lesbian western about a girl on the run
upright women wanted - sarah gailey
classic lesbian literature
tipping the velvet - sarah waters
horror novel about lesbians and the deep sea
our wives under the sea - julia armfield
manga about an adult woman in japan coming to terms with being a lesbian. tw for self harm, ed
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness - Nagata Kabi
canadian novel about a christian girl turned queer sex worker. explores the queer identity very well. support local authors
all hookers go to heaven - angel b.h
a dystopian fiction about a future where government and advanced technology criminalized transgender people... told through the lens of incarcerated trans woman. scarily relevant
valid - chris bergeron
the female experience
what is it to be born and deemed a woman?
you know nothing but women and being alone. it is all you will ever know. but why?
i who have never known men - jacqueline harpman
a woman is psychic but only with her mother, who is currently lost
mother of god - sara peters
a girl covered in mushrooms comes to terms with who she, and all women, truly are.
wife shaped bodies - laura cranehill
others
mix of horror, sci-fi, and other recs
exploring the life of a boy born as a fly
dengue boy - michel nieva
a retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher starring strange rabbits and weird fungi
