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items For the girls, gays, and theys who read like it’s a personality trait. This list has the plots that live rent-free in my head, the characters I’d fight for, and the vibes that hit at 2AM when you swore you’d just read one chapter.
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Now if you want a read that stays with you long after you close it - this is it. A Little Life? More like 'A Little Heartache' girl tf 💔😭💀 The amount of trauma packed in this book is insane and I’m so here for it 💅📖🖤
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara
Raw. Real. Painfully relatable.
Girl in Pieces is the book if you’re tired of sugarcoating things. It’s messy, emotional, and unapologetically real.
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Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow
Now this book is like Hollywood's messiest legend spilling all her tea - seven husbands, tons of drama, and zero regrets. It’s glamorous, chaotic, and gives us the real Hollywood behind the glitz. Expect laughs, twists, and wondering how anyone survi...
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Just finished If He Had Been With Me and I’m emotionally unwell in the best possible way. This book? It wrecked me, like, sobbing-on-the-bedroom-floor-at-2AM level. Autumn and Finny’s story is the slow-burn, childhood-friends-to-soulmates kind of lov...
If He Had Been with Me by Laura Nowlin
This book lowkey makes you think about your dreams and what you actually want in life. Super chill read, but somehow hits hard. Perfect if you’re just vibin’ and reflecting a bit. 🧡✨️
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Read this if you want emotional damage but in book form 😭 this story is basically a masterclass in “if they had just communicated for five minutes none of this would have happened.” childhood love, terrible timing, and decisions that will have you s...
If Only I Had Told Her - Laura Nowlin
This book is basically what happens when a one night stand turns into the softest, most wholesome slow burn ever 😭 chaotic life decisions, accidental pregnancy, and two people who are somehow awkward and adorable at the same time. came for the roman...
Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young
dragons, enemies to lovers, deadly training, and a main character who is just trying not to die every five minutes 💀 this book is basically chaos, tension, and dragon riding with the most dangerously attractive shadow boy you’ll ever read about. cam...
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros
this book feels like reading your older sister’s chaotic life stories about friendships, terrible dating choices, growing up, and slowly figuring out what love actually means 😅 it’s funny, a little messy, painfully relatable, and the kind of book th...
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton
this book is basically me but make it literary 😭 a rich girl decides to sleep her way through the year and ignore life’s chaos… somehow it’s darkly funny, painfully relatable, and will have you questioning your own energy levels and life choices ☕💊...
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
this book will emotionally destroy you and you’ll still recommend it to everyone 🫣 achilles and patroclus are literally giving me heart eyes and eternal pain at the same time. greek mythology, tragic romance, and the kind of slow burn that leaves yo...
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
this book hits different 😭 it’s about trauma, growing up too fast, and trying to put the pieces of yourself back together. painfully real, emotional rollercoaster, and the kind of story that stays with you long after the last page 💔✨📖
The Way I Used to Be by Amber Smith
ok so i started this book thinking “cool maybe a lil mystery” and now i’m 87% emotionally traumatized 😭 missing girls, creepy vibes, plot twists that hit harder than my life choices… basically the book equivalent of “don’t do this to yourself” but a...
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
warning: this book will absolutely destroy your soul in the softest way possible 😭 childhood love, tiny town drama, and too many “i can’t believe this is happening” moments. basically 10/10 for crying into your hoodie and wondering why love can’t ju...
A Thousand Boy Kisses by Tillie Cole
me: gonna read a wholesome romance
also me after 30 pages: emotionally destroyed, crying into my snacks, questioning my life choices 😩💔 this book is basically “here’s your slow burn romance, now also here’s your anxiety and unresolved feelings” 🔥�...
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yaros
normal people? more like absolutely not normal, emotionally exhausting, somehow still addictively readable people...? love, awkwardness, and too much thinking about texts you’ll never send 📖✨
Normal People by Sally Rooney
basically a family reunion gone terrifying 😳💔
twists, secrets, and drama so intense you’ll scream at the book like it personally offended you. perfect for people who love chaos, sarcasm, and feeling way too invested in fictional families 😏✨
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
the book equivalent of “i definitely should not have read this at 3 AM” 😭
twists so wild they’ll make you question your own decisions, characters you lowkey want to warn, and enough suspense to keep you glued like your last Netflix binge. perfect fo...
The Inmate by Freida McFadden
basically a “why did I start reading this at night?” book 😳
a husband’s wife disappears, there’s a creepy Scottish island, weird locals, and enough plot twists to make your brain do yoga. perfect for anyone who loves mind games and thinking way too ...
Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney
because apparently cultural appropriation needed a thriller… plot twists, shady authors, and bad decisions galore 💅 read it if you like your literary drama with a side of “wow, people really do that?” ✨
Yellowface By Rebecca F. Kuang
basically a love letter to bad life choices and awkward people who think gaming fixes everything… friendships, betrayals, and emotional chaos so messy you’ll question humanity girl. read it if you enjoy watching characters do everything wrong… and so...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zewin
who thought “what if i made every possible mistake in my life” needed a book? jumping through infinite realities because apparently one life of chaos wasn’t enough 💀 read it if you enjoy existential dread served with a side of “wow, humans are exhau...
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
a thriller for anyone who thinks family drama should come with murder and passive-aggressive texts. twists, lies, and secrets so messy you’ll wonder why people even have siblings 💀 read it if you enjoy watching people make terrible decisions… repeat...
The Wrong Sister by Claire Douglas
sooo apparently stalking, secrets, and small-town chaos needed a full-on thriller 😌 twists, lies, and shady characters so messy you’ll wonder how anyone survives 💀 read it if you enjoy watching people ruin their lives… and everyone else’s too 💅 ba...
No One Saw a Thing By Andrea Mara
a story about ambition, chaos, and people doing dumb stuff just to prove they exist...? characters so extra you’ll wonder how they even remember their own names 💀 read it if you enjoy watching humans flex their terrible decisions like it’s an art fo...
Butter by Asako Yuzuki
apparently we all need a guide for judging people like a psychopath…? twists, secrets, and shady vibes so extra you’ll wonder why humans weren’t canceled already 💀 read it if you enjoy watching characters make terrible decisions while pretending the...
The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey
umm sooo crying over missed chances in a cafe is peak literature. time travel, regret, and awkward conversations so painfully slow you’ll question why you didn’t just scroll TikTok instead 💀 read it if you enjoy watching adults make bad decisions, o...
Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
reading survive the night was basically watching a bunch of people make the worst decisions imaginable while pretending they’re smart. twists so messy you’ll wonder if the author just hit shuffle on “how to ruin your life” 💀 perfect for anyone who e...
Survive the Night by Riley Sager
reading kill joy is like watching someone try to solve a murder while making every bad decision possible… twists so extra you’ll wonder if the author just threw “chaos” into a blender because wtf 💀 perfect for anyone who enjoys stalking teenagers......
Kill Joy by Holly Jackson
reading the unfortunate side effects of heartbreak and magic is like watching someone mix emotional trauma with glitter and call it a fckn plot. romance, bad choices, and magical chaos so messy you’ll wonder if the author just went “let’s make everyo...
The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic by Breanne Randall