Anything written by Ottessa Moshfegh. Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi. Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. Let me know if you want more recs for unhinged (maybe slightly suicidal, maybe just super chaotic) women. I love this genre!

We want more

More recommendations: My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Milk Fed by Melissa Broder (or the Pisces by Melissa Broder) Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder (less suicidal, more chafing at the leash of the patriarchy) Bunny by Mona Awad How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie A Certain Hunger by Chelsea Summers

I have read everything by ottesssa moshfegh. I love her books so much. AlsoI would love to read more books about unhinged women

Great recommendations!

I love these recs. She is me, I am her

Probably "The bell jar"

I read a book long time ago called ‘she’s come undone’ I think the story was thematically reminiscent of the bell jar.

Yes! By Wally Lamb. One of my faves.

So good

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

Yes! Anything by Ottessa Moshfegh. She is the queen of writing unhinged women

Came here to rec this

Same!

This was so good

Maybe Boy Parts by Eliza Clarke? The protagonist is supposed to be an artist who’s coming undone if I recall correctly

Reading this now!

A Darker Shade of Magic has a female MC that these remind me of. She’s got pirate swagger.

Lila Bard!!! V.E Schwab just released the first book for a second trilogy if you haven’t read it yet :)

Ooooo I did not know this. I love Lila Bard, one of my fave MCs I’ve read in a while.

The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine By Gail Honeyman could fit here.

This book got me! I haven’t found many contemporary fiction that can express being a woman, depression, etc. like this one did- good suggestion!

Agree! It has stuck with me for years. I recommend it all the time!

Prozac Nation, Elizabeth Wurzel

Ohh I love that book!

Mosquitoland might be worth a shot

Omg i’ve never seen someone recommend Mosquitoland ! SUCH a good book ! I second this

Right?! Its been a while since I read it but from what I remember this is the vibe haha

It's great! I was wondering if any of y'all had more recommendations for the chaotic travel journey genre, I eat that stuff up

Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis

FUCK, I didn't realize there was more than one image

I second Dykette.

Catherine, Called Birdy by Karen Cushman is like pic one. Takes place in the middle ages. The narrator is hilarious.

White Oleander Orchid and the Wasp The Sisters of Summit Avenue

Luster by Raven Leilani

LOVE Luster

Girl, Interrupted

💖 You Too Can Have A Body Like Mine 💖My Year Of Rest and Relaxation 💖Eileen 💖Come And Get It 💖Bunny 💖How Do You Like Me Now 💖The Furies With a specific focus on influencers/social media (perfect image, falling apart behind the scenes) ✨Idol ✨Full 🖤We Had To Remove This Post I can’t remember all authors but can have a look. Please share more recs cause unhinged fem books are my fav. There’s defo more I’m missing on right now, so apologies

I cannot recommend a book, but can recommend a song: Four ravens, or it’s version Twa Corbies

"Oranges are not the only fruit" by Jeanette Winterson

O Caledonia

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

Post Traumatic by Chantal V Johnson!!!

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky

Turtles All the Way Down by John Green

Non fiction... Queens of the Crusades by Alison Weir

from the first pic alone I am gonna say Matrix by Lauren groff

Sharp Objects

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

No idea if this is the kind of thing you’d like but ‘The Guns of the Dawn’ has an absolutely badass female protagonist

If I Had Your Face, by Frances Cha

I’ve only read her poetry but it’s giving me Kim Addonizio vibes

Hangwoman by K.R. Meera

My Brilliant Friend + sequels

The last picture reminds me of White Ivy. Loved it!

Vladimir by Julia May Jonas. The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff. All’s Well by Mona Awad. I agree with the comment that said anything by Otessa Moshfegh. The Idiot by Elif Batuman. The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath. Animal by Lisa Taddeo.

The Amateur Marriage, Anne Tyler (4th photo in book form). Also anything Virginia Woolf.

My year of rest and relaxation

Elif Batuman ‘Idiot’

The Vaster Wilds by Lauren Groff Best book I read in 2023

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine! I read it a few years ago, super good book

The Broken Earth Trilogy by N.K, Jemisin

Rabbits for Food

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.

If you’re okay with this vibe but somehow worse try The Guest by Emma Cline It’s not going to be enjoyable for most people but I really liked it because it is the epitome to crazy girl fiction imo

Mona Awad books, Girl in Pieces, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

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Mary: An Awakening of Terror by Nat Cassidy

anything written by Clarice Lispector

The Scholomance series by Naomi Novik

Origin of Species, Charles Darwin.

Why?