For riotgrrrl
This is quite hard at I pretty much only read books by and about women, and there are parts of most books that could be considered “tortured”. So my loose criteria were books that are set predominantly in the mind of the woman and deal with their mental illness or societally unconventional behaviour.
The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Mrs Dalloway - Virginia Woolf
Fear of Flying - Erica Jong
The Edible Woman - Margaret Atwood
I Love Dick - Chris Kraus
The Woman Destroyed - Simone de Beauvoir
The Vegetarian - Han Kang
Detransition, Baby - Torrey Peters
Milk Fed - Melissa Broder
Nightbitch - Rachel Yoder
A Touch of Jen - Beth Morgan
Cursed Bread - Sophie Mackintosh
Death Valley - Mellisa Broder
I got into a spiral last year where I began to mostly only read books about women who are going thru some shit. Would love to continue my journey if you have any additional recs! Here are the books I've read so far: My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
The Guest by Emma Cline
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Happy Hour by Marlowe Granados
Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux
Eileen by Ottessa Moshfegh
Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton (not completely tortured) for nicky999doors inspired by their my year of r&r rec <3
Fiction: In Watermelon Sugar-Richard Brautigan.
Bad Girls-Camila Sosa Villada.
Death in her Hands-Ottesa Moshfeg.
Mist-Miguel de Unamuno.
Animal-Lisa Taddeo.
This is Pleasure-Mary Gaitskill.
Death With Interruptions-José Saramago.
The Family of Pascual Duarte-Camilo José Cela (This one is extremely violent and graphic, so beware).
Flowers in the Attic-V.C Andrews.
100 Years of Solitude-Gabriel García Marquez. Non-fiction: Running With Scissors-Augusten Burroughs.
Educated-Tara Westover.
I’m Glad My Mom Died-Jennette McCurdy.
Books:
Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn
The Virgin Suicides - Jeffrey Eugenides
Fen - Daisy Johnson
We Have Always Lived In The Castle - Shirley Jackson
The Water Cure - Sophie Mackintosh
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories - Angela Carter
Films:
The Craft (1996)
Jennifer’s body (2009)
Bottoms (2023)
Carmilla (2019)
The Beguiled (2017) Tv:
Yellowjackets
