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The Guest

You get a peek into the life of a young escort barely holding up with drugs and manipulation to survive in a wealthy beach town.

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Acts of Service

This book plays with a ‘bisexual’ stereotype that is disturbing and bordering offensive - but that may be the whole point.

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Carol

One of Patricia Highsmith’s iconic classics. Cate Blanchett and lesbian yearning in the inevitably modest fifties.

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The Haunting of Hill House

A classic psychological thriller/horror. Eleanor gets willingly absorbed by the paranormal activity of the house in search of connection.

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The Girls

Captivating and eerie. The story of Evie who gets sucked into the Manson cult. Fantastic representation of the mind of a teenage queer girl and a treat for true crime cult lovers.

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Atalanta

A huntress, raised by bears and Artemis’ only human apprentice. Representing her she joins the Argo full of mythological male heroes. She discovers her capabilities and learns to stay true to her morals.

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Circe

A nymph finding her power in exclusion and isolation, full of witchcraft and animals. The best greek mythology retelling I have come across so far.

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The Song of Achilles

Achilles and Patroclus facing life, love and the Trojan war together. The best introduction to Greek mythology and a beautiful love story.

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ALL time favourites

FICTION

The Girls by Emma Cline

The story of a girl that gets sucked into the Manson family cult. Fantastic representation of the mind of a young teenage girl. Not focussed on Charles.

Circe by Madeline Miller

The best female greek mythology retelling I have come across so far. A woman finding her power in isolation, full of witchcraft and animals.

The Haunting of Hill House

A psychological thriller/horror. The main character gets willingly absorbed by the paranormal activity of Hill House in search of connection.

Nonfiction

Women don’t owe you pretty by Florence Given

A great summary of what everyone needs to hear about being a woman in all the noise of society.

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado

Memoir about her queer abusive relationship by one of the best writers of our time. Anything Carmen Maria Machado writes needs to be read.

Bluets by Maggie Nelson

Maggie’s dissection of her obsession with the colour blue with the undertone (overtone) of depression.