I‘ve read a few books about women on the verge that spiral out or break free from societal norms and I’d love more to pick from! Some examples of past reads that I feel fit this are My Year of Rest and Relaxation, Wish Her Safe at Home, and Invisible Monsters. Open to modern and classical fiction!
by calibignats
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I thought you wanted women spiraling and was going to offer my personal 2024 journal.
Have you already read:
{{Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder}}
{{Bunny by Mona Awad}}?
Morvern Callar by Alan Warner
All Fours by Miranda July
The Guest by Emma Cline
The Vegetarian by Han Kang is a good one
The Eyes are the Best Part by Monica Kim
Chlorine by Jade Song
The Days of Abandonment by Elena Ferrante might fit what you’re looking for!
boy parts by eliza clark
the yellow wallpaper
drive your plow over the bones of the dead
the edible woman
eileen
The Awakening by Kate Chopin… this novella has always stuck with me!
Daddy’s Gone A-hunting by Penelope Mortimer
Animal by Lisa Taddeo! And of course, The Bell Jar
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao(and its sequel Heavenly Tyrant)
She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan