Hi! I am looking for books that center around intense, interesting and maybe toxic friendships between girls. Examples of the type of books im interestedin: Elena Ferrante: My brilliant friend, Margaret Atwood: Cat's eye, Toni Morrison: Sula, Beatrice Salvioni: The cursed friend
Any ideas of other books of this type? I want the relationship between these women to be the main focus, so no romance books etc with the friendship as a side plot
by am_lost_again
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Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel
All of the following have some element of real, raw, challenging, frustrating, deeply enmeshed female friendships:
The Bandit Queens by Parini Shroff
Bunny by Mona Awad
The Queen by Nick Cutter
Voice like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson
Ooh. Mayra by Nicky Gonzalez definitely fits this vibe!
The lion women of Tehran by Marjan kamali
Mina by Kim Sagwa is more main character focused but it is a short, wild ride
Are you open to intense sister relationship/friendship?
If so, All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
Katzenzungen by Martina Borger, Maria Elisabeth Straub