29-06-2025
Weird Girl Fiction Books
Weird girl summer is officially upon us — the beaches smell like Carroten and cocoa butter, and the sand is crawling with hotties. But that icky safe sleazy guy pretending to read The 48 Laws Of Power "for the bit" won't stop staring at you.
Readily, you reach into your tote and pull out a soft copy of one of these modern and not-so-modern classics to intimidate his overperformative act. I bring you the 13 best beach reads for your weird girl soul. Don't forget to reapply your SPF, girlie, these are real page-turners:
Kitten Tits by Holly Wilson
In Holly Wilson's Kitten Tits, you will follow Molly, a rambunctious 10-year-old girl and navigate her journey through girlhood by way of visceral, sugar-rushed poetry that reads like a body horror ballet. Divine, queasy, and absolutely wild.
A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan
Beth Morgan delivers an absurdist psychosexual death spiral for the social media age. In A Touch of Jen, you will dive deep into the minds and lives of a couple engaging in a parasocial relationship with an influencer, not too far off from our modern landscape, until she manifests into their reality, both upright and horizontally.
Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda
Stride your leather-covered ass into the gritty, genderf*cked, swirl of Latina rage and girl gang shenanigans in Dahlia de la Cera's Reservoir Bitches. It's Reservoir Dogs meets feminism, with enough biting humor and ruthless clarity to remind you that you have more power than you think.
The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste by Jane & Michael Stern
If you're a staunch believer in the philosophy of the coveted John Waters, "To understand bad taste, one must have very good taste." Then, rummaging through the cursed thrift store that is The Encyclopedia of Bad Taste is just the thing to read while baking in the sun. The Sterns take you on a ride in a tribute to everything from kitsch to cultural cringe. Embrace your inner caftan aunt, who knows what's up.
Rouge by Mona Awad
Miss Mona Awad moisturizes your skin and glosses your lips while exploring otherworldly portals and mother wounds in this gothic beauty horror.
Belly Up by Rita Bullwinkel
A collection of short stories takes you on a tour of the absurd, bizarro, and melancholic as you meet talking corpses, lonely girls, and take on metaphysical grief with a side of sardonic. If you want your fiction like the oysters percolating in the tide pool inches away, you will fall in love with Belly Up.
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
The ferality of motherhood is turned up to full throttle in Nightbitch. This satire explores feminine power through rage, hunger, and fur. Our main character, Mother, is Rachel Yoder's personal avatar in this ode to domestic reinvention.
Goddess of Filth by V. Castro
V. Castro doesn't give us just another possession story. You will follow a group of Latina teens as they navigate Catholic guilt, rage, and reclamation. Scare off the preformative asshole eyeing you on the beach while summoning ancient goddesses and scratch off half of your summer plans in one read.
Weird Fucks by Lynne Tillman
Minimalist sleaze is what can only describe Lyne Tillman's world of existential hussydom as you read about the nihilistic take the many different lovers and cities of our protagonist in Weird Fucks. It's not about the desire for our uniquely unnamed main character; it's about watching yourself not.
Hard Copy by Fien Veldman
Let's keep it a buck; you'll never see a printer the same way again. And depending on just how weird you are, you won't even care.
The Doloriad by Missouri Williams
Enter a post-apocalyptic world full of deformed messiahs and grotesque semi-Catholic horror. The end of civilization as we know it is told in gorgeous biblical fever that might take you back to The Lord of the Flies. I mean, if you went to eighth grade in hell.
Wetlands by Charlotte Roche
The world of Wetlands is a gross combination of a feminist manifesto and an anti-shame manifesto through the eyes of Helen, a teenage girl obsessed with her changing not obsessed enough with a bottle of Monistat. Oh well, I guess it's just one of those things you learn along the musty, embarrassing road that is girlhood.
And Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval
A queer biology student living abroad in a moldy house finds herself in a relationship that blurs the lines between the sensual and surreal. Cerebrally soaked, Paradise Rot is a dreamy exploration of the body and boundaries — perfect for the moist sea air.
Happy beach hopping and man scaring, my delightfully odd babes!
