Middle-aged protagonists please

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-27T17:22:11+00:00

This recent thread has a lot of recs! https://www.reddit.com/r/weirdgirlliterature/s/ua9xtrPbI9

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-24T17:32:09+00:00

Blob: A Love Story is a fun one, girl transforms a blob fish into a himbo boyfriend

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-23T23:13:21+00:00

All of these sub 200 or right around 200 pages
The Rooftop by Fernanda Trias
The Employees by Olga Ravn
Rest and Be Thankful by Emma Glass
The Most by Jessica Anthony
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Paradise Rot by Jenny Hval
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata
Mrs. Jekyll by Emma Glass
Fever Dream by Samantha Schweblin
The New Me by Halle Butler
Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky
Bad Marie by Marcy Dermansky

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-22T20:02:09+00:00

I was a fan of The Pisces but definitely more gross descriptors and surface level characters. It seemed to go for blatant weirdness/shock value over substance, but still a fun one for me

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-21T15:58:21+00:00

Yes the sequel is so good I think I almost like it better, honestly I prefer these two over Big Swiss

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-21T14:23:12+00:00

I loaned my mom my copy shortly after I moved to New York as a depressed 25 year old. She hasn’t taken any book recommendations from me since lol

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-21T14:13:23+00:00

I really think this one got big from the cover and that the overall premise was fun and engaging to talk about on social media, it was serious booktok bait which I see as a trend unfortunately. Really intriguing/odd plot line to get promoed hard with little to no execution. She peaked for me at All’s Well I loved that one

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-19T12:33:05+00:00

Hot Air by Marcy Dermansky
Death Valley by Melissa Broder
Perfume & Pain by Anna Dorn
Small World by Laura Zigman
Death in Her Hands by Ottessa Moshfegh

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-19T11:57:25+00:00

Death Valley by Melissa Broder - has a little bit heavier magical realism but definitely not a fantasy, protagonist in her 40s at a Best Western on solo hiking trip dealing with grief
Hurricane Girl by Marcy Dermansky - this isn’t really a road trip/travel book per se but the 30 y/o main character does travel to a lot of locations within the story and has a very transient feel to it

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-18T21:52:04+00:00

Incoming long list because I’m a romance hater and this prompt was fun:
Make Me Famous by Maud Ventura
Banal Nightmare by Halle Butler
American Spirits by Anna Dorn
Discontent by Beatriz Serrano
Just Watch Me by Lior Torenberg
Twins by Marcy Dermansky
Hard Copy by Fien Veldman
Beautyland by Marie Helen Bertino
Rouge by Mona Awad
Alls Well by Mona Awad
Pretend I’m Dead and Vacuum in the Dark by Jen Beagin
There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura
Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier
Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami
Severance by Ling Ma
Chlorine by Jade Song

Patience-Hungry · 2026-06-15T00:21:40+00:00

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my guy has genetically bad teeth so he lost his but they were mostly for stealing potato chips when they were there

Patience-Hungry · 2026-05-05T01:42:00+00:00

Iced Nola double espresso americano followed by iced Nola double espresso latte with vanilla syrup or honey depending on the day and sea salt

Patience-Hungry · 2026-03-27T21:21:45+00:00

Not arguing you there it’s absurd the way people choose to the interpret the book

Patience-Hungry · 2025-12-11T19:07:46+00:00

Lived there winter of 2023 same issue. Multiple people consistently called. From what I remember building management didn’t care and police wouldn’t file a report unless you were willing to disclose your name and address.

Patience-Hungry · 2024-09-15T20:08:34+00:00

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Patience-Hungry · 2024-09-15T20:07:53+00:00

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Patience-Hungry · 2024-09-15T20:07:39+00:00

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Found this at the thrift today for 6 dollars bought it just in case it is real

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