A short list for Shimona.
What if sometimes, we get to read novels with women protagonists whose identities don't revolve around being mothers?
<h3>When you're sick of this shit</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/banshee-9781948340106/9781948340113">Banshee</a> by Rachel DeWoskin</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-awakening-9780486277868/9780486277868">The Awakening</a> by Kate Chopin</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/two-serious-ladies/9780062283122">Two Serious Ladies</a> by Jane Bowles</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/nadja-on-nadja/9780998892351">Nadja on Nadja</a> by Tsipi Keller</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/my-year-of-rest-and-relaxation/9780525522133">My Year Of Rest And Relaxation</a> by Ottessa Moshfegh</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/problems-9781566894425/9781566894425">Problems</a> by Jade Sharma</li>
</ul>
<h3>Give me a weird little story, as a treat</h3>
(Short story collections)
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/salt-slow/9781250224774">Salt Slow</a> by Julia Armfield</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/her-body-and-other-parties-stories/9781555977887">Her Body And Other Parties</a> by Carmen Maria Machado</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/gutshot-stories/9780374175443">Gutshot</a> by Amelia Gray</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/unclean-jobs-for-women-and-girls-stories/9780062699855">Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls</a> by Alissa Nutting</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/things-we-lost-in-the-fire-stories/9780451495112">Things We Lost In The Fire</a> by Mariana Enríquez</li>
</ul>
<h3>Let's get spooky and/or mysterious</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/mexican-gothic/9780525620785">Mexican Gothic</a> by Silvia Moreno-Garcia</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/rebecca-9780380730407/9780380730407">Rebecca</a> by Daphne du Maurier</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/drive-your-plow-over-the-bones-of-the-dead-9780525541349/9780525541349">Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead</a> by Olga Tokarczuk</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/eileen/9780143128755">Eileen</a> by Ottessa Moshfegh</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/my-sister-the-serial-killer/9780525564201">My Sister, the Serial Killer</a> by Oyinkan Braithwaite</li>
</ul>
<h3>Make it Sci-Fi</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-space-between-worlds-9780593135051/9780593135051">The Space Between Worlds</a> by Micaiah Johnson</li>
</ul>
<h3>I don't know, I just want to read a good book!</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/how-the-one-armed-sister-sweeps-her-house-9780316536998/9780316536981">How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House</a> by Cherie Jones</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-dutch-house/9780062963680">The Dutch House</a> by Ann Patchett</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/yolk/9781534446007">Yolk</a> by Mary H.K. Choi</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/milkman-9781444841800/9781644450000">Milkman</a> by Anna Burns</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/self-portrait-with-boy/9781501169595">Self-Portrait with Boy</a> by Rachel Lyon</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/manhattan-beach-c6d34210-38a3-44d9-a0e2-ae75f0194bc7/9781476716749">Manhattan Beach</a> by Jennifer Egan</li>
<li><a href="https://bookshop.org/books/the-vegetarian/9781101906118">The Vegetarian</a> by Han Kang</li>
</ul>

Abigail Young

Fiction About Women Where Motherhood Is Not The Point

When you're sick of this shit

Give me a weird little story, as a treat

Let's get spooky and/or mysterious

Make it Sci-Fi

I don't know, I just want to read a good book!