Hands down my favorite books to read are about women just going through something. I think it comes down to the character-driven-ness of it all, the deep self-reflections of the characters. I'm nosy AF, so I like being in someone else's head for a little bit. Here are some of my favorite books that fall into this category, and some that are high up on my TBR!

Prerequisites: Start Your Journey With These

• My Year of Rest & Relaxation by Otessa Moshfegh

• Play it As it Lays by Joan Didion

• Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors

• Luster by Raven Leilani

• The Guest by Emma Cline

• Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan

• Yellowface by R.F. Kuang

• Everyone in this Room Will Someday Be Dead by Emily Austin

• The Idiot by Elif Batuman

Underrated Gems: Books I Don't See Talked About Enough

• The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer

• Everything's Fine by Cecilia Rabess

• She's a Lamb by Meredith Hambrock

• Favorite Daughter by Morgan Dick

• Big Kiss, Bye-Bye by Claire Louise Bennett

• Seduction Theory by Emily Adrian

• Ripe by Sara Rose Etter

• I Hope This Finds You Well by Natalie Sue

• Bitter Sweet by Hattie Williams

New & Noteworthy: Recent and Upcoming Releases I Can't Shut Up About

• A Good Person by Kirsten King

• 200 Monas by Jan Saenz

• Harmless by Miranda Shulman

• The Adjunct by Maria Adelmann

• Other Women by Nicola Maye Goldberg

• Agnes Lives! by Hallie Elizabeth Newton

• Burnside by Devyn Defoe

• Girl's Girl by Sonia Feldman

• Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

What books would you put in this list? Let me know because I'm always dying to get my hands on another!