The best books inspired by fairy tales

Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby: Scary Fairy Tales Book cover of The Snow Child Book cover of Boy, Snow, Bird Book cover of The Bloody Chamber

The best and creepiest modern short story collections by women

Book cover of Slash-Her Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of Good Girls Don't Die Book cover of How Lovely To Be a Woman: Stories and Poems Book cover of White Trash and Recycled Nightmares

The most deliciously dark horror novels that are more sad than scary

Book cover of Die Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker Book cover of The Last House on Needless Street Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of The Ocean at the End of the Lane Book cover of Doll Bones

The best gothic novels that explore different types of grief

Book cover of Such Pretty Flowers Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of A Lesson in Vengeance Book cover of The Last Heir to Blackwood Library Book cover of She Is a Haunting

The best magical realism books by women writers

Book cover of The Girl in the Flammable Skirt: Stories Book cover of By Light We Knew Our Names: Stories Book cover of The Rock Eaters: Stories Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of Orange World and Other Stories

The best speculative, strange, and magical short story collections written by women

Book cover of Sarahland Book cover of Fen: Stories Book cover of Out There: Stories Book cover of St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

The best queer horror books with spine-chilling settings

Book cover of What Moves the Dead Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of The Bayou Book cover of The Luminous Dead Book cover of Overworked & Underpaid

The best books in which mystery is given an existential makeover

Book cover of Room to Dream Book cover of The New York Trilogy Book cover of The Natashas Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of Kafka on the Shore

The best queer books across time & genre

Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of Gideon the Ninth Book cover of Two or Three Things I Know for Sure Book cover of The Angel of History: A Novel Book cover of Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002)

The best speculative fiction books for dismantling the patriarchy

Book cover of The Black Tides of Heaven Book cover of Too Much Flesh and Jabez Book cover of Geek Love Book cover of Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Book cover of The Fifth Season

Want books like Her Body and Other Parties?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like Her Body and Other Parties.

Book cover of The Fifth Season Book cover of Kafka on the Shore Book cover of Gideon the Ninth Book cover of The Luminous Dead Book cover of The Black Tides of Heaven Book cover of Geek Love

Browse books like Her Body and Other Parties

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in the patriarchy, presidential biography, and feminism?

The Patriarchy 96 books
Presidential Biography 20 books
Feminism 394 books