If you didn’t already know, libraries are brat. In the spirit of brat summer – inspired by Charli XCX, Gen Z, and the internet – we have some recommended reading for the masses.
Down the Drain by Julia Fox
Bunny by Mona Awad
All Fours by Miranda July
My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh
Check It Out
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
No One is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino
Circe by Madeline Miller
Tell Me I’m an Artist by Chelsea Martin (Local Pick)
Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters
The Guest by Emma Cline
Normal People by Sally Rooney
Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder
Cleopatra and Frankenstein by Coco Mellors
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
Other People’s Clothes by Calla Henkel
A Touch of Jen by Beth Morgan