Kirsty and Naomi discuss horror and metafiction in Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth and The Dollmaker by Nina Allan.

Also mentioned:

Femina by Janina Ramirez

Really Good, Actually by Monica Heisey

Kirsty and Naomi discuss two intersectional feminist books: Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman and My Body Keeps Your Secrets by Lucia Osborne-Crowley.

Also mentioned:

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

Little by Edward Carey

Kirsty and Naomi discuss two Latinx novels: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Slum Virgin by Gabriela Cabezón Cámara (translated by Frances Riddle).

Also mentioned:

On Sheep: Diary of a Swedish Shepherd by Axel Lindén (translated by Frank Perry)

Small Angels by Lauren Owen

Kirsty and Naomi discuss women in men’s worlds in The Falconer by Dana Czapnik and We Go Around in the Night and Are Consumed By Fire by Jules Grant.

Also mentioned:

Trespasses by Louise Kennedy

The Skeleton Key by Erin Kelly

Kirsty and Naomi discuss two crime novels: Take It Back by Kia Abdullah and The Khan by Saima Mir.

Also mentioned:

Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong

The Black Locomotive by Rian Hughes

Kirsty and Naomi discuss two anthologies about sex: Kink edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell and We Wrote in Symbols: Love and Lust by Arab Women Writers edited by Salma Dabbagh.

Also mentioned:

I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

Waiting for Ted by Marieke Bigg

Kirsty and Naomi discuss unconventional women in Out of the Shadows by Emily Midorikawa and The Fair Fight by Anna Freeman.

Also mentioned:

2:22 A Ghost Story by Danny Robins

The Trees by Percival Everett

Kirsty and Naomi discuss two books with older female protagonists: Tomb of Sand by Geetanjali Shree (translated by Daisy Rockwell) and Act of God by Jill Ciment.

Also mentioned:

All That Remains: A Life in Death by Sue Black

Black and Female by Tsitsi Dangarembga