For The Girl Reinventing Herself

1. Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong — A woman returns home after a breakup to care for her father with dementia. She slowly reassembles her sense of self in the mundane beauty of everyday life.

2. Milk Fed by Melissa Broder — A calorie-counting, control-obsessed woman begins to unravel—physically, emotionally, and spiritually—after meeting an Orthodox Jewish woman who changes everything she thought she knew about desire.

3. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion — This book is about loss and how we reconstruct ourselves in the ruins.

4. Writers & Lovers by Lily King — A struggling writer in the aftermath of heartbreak and parental loss navigates love, debt, doubt, and dreams, all while refusing to give up on the version of herself she believes in.

5. Untamed by Glennon Doyle — A bold call to break free from the expectations you’ve outgrown and to choose a life that feels true, no matter how wild it looks from the outside.

6. The Lonely City by Olivia Laing — An introspective exploration of loneliness, art, and identity.

7. Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton — A memoir full of chaos, mistakes, and realizations that remind you that reinvention doesn’t have to be graceful.

8. Nightbitch by Rachel Yoder — A stay-at-home mom begins to believe she’s turning into a dog.

9. Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson — A poetic exploration of love, fear, masculinity, and vulnerability. This is for the girl learning to allow herself to feel again, even if it scares her.