Summer season could also be coming to an finish, however that doesn’t imply Lit Woman Summer season has to finish — it’s a perpetual mind-set!
In case you missed it, permit us to fill you in. Elle not too long ago coined the time period “Lit Woman Summer season” to focus on all the celebrities and “it ladies” who love to learn. Really, what is healthier than spending a day on the seaside flipping by means of the pages of your newest learn whereas getting some solar? It’s one thing that we’re absolute professionals at, and although the summer time solar goes to go away earlier than we all know it, the mind-set that Lit Woman Summer season exudes lives on for all 4 seasons.
Whereas we’re 100% right here for Lit Woman Summer season, we will’t neglect to say the music ladies who’re taking on proper now: Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, and Sabrina Carpenter. After all, these three women are fairly busy touring, singing, and creating music, however we will’t assist however marvel what they might be studying. So, naturally, we curated a Lit Woman Summer season studying listing to match their energies.
Chappell Roan:
In the event you’ve in some way gone this complete summer time with out listening to the identify Chappell Roan, do you occur to reside below a rock?! Roan has taken the music business by storm, notably gaining fast reputation this summer time, all because of her exceptional expertise, show-stopping outfits, and her iconic HOT TO GO! dance. Roan’s vibe is difficult to explain in a single sentence, but when we had to, we might say that she is the second.
WHEN AMONG CROWS by Veronica Roth
A e book with excessive drama and robust girls. Plus, the primary chapter is offered in full by way of Lit Picks!
A cursed feminine zmora should unite together with her enemy — a monster slayer — to battle towards time and the wrath of the Chicago underworld on this “imaginative and ethereal” Slavic fantasy.
LADY MACBETH by Ava Reid
This protagonist induces insanity in males. A e book with numerous femininity and energy (a femininomenon?!)
Shakespeare’s boldest villainess makes use of her wiles and witchcraft to outlive an undesirable marriage to Lord Macbeth and reclaim her voice as soon as and for all.
HOUSEMATES by Emma Copley Eisenberg 
Advanced relationships = removed from “Informal.” A celebration of queer pleasure.
Two artists embark on a roadtrip throughout America, utilizing pictures and phrases to seize the world round them, whereas falling in love alongside the way in which.
LATE BLOOMER by Mazey Eddings
A scorching opposites-attract romance. “Cease the world simply to cease the sensation”-coded.
After successful the lottery, a younger lady places her cash in direction of a flower farm, however the farm’s rightful proprietor makes life all of the harder, particularly when hatred blossoms into love.
EVERYONE I KISSED SINCE YOU GOT FAMOUS by Mae Marvel
A small city woman turns A-list star. In the event you’ve kissed your finest buddy, learn this. Slightly dose of Roan’s “My Kink is Karma.”
Well-known A-list star returns house for the firs time in years, and comes face-to-face with the very best buddy she by no means acquired over.
COVER STORY by Rachel Lacey
A sapphic story concerning the worth of fame. Faux relationship turned actual romance.
A celeb is determined for a brand new bodyguard, however wants somebody who’s prepared to go undercover as her girlfriend to keep away from drawing extra media consideration — till the strains of actuality and fantasy start to blur, and emotions develop.
Charli XCX:
Who would’ve thought that Charli XCX’s newest album BRAT could be taking on the world? All people is aware of BRAT, even CNN and FOX are speaking about it. Charli is a music icon, and this summer time, it was onerous to go anyplace with out listening to the phrases “Brat summer time.” As a result of Charli has performed such a big position in creating the vibe of the summer time, it solely is sensible that these books could be on her TBR listing (in fact, for her to learn after she is finished celebrating Brat summer time). It’s onerous to place into phrases what Brat summer time actually is, however all we will say is that these books are BRAT authorized.
WHOEVER YOU ARE, HONEY by Olivia Gatwood
Explores loneliness and need. Play “Sympathy is a knife” on repeat as you learn.
On this debut novel, Gatwood tells the story of two girls who kind a detailed friendship, which leads them to confronting their pasts, which have overpowered their lives for a lot too lengthy.
THE GUEST by Emma Cline
Hamptons debauchery. Wild protagonist you’ll (in some way) root for. Delusion + extra.
A younger lady pretends to be anyone she isn’t on the East Finish of Lengthy Island, and also you’ll (in some way) root for her.
ALL FOURS by Miranda July 
Protagonist spirals right into a self-indulgent haze. Chaotic and impulsive. “I’d say one thing silly”-coded.
A semi-famous artist plans to drive cross-country from LA to NY. Shortly after leaving her husband and baby at house, she exits the freeway, and embarks on a totally totally different journey than what she deliberate.
MEN HAVE CALLED HER CRAZY by Anna Marie Tendler
What’s extra BRAT than sharing your most susceptible moments? Gender dynamics giving “[BOY] so complicated.”
A memoir by artist Anna Marie Tendler detailing her expertise in a psychiatric hospital, in addition to pivotal moments in her life that preceded and adopted. A robust story inspecting the unrealistic expectations and pressures girls face within the twenty first century.
BRAT by Gabriel Smith
Want we are saying extra?
A humorous and haunted novel with an unlikable protagonist (the “brat”) who’s grappling with grief, inheritance, and the ghosts of his previous.
LIARS by Sarah Manguso
Illuminates the messy, painful components of marriage. If Charli is “[thinking] about it on a regular basis,” the writer would really like a phrase!
A robust story concerning the challenges of being a mom, spouse, and artist, and the way marriage makes liars out of all of us.
Sabrina Carpenter:
Please Please Please add these books to your TBR listing, Sabrina! Carpenter has been gaining reputation for fairly a while now, however after her hit single “Espresso” was launched in April, it shortly grew to become the soundtrack for the summer time. Carpenter exudes a female vitality that’s so iconic, we simply had to incorporate her on this roundup — we love the whole lot about her, however her vogue (and excellent hair), vitality, and vibe are simply too good.
THE FINAL ACT OF JULIETTE WILLOUGHBY by Ellery Lloyd
A narrative full of obsession, revenge, and love (issues get “Vicious”). Thriller and plot twists.
Half a century after an artwork studio fireplace in Paris, two college students uncover the reality — the fireplace was no accident and there’s one thing way more sinister at play.
FUNNY STORY by Emily Henry
A steamy n’ candy romance story. Opposites entice (queue “Please Please Please”).
A librarian is so over her ex-fiancé, who left her for a brand new lady. The proper “win the breakup” revenge? Changing into roommates with the ex-fiancé of that new lady, as a result of he’s the one one who understands her predicament.
CALL IT WHAT YOU WANT by Alissa Derogatis 
The simple pull of wanting anyone who’s not good for you. For readers who’ve cried to “as a result of i favored a boy.”
A hopeless romantic falls for a closed-off man, and wonders if she will deal with a commitment-less situationship, or if she ought to settle for that some issues aren’t meant to be.
THE VILLAIN EDIT by Laurie Devore
If The Bachelor and Emily Henry had a e book child. For the individuals who favored the Disney villains greater than the princesses.
A romance novelist rises to the highest on a relationship recreation present, till she realizes the producer is her former one-night-stand — and he’s purposely giving her “the villain edit” to make her lose favor on the present, so he can have her all to himself.
HUMOR ME by Cat Shook
A major character too embarrassed to seek out real connection. Sabrina soundtrack: “Nonsense.”
Reeling from her mom’s demise, a younger skilled isn’t anticipating for her mom’s finest buddy to dive headfirst into her life, good-looking son in tow, and present her there’s a lot extra to life than simply getting by.
SWIFT AND SADDLED by Lyla Sage
Romantic western, the place work friendship turns into one thing extra. Main “Lonesome” vitality.
A robust and impartial inside designer falls for the cowboy who employed her, however she’s unsure if she’s prepared for a relationship, regardless of the lasso he has round her coronary heart.
