For many people out there, the Hallmark holiday of Valentine’s Day is just the kind of norm-confirming, rude baloney that deserves to be relegated to the back of the calendar. Hence, we’re here to help! Here are some books that will get you through this irritating, “romance”-focused, is-it-over-yet ordeal of a day.
๐ Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
๐ Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from Historyโwithout the Fairy-Tale Endings by Linda Rodrรญguez McRobbie
๐ Difficult Women by Roxane Gay
๐ All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister
๐ How to Be a Person in the World by Heather Havrilesky
๐ The Lonely City by Olivia Laing
๐ Everywhere I Look by Helen Garner
๐ The Breakup Monologues: The Unexpected Joy of Being Heartbreak by Rosie Wilby – check out episode 28 and our interview with the author.
๐ The Unexpected Joy of Being Single by Catherine Gray – check out the book club session on this read.
Are there any books you love to read when you are just living your life to the largest being single?