1. "What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding" by Kristin Newman
Sitcom writer Kristin Newman, instead of following in all of her friends footsteps and settling down, used her independence wisely, spending weeks at a time traveling around the world. Her memoir is a testament to how the single, childless life is just as fulfilling. Read here!
2. "Eligible" by Curtis Sittenfeld
In this modern retelling of "Pride and Prejudice," the Bennet family is still chaotic as ever, but instead of a wannabe spinster, "Liz" is a magazine writer in her 30s trying to quell her mother's fears of letting her sister Jane (who's nearing 40, the horror) go unmarried much longer. It's the story we love -- with a feminist kick. Read here!
3. "The People We Hate at the Wedding" by Grant Ginder
Now a film on Prime Video, "The People We Hate at the Wedding" is a story of family dynamics at its heart, but getting to the point is so, so fun. While Paul and Alice's half-sister Eloise prepares to get married in a fancy schmancy London to-do, the siblings come to terms with their own jealousies and (not-so) subtle unhappiness in their own relationships. Read here!
4. "All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation" by Rebecca Traister
As Rebecca Traister dives into an investigation into the social factors behind the rising median age of first marriages and percentage of unmarried women, she realizes that the single life isn't a modern phenomenon. If you're thriving as an older, single woman, or even if you're happily married, find new perspective in this thought-provoking look at American life. Read here!
5. "The Is How You Lose Her" by Junot Díaz
The heart is a fickle b*tch, a truth explored through a number of stories and characters in "This Is How You Lose Her," including that of Yunior, who's longing for love but can't quite seem to figure it out. Read here!
6. "Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings" by Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Forget the fairy-tale, you say! Give us the gritty and unfortunate! Meet the real-life princesses from throughout history whose stories are not quite tied up in a neat bow, like Princess Stephanie von Hohenlohe, who was a Nazi spy, or Princess Lakshmibai who went to war with her toddler son on her back. Read here!
7. "The Museum of Heartbreak" by Meg Leder
In this cute YA, Penelope, nursing a broken heart, decides to create her own Museum of Heartbreak, made up of mementos that remind her of what could've been from her lost relationships. Read here!