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BOOKS TO DESTROY YOU
MUSIC TO HEAL YOU
&
ABSOLUTE BANGERS TO FLING YOUR SOUL BACK INTO YOUR BODY
Every week, I drop into your inbox with a trope coded playlist + at least one FREE book + a list of book recs that FEEL like
the ONE song that wrapped itself around my throat and refused to let go 🥵
And since this is Books & Bangers I’ll also drop at least one FREE book + a list of book recs that live inside the trope I’m absolutely living for that week
Sometimes they’re book recs I can’t stop thinking about and sometimes they’re new books I’m adding to my TBR. You never know what you’re gonna get around here. It’s always an adventure with your chaotic neutral book bestie.
Stream the song if it feels like a vibe
Listen to + save the playlist to stay in the emotional wreckage while you scroll the book recs
Grab whatever matches the level of emotional instability you’re aiming for
I only share official artist links. We support artists and authors around here.
We’re reliving our MySpace era, not our Napster era.
Pick your own adventure Books & Bangers style: music, books or both.
Swifties trade bracelets.
We trade books and breakdown-worthy bangers.
It’s basically the same thing 😏
Books & Bangers is where we escape this Fkd-up timeline together one emotional breakdown at a time
If there’s a song or artist you think I’d vibe with there’s a form below to submit the link. Artists are welcome to submit their own music for consideration. There are no guarantees I’ll feature it, but I’ll definitely listen. If I share a song or a book here it’s because it made me FEEL something and I want to talk about it.
And for my fellow mood reading menaces living with chronic FOMO
I’ll also include a quick rundown of
- new release books that are actually worth your time
- what I’m reading
- what I’m writing for YOU to read FREE next
- and because I’m an author too I’ll throw in a bundle of FREE ebooks to get you started just for jumping into the pit with us
Psst… All the books I write and publish will have a FREE to read option
(No, I’m not talking about Kindle Unlimited. Actually free.)
🔥 WHAT THE HELL IS BOOKS & BANGERS? 🔥
A community of 21k+ book dragons
hoarding books & talking music
with a weekly email drop where this black-hearted millennial shares the only things keeping me functional
The music I loop like it’s oxygen
Books that emotionally wreck me in the best possible way
&
Morally gray men I fall in love with on the page
Go ahead and sign up you know you want to add them to your emotional support playlists and TBRs too
Think of it like the school book fair for those of us rawdogging adulthood with playlists, books and exceeding the recommended daily limit of caffeine before noon.
But instead of bringing home scented pencils and Lisa Frank stationery, we’re:
- Mood reading based on ✨vibes✨
- Stuffing our Kindles with morally gray men who do sketchy things for the right reasons while saying cute lil’ things like “Touch her and DIE!“
- Adding songs that’ll emotionally wreck us to our playlists
- Probably hitting repeat to FEEL it again
- Definitely chugging Monster (or downing espresso) to stay upright
Books & Bangers is the book community
for when life is too loud
&
you need a book to hit like your favorite breakdown because you’re starting to feel numb again
but
your TBR is overwhelming & silently judging you
Obviously, you’re not going to grab one of those books
because you are NOT in the mood for passive aggressive inanimate objects today
So, you scroll through book recs
but everything on BookTok looks the same
Now you’re just doomscrolling
Sick of the brain rot, yet?
Wish you could find a book that hits the same nerve as the song you’re still gutted you’ll never be able to listen to for the first time again?
Hi! I’m Mandy. Your feral online book bestie.
Welcome to Books & Bangers
where books destroy us, the music heals us & the bangers bring us back to life
If that sounds like EXACTLY the vibe you’re craving then it’s time to admit you’re a FERAL BOOK B*TCH
and
Come get wrecked with us
😈
🔥 WHAT KIND OF BOOK RECS YOU’LL GET HERE 🔥
I’m a mood reader & read across genres
No! I’m not picking a favorite.
DARK ROMANCE, OBVIOUSLY
Morally grey men. Unhinged women.
Feral passion, high stakes and higher tension.
If it destroys me emotionally, I’m in.
STORIES WITH STRONG REBELLIOUS FMCs
I need the woman to know who she is and not give a single f*ck!
Bonus points if it’s witch coded & set in an academy.
I could binge watch Legacies constantly and never get tired of it.
ROMCOMS & BANTER
Sometimes I want emotionally devastating trauma-coded dark romance. Other times I want enemies-to-lovers arguing over office supplies with severed heads hanging from the ceiling.
It depends on the day.
SCI-FI & DYSTOPIAN
Red Rising. Scythe. Uglies. STAR WARS!!!!
The kind of books that make me rethink my political affiliations and reorganize my entire life at 3am.
CLASSICS I STILL GIVE A SHIT ABOUT
Wuthering Heights, Great Expectations, 1984…
The books I read young that permanently rewired me.
If it shaped my taste? It’s staying in the rotation.
Honestly the jump from Wuthering Heights to Haunting Adeline makes so much sense when I think about it…
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Every Sunday(ish), I drop:
🔥 The Banger of the Week — the song I’ve had on loop while writing or spiraling, usually both
🔥 Trope Coded Playlists — music that heals something in me but curated specifically for our trope of the week
🔥 The Breakdown — unhinged thoughts on the books I’ve been reading, the music in my headphones and creative life in general
+ a bonus layer of feral feminine chaos in its final form
🔥 The Creative Corner — a quick note from this indie author trying to earn a living during late-stage capitalism
about what I’m writing, what’s new and fresh for y’all to binge FREE + books from other authors I’m collaborating with
It’s unfiltered & unsanitized.
It’s loud.
It’s feral.
It gives “I’m chugging Monster at 2AM and making questionable decisions.”