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Get Into #sadgirlsummer with Our Lost Girl Reading List
Ready to lean into the #sadgirlsummer vibe of Lost Girl? We've got you!
Get ready for Seattle Rep's first Young Rep Production of the season with our picks for the perfect Lost Girl-inspired reading list that successfully captures the bittersweet, nostalgia-tinged beauty of growing up (just like playwright Kimberly Belflower did when she wrote Lost Girl).
We couldn't pick just 10, so read on for Seattle Rep's Top 14 #sadgirlsummer Lost Girl Bookspiration List (in alphabetical order):
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1. Isabel Allende – The House of the Spirits
A magical realism novel with a multi-generational story of love and political upheaval.
2. Margaret Atwood – The Robber Bride
Three women mourn friendships and betrayals by one unforgettable, manipulative "friend".
3. Judy Blume – Forever
From first love to first heartbreak. A teen romance ends in bittersweet devastation.
4. Laura Esquviel – Like Water for Chocolate
Forbidden love, repression, and longing simmer through food, magic, and sorrow.
5. Jeffrey Eugenides – The Virgin Suicides
The mysterious deaths of a family of teenage girls haunt the boys who loved them from afar.
6. Jas Hammonds – We Deserve Monuments
Buried family secrets, grief, and queer love collide one aching summer.
7. Gabrielle Korn – Long Island Girls
Friendship, loss, and identity unravel amid nostalgia, longing, in a complicated queer love story.
8. Ryan La Sala – The Honeys
A grief-stricken twin uncovers his deceased sister's dark secrets at a summer camp that is steeped in dread.
9. Rachel Lippincott – The Lucky List
A young woman who is grieving her mother chases a bucket list before she leaves home.
10. Coco Mellors – Cleopatra and Frankenstein
A whirlwind marriage unravels into addiction, grief, and self-destruction.
11. Carrie Mesrobian – Summer Work
A lonely teen's messy summer romance explores desire, grief, and self-discovery.
12. Erin Morgenstern – The Night Circus
A star-crossed love story between magicians that unfolds in melancholic, dreamy, doomed enchantment.
13. Ruth Ozeki – A Tale for the Time Being
A despondent teen's diary connects two lives across grief, time, and despair.
14. Sylvia Plath – The Bell Jar
A young woman's spiral into depression, told over the course of a stifling, claustrophobic summer.
Now that we've set the mood, are you ready to experience the magic of Lost Girl on stage? Get tickets today—this show runs August 7–16.
