Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Thirteen top books about breakups

At Marie Claire Liz Doupnik tagged "some of the best books about breakups ... for whatever stage of relationship recovery you’re in." One title on the list:
Animal Instinct by Amy Shearn

In this upcoming sexy novel, Rachel is about a week into her life as a newly divorced mom when COVID-19 storms N.Y.C. where she lives, raises her children, and works as a UX designer. Now stuck at home and incredibly horny, Rachel immerses herself in the world of online dating, pushing her vibrator to its limits. After careful safety screenings, Rachel takes the sexting to the sheets, hooking up with random men for the first time in her life.

Though the wild nights are delicious, Rachel can’t shake a convo she had with her best friend about her ideal person. What attributes would she program into them? She has the chops to design those very characteristics into a chatbot—but will she?
Read about the other books on the list.

--Marshal Zeringue