CELEBRATE SINGLES DAY WITH OUR FAVORITE #SOLOSTORIES

Happy Singles Day! In China, friends present their single friends with gifts, and it’s become the biggest shopping day of the year. We’d like for this to become a holiday in the U.S., but until then let’s celebrate the freedom and fun that comes with being solo. We’ve compiled our favorite books, TV shows and movies about single women so you can enjoy the day.

Single life:

Great non-fiction books about living on your own.

• “I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself” by Glynnis MacNicol

• “Party of One: Be Your Own Best Life Partner” by Meghan Keane

• “All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation” by Rebecca Traister

  Chapters One and Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapters Four and Five

  Chapters Six and Seven

  Chapters Eight, Nine and Ten

• “Single” by Nicola Slawson

• “Thrive Solo” by Lucy Meggeson

SoloStories:

This is our features in which we explore books, films and TV shows that show single women navigating their lives – but romance is not the main component.

• Alphabet mystery series by Sue Grafton

• “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”

• “Somebody Somewhere”

• “The Paris Novel” by Ruth Reichel

• “The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies” by Alison Goodman

• “Spy”

• “Broad City”

• “How to Die Alone”

• “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig

• “Hacks”

• “Girls Trip” and “Joy Ride”

• “Elsbeth” and “The Residence”

• “Flying Solo” by Linda Holmes

• “All Grown Up” by Jami Attenberg

• “Ocean’s Eight”

• “Table for One” by Emma Gannon