Recs if you like Slaughterhouse-Five...
Rory Gilmore: Reading list🩷
A list of every book Rory Gilmore is seen reading in the series ‘Gilmore Girls’
Books not included on the list
- various biographies by Winston Churchill
Metafiction & playing with form
Books that play with the "book" as a medium or are otherwise self-reflexive/meta.
My current criteria for this list are (1) does the book highlight its own textuality consistently or (2) do the metafictional elements add significantly to the themes explored or (3) does the book's use of discourse and form (e.g., narrative situation, layout) significantly differ from the norm?
Make sure to comment your suggestions with a small explanation even if you're not 100 % sure if they fit!
SFF Comedy & Clownery
Suggestions always welcome! SFF books written to be humorous, satiric, or otherwise meant to entertain and make readers laugh. (This was a quest idea i was thinking about, but I'm not committed enough to this to make it)
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
“tiny bookshop” books 📚
books featured in the cozy video game “tiny bookshop”
Lucy Dacus Recommendations 💛
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
Bite Size Sci-Fi
Dive into these science fiction books that are shorter than 300 pages!
As always, open to any suggestions for additions to this list! 🙂
you think you just fell out of the coconut tree?
"you exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you" sci-fi edition canon sci-fi authors (before the year 2000) that have shaped the science fiction we have today. suggestions are enthusiastically welcome ✨ (1 book per author)
HRCYED 3.0 x Pagebound Quests (Titles Edition)
If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that go past the July start date and match at least one of these title prompts: Periodic Table, Familial Terms, Rainbow of Words (also Joseph's coat), Numerical Titles, Titular Counting 5+, Pun in the Title, and First & Last Name in the Title. Recommendations welcome!
One Book Many Quests
Books in this list are in at least two quests. Thus helping to earn more badges. Books will span different genres. Once I scan through all the quests, I plan to further organize the list. I am thinking of creating a seperate list and moving the books with three or more quests to the new list and keeping the two badge books in this list. Are there other ways you would organize a list this big?
Adventures Through Time
Here (and there and then) be time travelers!
rory gilmore book chalenge
well, this is all the books read by rory in the gilmore girls tv show.
we're not alone 👽
a list of sci-fi books containing aliens
Bro Fiction
These books are “Eat Prey Love” for men in their twenties.
All in good fun, I love many books on this list so please don’t shy away from (some of) these recs!
Stars Hollow Book Club (Gilmore Girls Books)
This list gathers over 300 books mentioned or read on the show so you can sip coffee, order in, and read along with Rory Gilmore and the other Stars Hollow residents.
Reading Rabbit Hole: Gilmore Girls
A challenge to read all books mentioned or referenced in the American TV Show, Gilmore Girls. Books are referenced by all characters in the show. The Mojo Collection, dictionaries, instructional books, and travel books will not be included in the list.
Happy reading!
let’s count!
these are books with numbers in their titles, starting at one (1) and going through infinity
taking suggestions!!!
Banned books
A collection of books that are banned or challenged. Dive into these controversial works and explore what has been pushed for you to not discover.
The Rise of the Counter-Culture (50 Novels)
Books with a distinct literary DNA that reflects the chaotic, revolutionary era they were born into and often show a systemic distrust of authority. Whether the enemy is the military (Catch-22), psychiatric institutions (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), or government surveillance (Vineland)
It's....SMALLER ON THE INSIDE?!
Books with short chapters!!! I started a challenge where I read a super long book a chapter-a-day and annotate it using a study guide! I found that annotating short chapters is super accessible and not overwhelming at all for me, so I wanted to share this list with anyone that wants to start over-analyzing their books :) I included a variety of stories because HOW you read is as important (if not more) than WHAT you read!!!!
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