Recs if you like Paradise ...

These are books that don't rush to impress you. They simmer while the author adds in the layers. They may confuse you or bore you at first - but if you give them time to cook you'll end up with a delicious meal of a book!

Always taking recommendations! If you are recommending a series - the layers need to come together by the end of the first book (not half way through the series).

books featured in the cozy video game “tiny bookshop”

novels, poetry, literary criticism, and history books by Black authors referenced in Farah Jasmine Griffin’s Read Until You Understand; The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature — forming a type of Black literary canon

i am reading every toni morrison novel in publication order so feel free to join me! comment if you finished:

🥈5 books - you will get a fun emoji 🏅all the books - you will get a fun emoji and bragging rights

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

Just books I thought helped show the primal feminine rage we are all experiencing right now in the dumpster fire 🔥 of a planet

Literary and contemporary fiction with Black FMCs that will make your heart break into a million pieces and then knit itself back together (hopefully). Specifically wanted to curate books that all also come with tough topics and hefty doses of warnings for major possible triggers. Check the comments for specific warnings tagged to individual books (mostly major stuff, recommend doing some research before diving in if there are other things you don't want to read about no matter how minor).

An exploration of black womanhood through the great works of Toni Morrison

i am definitely not the first person to make this but i am dedicated to make this the most comprehensive

This is a collection of novels that invites you to explore, as well as reflect on the complicated and disturbing depths of humanity, especially with regards to history, globalization, politics, and most importantly; how our relationship to nature itself has been challenged.

Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" is one of my favorite series. It's heavily flawed, involves an incredible amount of Stephen King books that aren't labeled as "Dark Tower book", and it's soooooo many pages. (But I love it.) This list is made up of non-King books referenced in, or have parallel narratives/themes to. It's also just a great set of books.

List of 12 books of Black classics to read in 2026.

Compiled by: ArriChaiReads

This is a list of books for the Read The States Challenge. Read any on each of the state lists and be awarded the pride of knowing you have read all across the US!

authors that grew up in Ohio or live in Ohio now! all genres

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Books with iconic first line!

While I’m trying to diversify, my book knowledge is still predominantly Western, please drop books with iconic first lines from all around the world!

wip! 1996-2009 currently adding more