Recs if you like Dubliners...
1h reads for your lunch break
on average people read 40-60 pages an hour, so this is a continuously updated collection of books with 60 pages or less & a couple short story collections
Standard Ebooks Offerings!
I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but I talk about Standard Ebooks a TON. I wanted to make a list of some of the most popular offerings they have available to read. Their full library of over 1300 books is 100% FREE and from the US Public Domain. From Kobo to Kindle, they have a format that'll work for however you want to read, even PDFs! Save a few bucks (or library holds) here: https://standardebooks.org/
One author, Many stories
short story collections by a single author in a variety of genres. recommendations welcome!
Writing & Literature Student Reading List
Here's a list of every book I studied, read, or was reccomended to read as part of my Writing and Literature BA - for eager academics, fellow writers & nostagic graduates💕 Let's milk my education💪
classic irish literature
classics literature written by irish writers
TBR for the creators of colonial quests
my attempts to call in colonial quests subsuming Irish authors in English-centered quests were met with defensive fallacies, disinformation, and dogpiling, so here’s a list in progress of texts to help decolonize your weird anti Irish literary hang ups. this app is increasingly a cliquey and alienating space when efforts to decolonize antiquated and harmful literary categories results in reactionary bullshit.
❄️The Mid-Winter Period Literature❄️
A list of vibey winter setting period fiction to read in December, across all genres. From the Classic winter ghost story to Victorian crime fiction to winter castle Gothic romances, this is the ultinate list of snow-covered gas lamps, cups of hot cocoa, sweeping Yule ballgown skirts and flowery language. Make sure to comment your Recs!
cillian murphy’s reading list
Irish Literature Starter Pack
Contemporary Irish lit picks and classics, either by Irish authors or set in Ireland. Erin go bragh. 🇮🇪
Oxford Reading List for English
Found this online - a reading list of a first year English course at Oxford University. Wanted to create this for my own enjoyment and figured someone else might like it too! I only added the fiction and poetry books and I also did not add any companions.
The last bit (from bottom up to Woolf’s Mrs Dalloway) are required reading - top half is recommended.
Books Recommended by Cillian Murphy
Books recommended by Cillian Murphy in one interview I watched because I have the utmost trust in that man's taste.
An Seanchí: Irish Literature🇮🇪
I'm Irish and a writer, and Ireland is famously the land of saints, scholars and scéaleanna, so here's my list of the best Irish writing, old and new, from all genres!
Getting into Short Fiction
When I started college, I quickly realised that I never read short stories. This list is reserved for the very best short story collections I've come across, both through my course and personal determination to change that! Short stories are a beautiful and satisfying form and amazing when you're stuck in a reading slump. They are also great inspo for writers like me to keep on their desk! All genres, please leave your recs in the comments!❤
Western/Southern European Books
A list to help those who aspire to read from authors outside the typical areas. I will be creating different list for different regions. I will also list the countries currently found in the list. Be sure to check out the other lists! Note: The countries are not perfect as some countries are classified differently, so I did my best.
Current Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Wales
City Scapes🌃 Fiction
Inspired by my Modernism module💕 Books that evoke vivid city settings or revolve around a place almost like the city/town is a character in itself. A bit of a spin on the "sentient house" trope; what books out there have a city setting that steals the show? One of my favourite underrated tropes. All genres, reccomendations welcome!
How to Read Literature Like a Professor: List
The Primary Works section of the Reading List of Thomas C. Foster's How to Read Literature Like a Professor
Italian-highschool English literature textbook
Ever wondered what books of your nation are taught in other countries? Well, I always do. This is what we study in English literature (by any English speaking country) here in Italian highschools.
I only study English, so I can only do it for this language. If any Italian highschooler wants to add books mentioned by their text that I didn't have, or books their teachers made them study in class, they are welcome to do so.
Hope someone is interested.
the european book tour
Fasten your seatbelts and travel through Europe with these books from every European country!
(Suggestions are very welcome, specially for any missing countries)
books in "why be happy when you could be normal?"
Books saved the narrator in "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal" by Jeanette Winterson. Books may yet save us. This is a list of all the books mentioned & referenced in the novel. Feel free to comment any that I missed
so you booked a flight to ireland
i spontaneously bought a flight to dublin so now i feel the need to read all of these. any suggestions?
