Recs if you like The Apothecary Diaries (Light Novel): Volume 1...

Light novels by Natsu Hyūga

This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕

these are books you might find on Doctor House’s bookshelf or that have a main character like our own favorite misanthrope Dr. Gregory House 🩺 list features fiction and nonfiction, including a book written by the man of the hour, Hugh Laurie

also, how am I supposed to take House seriously when his first name is Greg 😭

as always, please drop any suggestions in the comments!!

List inspired by @Lady_of_the_Library's club post. Recommendations provided by the PB community! These stories are intended for adult readers (18+) and often feature realistic, mature romantic relationships, complex emotional situations, and sometimes explicit content.

Fiction (and some non-fiction) across genres featuring plagues, poisons, palace physicians, healers, and pre-antibiotic chaos. If it involves herbs, plagues, questionable remedies, court intrigue, or a morally complex healer experimenting in the corner, I want it.

Any genre of book is allowed- requirements are simply that coziness abounds!

Light novels/ web novels adapted into anime/ donghua

Men who are absolutely so down-bad pathetic for their women and canonicly would whimper in your ear

Plants and women that are pretty but deadly

Sweet, heartwarming, cozy, uplifting stories with romance as both the main genre or as a side. Includes manga, graphic novels, and light novels, clean and spicy stories.

BL, romance, fantasy, and everything in between - manga, manhwa, light novels, graphic novels, and comics. All my favourite stories and ones on my TBR. A mix of clean and spicy (only adding the first vol for each series)

A list for all Light Novels in The Apothecary Diaries series (English)

These Diverse Baseline Challenge was created by @bookish.millennial & @themargherita.s (on instagram). In 2025, the goal is to read 1 book by a racialized author each month. This challenge is meant to encourage readers to try genres they historically don’t reach for, find new-to-them racialized authors, and to encourage reflection on our reading habits.

This is a mix of recommendations by the challenge organizers and myself.

this list is a work in progress! features books in historical settings with a strong female lead(s) and a touch of romance 💘

Told from the pov of characters whose outlook on the situation doesn't always reflect reality. Largely skewed by their perception of themselves, these narrators can be misleading, under-representative of the situation at hand (and their role in it), and often brimming with personality! Suggestions are always welcome!

There are not enough of us in the field but at least let me see them in my bookshelf 🧪. Please send me suggestions 🫶🏼

Light Novels with a wide appeal for everyone and that also have fantastically memorable stories~

satisfying my own dreams to be saved by an actual prince of a kingdom (or maybe a king)😩 my 10 year old self would love this list!!

Pairs of books that have odd similarities, from titles (ie 7 Evelyns) to plots.