Recs if you like Leave the World Behind...
Barack Obama's favorite books
All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.
books your pretentious friend has heard of
Book(s) of the Month(s) 📚
Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!
Quiet Apocalypses
Post-apocalyptic/end of the world stories that are more about the people surviving than the larger details of the collapse.
📚 Book to movie adaptations 🎥
Books that were adapted into movies (not tv shows). Let's make this list as long as possible!
(going to only add the first book in a series)
This Trip Sucks!
Destination Thrillers, vacations gone wrong!
dystopian book recs
dystopian: relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.
A through Z
A list of books from A-Z. I tried to include various genres to appeal to a wide array of readers. I wanted this to be a good reference list for anyone doing an alphabet reading challenge or anyone just looking for a new book to read!
speculative literary fiction
literary fiction/general fiction books with a speculative twist some lean more on the literary side, some more speculative. these books are more likely to be marketed as lit fic than speculative/sci-fi/fantasy.
Defying Reality
Books that will mess with your mind in the best possible way
Note: I will be deleting my PB account within the next two weeks, and I believe this list will be erased. Feel free to screenshot it if you see anything that interests you! ☺️ 3/17/2026
Noteworthy Dystopians
“You love a vibe… even if the vibe is despair.”
Because my friend said this after reading one of my recs. Literary fic with more ✨vibes✨ than plot or when the book’s vibe feels like the main character
Apocalyptic Reads
books that centre around the apocalypse or the potential for an event to become apocalyptic. may include some dystopian books, zombie stories, climate fiction, pandemic narratives, and natural disasters. the story may centre on a single place rather than the entire world. not all of these were perfect reads but they were still interesting. contains only books i've read
books to make your skin crawl
Ranging from strict horror to unsettling lit fic, one thing these books all have in common is the ability to make you skin crawl. Are you ready?
Pandemic, but chic
Literary loneliness of a pandemic world
Read like Jenna
These books are chosen for “Read with Jenna” by Jenna Bush Hager.
Latest book added: September 2026
As The World Caves In
apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
a study in leisure
read with jenna
by jenna bush hager
A Tormented Summer
Ogni estate qualcosa finisce e qualcosa di nuovo inizia, a volte meraviglioso e fiabesco, a volte inatteso e spiacevole. L’estate è fatta anche di temporali che lavano via il passato
