Recs if you like A Song to Drown Rivers...

Standalone fantasy books that won't make you invest your life in a dozen installments

I'm sure some of these are already on your TBR, so might as well add some more! Let me know if I am missing any of your favorites!

Books where one of the main character(s) pretends to be someone they’re not—literally. Always open to suggestions!

I've fallen back into my Fall Out Boy era, so was inspired to make a list of books with titles that sound like they could be early Fall Out Boy Songs.

This list is purely subjective and doesn't take into account anything about the book other than the title.

As always, open to suggestions! 🤠

this is for aesthetics only

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?

Books set in an Asian or Asian-inspired setting or incorporates elements of an Asian culture or mythology. Only the first book in a series is listed.

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!

books where sisters’ love, hatred, or general angst towards each other is a main factor in [making you cry]/furthering the plot. Including classics/popular fiction, but particularly taking recc’s for standalone/underrepresented genres/nonfiction!!

Eclectic choices of stories to forget life sucks.

Fantasy inspired by China, Japan, Mongolia, Korea, and/or Taiwan (myths, setting, etc.)

Loved Kpop Demon Hunters? Try these recs! From fantasy to contemporary, there's something for everyone here!

a list of chinese-inspired sff (and sff-adjacent) novels that bring out some element of the chinese diasporic experience in interesting and/or meaningful ways, be it through language, translation, themes, or genres. the prerequisite is, of course, that their representation of chinese culture doesn't incite a murderous rage in me.

For readers unwilling to sacrifice their time and soul into a multi book series, try these stand-alones!

Romances and stories with K-drama, C-drama, and J-drama vibes.

Natalie Naudus has narrated hundreds of audiobooks so bear with me as I try to get them all on this list!

All books include main characters that are sapphic. This includes trans and non-binary lesbians

my list of books on 2+ quests, continued!