Recs if you like Crazy Rich Asians...

For all the multitaskers on here (including myself): books featured on 2+ quests! Go get those badges everyone

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?

spotlighting some incredible books by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors

My favourite books by BIPOC authors in a range of different genres (though I primarily read fantasy and romance) (only first book for a series added, unless not directly linked)

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

books who have the same style of covers; featuring bright hot or neon pink🩷 with neon yellow💛!

sadly, the default pagebound editions might not be the correct ones so you’ll have to look through the available editions. pagebound please let us choose</3

open to recs!

The most popular book of each year according to Goodreads (Posted by Sharon on April 1, 2025). In order of oldest (1925) to newest (2024)

Books read by Prose Before Bros, a book club for women of color in PDX

Characters in novels traveling our world, either via road trip, flights, tours, what have you, that will make you want to travel.

Books where hubris and arrogance are central themes.

A balance of breezy page-turners with immersive classics and thought-provoking non-fiction.

Books with maps or other helpful charts or illustrations, an offshoot of my Paper for the Win list.

Books for lovers of gossip. Think secondhand scandals, glimpses into strangers lives and a healthy dose of judgement

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.

Soap Operas get a bad rep! These books are filled with strong personalities, drama, and all of them are just a smidge unhinged.

This a genre of books near and dear to my heart after I read V.C. Andrews entire catalogue as a teenager and I'm always on the lookout for a new group of characters to get my gossip fix in!

Obviously, these can be read whenever but feel as a Would-Be Librarian, wanted to make my recs known! Will be including translated materials too. Enjoy!

They say the book is better, but sometimes the movie (or show) is just as good

all local (Indonesian) and international books with red covers.

Sentimental Garbage is a podcast by Caroline O'Donoghue. Often the topic is a particular title/book, so this list is slowly curating the different books that are discussed. For those who enjoy reading and podcasts! NB: it doesn't include books of film media discussed unless they've also done an episode on the book.

I don't read certain problematic authors. So this list will not contain those people. These are books with good prose, writing, plots, characters, and some have impact (One of K. Le Guin's books is a Ghibli movie, and it reads like one). This list will be updated more and more as I continue to read peak.