Recs if you like Milkman...
Lucy Dacus Recommendations 💛
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
that’s not my name!
they call me hell, they call me Stacy, they call me her, they call me Jane…that’s not my name!!!
this is a list of books featuring characters without a name
as always, taking any and all suggestions!!
booker prize winners 1969- present
Weird and Unhinged Women 2.0
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women and girls.
This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated). You can view the original list here: (link) /// As a nonbinary person, I take as broad a view as possible of the "girl" in "weird girl*", hence the asterisk.
Wide open for recommendations!
Award Nominated Fiction from Indie Publishers
Trying to support indie publishers and read more diverse fiction! I’m starting with the Booker Prize and hopefully adding more when I can. Add your recs in the comments!
Unnamed Narrators
Books where we never find out the narrators'/ protagonists’ names. Feel free to comment any additions!
Irish Books
A collection of books by Irish authors that I've loved or am looking forward to!
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💪
Pitch Black Comedy
"Turn me over, I'm done on this side!" —St. Lawrence, whilst roasting on a spit
Gallows humor, black comedy, l'humour noir — whatever you call it, this is the place for it. This list includes André Breton's seminal anthology of dark humor, a number of the works excerpted in this anthology, and beyond. You can find a link to the complete contents of Breton's anthology in the comments.
Want more weird humor? Check out my list Nitpicky Neuroticism (Comedy Edition)!
Contemporary Irish Lit
Recent beauties from the Emerald Isle.
Contemporary Irish fiction
Ongoing.
Fiction (mainly lit fic) from Ireland and Northern Ireland
Orwell Prize Winners for Political Fiction & NF
Every year, The Orwell Foundation awards prizes for the work which comes closest to George Orwell’s ambition ‘to make political writing into an art’. This list consists of all of the winners for Political Fiction & Political Writing (Non-Fiction) since 2019!
Booker Prize Winners
These are mostly in order by year
What the NYT Missed: 71 More Best Books
This is a list put together by Lithub to highlight books they thought the NYT top 100 of the century missed out out. The full title is What the New York Times Missed: 71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century and was published July 16, 2024. https://lithub.com/what-the-new-york-times-missed-71-more-of-the-best-books-of-the-21st-century/
Around the World in Fiction
Irish Literature
Irish literature that I love, that goes beyond James Joyce.
R/Truelit's 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century
Reddit's R/Truelit user voted best books of 2000-2026. They included a full series as one pick, like the Neopolitan novels. I only include the first to keep it at 100.
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!
The Troubles
Fiction set during the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland (1968-1998)
Fae & Flame Society Women’s Prize Nominations
2019-2026
