Recs if you like Open Throat...
Non-Humans & Empathy
Focus on non-humans (trees, robots, animals, aliens, creatures, objects…) and empathy (especially of humans towards them, or the exploration of the empathy/feelings/thoughts of non-humans towards others). Lack of or existing empathy included.
general/adult fiction, mostly & the occasional nonfic
In progress / updated over time I’ve read a good lot of these (34), and plan to read most of the rest. It’s a special interest of mine. ✨
(Suggestions welcome & appreciated!!) I also have a list in my library of titles to look into that may or may not fit the list! Feel free to look & lmk if you think they do.
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Not like other title text!
Book covers with typography oriented in non-standard alignments, instead of the typical horizontal + left to right text alignment. Or: graphic design is my passion, and today we are learning about text paths 🙂↕️. This is an immensely silly List, and always open to suggestions—vertical text, circular, upside down, anything goes!
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talking animals
i love when animals get the chance to yap and/or narrate their own stories :)
recommendations welcome!
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Badge Gremlins
Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.
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Paper for the Win
Book that have an element you’ll miss out on if you read as an audiobook, whether it’s fun formatting or illustrations
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Well, you have options
Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what😉
(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know🤭)
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books your pretentious friend has heard of
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assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listened in the description, or offhandedly said.
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weird girl lit
supporting women's rights and very very wrongs
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🔪🩸👩❤️💋👩baddies on quests🐇🥰🧚♀️
Following women on journeys to do weird and maybe violent things.
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A Cat's Perspective
Books that are written from a feline's perspective or include sections from their perspective! Cats definitely have the ability to write books, they just choose not to because they're busy taking naps and being gremlins. Please comment recommendations!! And let me know if any of these books actually don't have a cat's perspective.
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Unusual Narrators
Books where the narrating character is... different.
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how to be a cat
books featuring the perspective of cats 🐱
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fantastical realism
TLDR : magical realism with emphasis on the magical My own niche microgenre bc I'm a snob! Fantastical realism pushes the boundaries of magical realism, just bordering that edge into fantasy but still holding onto a grounding tree branch in realism. 🚧work in progress, always accepting recs🚧
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Sexuality, Perversion, Beauty - An Exploration
Exploration on /Challenging whats considered: natural, normal, beautiful, perverse, disgusting, sexual, taboo More ideally (but not limited to) authors relating the topics to themselves/their experiences Hoping to include plenty of intersectionalities (disability, race, etc)/
RECOMMENDATIONS WELCOME / ENCOURAGED 🙏🏻 ✨ Currently Hoping to stick to Adult-Audience Titles (Fiction, Nonfiction (auto)biographical, poetry, maybe graphic novels [on that i haven't decided]) :)
🫣👀🔞😳😏😈😜🥵🖕💋🫦🤫🫢💅‼️🏳️🌈⚠️⁉️♿︎⚧⚲⚬♀︎♂︎♾️π🏳️⚧️⚧️♿️⚨🐷🐾🪢⛓️👠🤐 TRYING TO PICK THE BEST EMOJIS IS HARD - HELP.
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Situationally Quirky and Questioning
Short-ish Novels inviting consideration of novel characters in novel situations. Are we on a war ship? An airplane? Dedicated to a niche passion? Practicing a little known, long-ago tradition? Choosing a seemingly reasonable path in life that is nonetheless judged “unconventional” by others? Curated through my ACE lens!
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The Queer and the Animal
Queerness blurs lines between genders, sexualities, and families. Maybe also...between the human and the animal? Enjoy these fiction books that allow things to get a little fuzzy.
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Queer Your Reading Challenge
Queer stories that are under 200 pages
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open wide
opened mouthed covers
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Short, But Not Sweet: Strange Books < 300 pages
I love novellas and short stories, I feel like it really gives authors a place to flex their talents on just how much they can reveal of a character or world in minimal page space. These are some I feel really pack a punch. They are weird, unique, and can be read in a day.
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