Recs if you like Goblin Market: A Tale of Two Sisters...

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.

Books that include faeries, whether whimsical or scary

Let me know if you have any recommendations to add to this list!

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.

Books with Goblins, like, actually goblin mode.

Books with Goblins, like, actually goblin mode.

Inspired by Florence + The Machine's new album

scary poems that will stick with you.

a collection of wild witchy* sapphics (even if just for a brief moment) vibing in fiction

*witchcraft loosely interpreted as feminine badassery, subversions + explorations of power, and/or supernatural elements, including but not limited to: divination, hauntings, possession, vampirism, shapeshifting, necromancy, dragon riding, psychedelic use, poetry, creative writing, etc

always open to recommendations for moooorrree 🤩

Books under 250 pages

A personal study in gothic lit, fantasy, mythology, and the writing of it.

cozy fantasy and slice of life stories for fall

Have you ever wanted a PhD in English Lit? Do you think fantasy is a legitimate field of literary criticism? Would you like a glimpse into the psyche of someone who does?

These are the books included (or excerpted from) on my comprehensive exams list for a dissertation on fantasy. It is not even a remotely comprehensive list of fantasy texts and criticism (yes, I see the irony).

graphic novels and illustrated books with art as beautiful as their stories

The literature I’ve read for my bachelor’s in English Literature at the University of Oslo (2023-2026)

Those books give me some autumn mood, it must be because of the covers

Not the same as perfect writing, just writing that made a person out of me.

Books that take place c. 1830-1900