Recs if you like You...
One Book Many Quests
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?
A to Z Challenge Helper (X, Y, & Z Titles)
For a book to make this list, it needs to start with X, Y, or Z (ignoring "The," "A," "An"), be a standalone or series opener, and have at least a 3.7 star average rating on Pagebound. Pulling from a variety of genres!
Why We Choose the Bear
every villain is a hero in their own eyes
Morally grey or straight up baddies? Aiming to collect books written from a villainous/morally grey POV so suggestion appreciated.
🚂Next in Series Hype Train🚃💨
Get on the hype train for these upcoming releases of books in a series. Now is the perfect time to jump on board a new series or start a re-read.
Covers the next 12 months - please send recs
I will list the first book in the series and the upcoming book. Updates once a month.
(I'm already questioning my sanity on how I'm going to maintain this, I wish we could make collaborative lists on here 😭)
Exploring Obsession
Fixations and obsessions
quest busters pt. 4
The 50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century
The New York Times published a list on August 5th, 2026, of the 50 best thrillers published since 2000 as voted on by hundreds of writers of every kind of crime fiction, from legal thrillers to spy novels to cozy mysteries, as well as librarians, editors, critics and Bookstagrammers.
books that start with Y
A to Z Book Title Challenge book recs! Letter Y 💛🧘🏼♀️🪀⚠️
any rec suggestions please comment and I will add!
The Wild Originals
Unique novels with concepts unlike any other book I've ever read or heard of. Recommendations welcome!
Yanderes and Obsession
not all of these are romance. stories involving characters who lose it over love.
Awful Protagonists
Books where you just despise the main character(s) (but you can't stop reading)
50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century (NYT)
August 2026 List of the best thrillers of the 21st century as nominated by mystery/thriller authors
books that scared me so good
sometimes humans are the real monsters!!!
to all the red flags you've loved before
New York Times | 50 Best Thrillers
50 Best Thrillers of the 21st Century | NYT List
books whose main characters i loathed
unfortunately i do need to be a hater, but this really ranges from "enjoyed the story and the unlikeable narrator" to "i could not get past the narrator being so disgusting and repulsive, i had to stop reading" or "this person annoyed me so badly i kept reading out of spite"
Chapters and Chill
Books that have been adapted as Netflix Originals More to be added!
Most Accurate Book to Screen Adaptations
Books whose adaptations stayed true to the source material.
⚠️Disturbing Books Ahead!⚠️
Not a single page of these books was nice to my stomach or psyche.
