Recs if you like Where the Crawdads Sing...

cats across genres! these books range from books all about cats to books that feature a cat, and all are cat-friendly!

Books you will find on any given thrift store shelf in the US, for better or worse 😂 For books in a series or by prolific authors, I’ve only included one book so as not to overwhelm the list.

Suggestions welcome!

I think it goes without saying but just in case… I’m not necessarily recommending these books by having them on this list. (In fact I wouldn’t recommend many of these.) This is for fun!

A mix of reader favorites and editorial picks from The New York Times—100 books that defined the 21st century.

books that feel like you are driving 60 mph down a country road on a late summer day (leaning closer to a crisp fall day) while feeling complicated, nostalgic, and a little messed up inside 🍂🐛

(posting because i am TOOO excited about the release of noah's new album!! additional recs are more than welcome!)

Not all those who wander are lost -J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord Of the Rings Books featuring characters who wander from place to place, characters with a wanderlust spirit, or those whose home is on the road. Suggestions welcome!!

NYT Top 100 of the 21st Century: Reader's Choice. In order as published in 2024

Books that were adapted into movies (not tv shows). Let's make this list as long as possible!

(going to only add the first book in a series)

HEAR ME OUT. These books at one point gave me ALL the emotions of a blue shell targeting me while I'm in first place!

Each month Reese Witherspoon picks books she loves with a woman at the center of the story.

reese's complete picks- trying to read as many of these as i can... but we shall see

A small selection of the over 2000+ banned books recently brought to the attention of Texas' Lt. Gov and a conservative organization for their for "vulgar" material 🙄 including topics of history, race, LGBTQ+, gender identity, feminism, mental health, and sex education as well as romance, horror, science fiction, memoirs, YA, and classic genres. Aka my new reading list 💅 **Includes all the books I've read/on my TBR and other popular books, comment others if you want!!

This list is full of women who solve problems, break rules, run experiments, ask inconvenient questions, and generally refuse to stay in the lanes they were assigned. Fiction and non-fiction, from romance to history. Welcome to the nerdy, brilliant chaos.

Goodreads 80 of the Past Decade’s Very Popular Fiction from 2016 - 2025

2025 Broken Country - Isola 2024 The Women - Real Americans 2023 Tom Lake - Weyward 2022 Demon Copperhead - Diamond Eye 2021 Reading List - Cloud Cuckoo Land 2020 My Dark Vanessa - Vanishing Half 2019 Giver of Stars - Girl, Woman, Other 2018 Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Where the Crawdads Sing 2017 Stay with Me - 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 2016 Lilac Girls - Behold the Dreamers

according to read your color on substack | updated periodically

Books with orange covers!

How many have you read?

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

Books that take place in, or describe in relative detail, swampy locations 🐸

All genres welcome except study books/guides/purely informational non-fiction.

eco-philosophy, ecology, capitalism and how it relates to climate, etc etc with some fiction thrown in there to spice things up.

Books i read/want to read from dutch writers