Recs if you like Great Big Beautiful Life...
Appreciation for the tall ladies ๐ซก
As a tall-ish girl myself, every time I come across an FMC who is described as tiny, I yearn a bit more for some tall FMC representation โ we can be love interests too! ๐ฅน๐ So I made this list of (mostly romance and fantasy) books with a tall FMC. Whether she is taller than her partner, or they are somehow EVEN TALLER than her, all is welcome here ๐ซถ
I havenโt read every single book on this list, so please correct me if I am wrong somewhere. More book recs super appreciated!!! ๐ค
NPRโs Books We Love 2025
Books We Love from NPR began in 2013, always boasting over 200 books (almost 400 in recent years) featuring genres from memoirs, to cookbooks, to graphic novels, to childrenโs literature, to nonfiction, to novels. Check out NPRโs website to filter this massive list.
The list is in reverse alphabetical order directly from NPR.
Goodreads Choice Winners - 2025
Feel good romance books
Romance books which just make you feel good while reading them. They have a happy end and good vibes overall. Maybe you enjoy reading them during the summer or when you need a little something to take your mind of things. They don't have very dark topic, though they don't have to be without a little conflict to keep you entertained. Feel free to comment so I can add more recommendations!
The 'Dirty' Book Club ๐
Tongue in cheek list inspired by the book titled above, here is a list of all the romance books I have read with my IRL book club!
Having a space that embraces the love story and all tropes/themes/sub genres has been so wonderful and is what got me back into my reading journey, so I hope this does that for you!
Books range from YA to 4๏ธโฃ๐ถ๏ธ
This is a judgement free zone and some of these books weren't my personal fave but they could be yours ๐ค
2 new books are added each month
Tiny Fables
All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.
Reeseโs Book Club - by Reese Witherspoon
Each month Reese Witherspoon picks books she loves with a woman at the center of the story.
A Book Lover's Romance
AKA: I love you almost as much as I love books
Romances and rom-coms with at least one main character who works in/around/with books (editor, publisher, author, seller, librarian, professor, etc)
Always open to suggestions!
Reese's Book Club
reese's complete picks- trying to read as many of these as i can... but we shall see
Texas Has No Taste: Banned Books
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 ๐ 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 ๐ **Includes all the books I've read/on my TBR and other popular books, comment others if you want!!
Good Reads Choice Awards 2025
Nominees and winners of every category of the Good Reads Choice Awards for the year of 2025. Some books overlap so they were only entered once.
family matters
from multi-generational tales to sibling sagas!
Beach Reads
Book in hand, toes in sand.
Well Re(a)d
Books with red covers
I've got a type, and it's artsy.
books about actors, artists, dancers, musicians, writers, and other creatives
Booklovers Unite
All about books, bookstores, bookshops, bookclubs, libraries, writers, readers - All things Books! Books! Books!
Books Represented by Lexi (NewlyNova)
For those of you who subscribe to newlynova on either YouTube or TikTok, I have compiled a list of books that she has mentioned in her videos
2025 Romance Releases
My anticipated 2025 romance releases!
The Great Emily Henry
Emily Henry. Full collection. Because she deserves a shrine, or atleast a quest dedicated to her. In the meantime, she gets this list.
Summer Reads
Perfect summer reads
ยฉ 2025 Pagebound