Recs if you like North Woods...
books your pretentious friend has heard of
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very cold people: new england gothic
the darker side of new england. crumbling colonial-era brick, run down coastal towns, abandoned factories, dilapidated mills, foggy orchards, cold dark waters, whispers of witchcraft, venerated institutions, secret societies, and uneasy echoes of the past.
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Lestat at the Indie bookstore
All of the books seen on display in Episode 1 of The Vampire Lestat, "Detroit," during Lestat's trip to the independent bookstore in Montreal, encountering some snotty cashiers.
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Roots before branches
Fictional stories about families spanning across multiple generations. Books that focus on the life of a matriarch or patriarch (roots) and continue along their blood lines (branches) in an epic tale. Please feel free to recommend any fictional stories that fit within this description.
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NYT Readers' Best 100 Books of the 21st Century
A mix of reader favorites and editorial picks from The New York Times—100 books that defined the 21st century.
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hundreds upon hundreds of years
sagas that span centuries
as always, open to suggestions!
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invisible string
partly inspired by toni morrison’s concept of ‘rememory’, where the past haunts the present. these are stories where family ties, friendships, communities, trauma, or physical locations act as threads (or invisible string) to connect characters across distance or time and through generations.
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How About Them Apples
Books featuring magical apples or apple orchards
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NYT Reader's Choice Top 100 21st Century
NYT Top 100 of the 21st Century: Reader's Choice. In order as published in 2024
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Audiobook Narrator Spotlight: Simon Vance
📍title inspired by @erintripsey's lists Audiobooks narrated by Brighton, England's Simon Vance! I'm a fan of his narration of Bram Stoker's Dracula and wanted to compile a list of more books narrated by him. He has a smooth English accent, lighter tone for feminine characters, and distinct variations with other UK/European accents.
Fun Fact: He's been an audiobook narrator since age 6, when he did a reading of Winnie the Pooh by A. A. Milne!
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lit fic for the soul
books that stick with you for months and leave you thinking
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If you want to disappear for a while
Atmospheric novels that feel like stepping into another country, another era, another interior life.
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How do you like them apples?
For when you like apples a normal amount and have a normal amount of books about them. Suggestions extremely welcome.
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You and I are Earth
Books (mostly fiction) with relationship to place/natural systems as a major theme. Recommendations welcome!
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Books from the Forest 🌲🌲🌲
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100 Books of Summer
A balance of breezy page-turners with immersive classics and thought-provoking non-fiction.
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NYT Readers' Choice Best Books of the 21st Century
How many have you read?
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Time Travelers
Books of all genres whose plots tell a story across the generations.
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Books to help reconnect with nature (touch grass)
For when you need to get off your phone and be immersed in the beauty of the world!
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Setting: somewhere chilly
Antarctica, Patagonia, Alaska, Canada, upper Great Lakes, somewhere in the mountains, wintertime, etc. (fiction and nonfiction)
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