Recs if you like The Book of Goose...
books your pretentious friend has heard of
goose, gander, or gaggle! (honk)
The red flag emoji is because geese are diabolical, obviously.
High Femme Fiction
pink, sophisticated & sometimes fatale <3 (added some essential nonfic & poetry!)
Service95 Book Club โจ
Aka Dua Lipaโs reading list. Everyoneโs fave popstar on permanent holiday with a massive list of books to read, and she always seems to have incredible recommendations.
I am not part of Service95 or affiliated with Dua Lipa. I am just a fan curating this list based on the @service95bookclub IG account ๐
night at the museum
books with a painting/artwork on the cover see the pinned comment for artwork details suggestions welcome ๐งthis list is under construction๐ง
Sun Bleached Flies
God loves you, but not enough to save you from these stories. Ethel Cain & Preacherโs Daughter vibes/inspired fiction
weird girlhood(s)
the books that are most interesting, inventive, and complex for the girlhood studies grad student in me. whose โgirlhoodโ are we talking about? iโm thinking of girlhood as a liminal, queer, socially constructed, often traumatic, uncanny space.
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
Why are they doing this, the birds?
Birds on the cover. Why do they all creep me out so much? Extra points if theyโre weird/creepy.
Please feel free to add your suggestions/recommendations!
The Theme Is Art
A gallery of books selected on covers that belong in a museum. Most of these are from actual paintings. Different types of art selected. The books listed below are just my opinion. Recommendations are welcome
homoerotic friendship(??) drama
my fave genre ๐๐ซก that messy murky complicated space and yes iโm including dracula donโt @ me
Books to identify myself by
Books Iโm willing to make my entire personality Or that I think about regularly despite the passage of time and my short attention span
Mother Wounds ๐ฏ๏ธ
Stories of mothers and daughters tangled in love, grief, and ruin.
Spotify, play Ethel Cain
Ethel Cainโs bookshelf. Haunted churches, dirt roads, and hymns gone sour.
the book of
authors love naming their books "the book of _____"
repressed europeans satisfy an urge
for better and for worse
sheโs awful but she compels me so
from across the annoying to cruel spectrum
Books you'll think about months (or years) later
iowa bred & corn fed
iowa city, where everyone seems to be writing a book โ modern + contemporary works from alum authors of the iowa writers' workshop & faculty at the university of iowa
