Recs if you like A Curious Beginning ...

When the narrator(s) makes the book even better. For new listeners and audiobook elites, here is a range of different genres and narrators that excel at audio perfection.

This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕

Dark Academia's lighter and cozier counterpart. Mostly fantasy and nature books.

A collection of fantasy books featuring elements of light academia.

Historical mystery series featuring two protagonists that develop a romantic arc over several books in the series and end up as a sleuthing couple. Listed are the first books for each series to start your reading journey.

Books featuring a woman solving murders (or other crimes, but mostly murders lbr) with the book set in the past

Fiction books about women who are smart, capable and really into science.

i am trying my darndest to give this genre niche its best shot

Series that follow the same detective/detectives solving different mysteries each book. Set in historical times, mostly the 1800s. Typically with a romance subplot 💕

I love whimsy and books around a circus (or circus adjacent vibes like whimsical carnivals, festivals, etc)

The first book in a series.

They fight crime and flaunt societal norms at the same time! (First books of a series included only.)

Collecting books that would categorise as romance/romantasy/fantasy with prominent romance subplot that booksandlala has rated 4 stars or higher.

Feel free to suggest more books that would fit into this list, correct wrongly added books or suggest improvements to this list ☺️

From cozy to a little less than cozy…some with a romantic subplot and some without…

Mysteries where the lead investigator has a romantic interest that is a significant subplot.

A collection of cosy books that are centred around and all contain creatures, whether magical or not. These are books which feel like a warm hug

Books that take place c. 1830-1900

These sinister, spine-tingling, sensational novels may be standalones or part of a deeper, darker series, but they are all phenomenal and well deserving of a shout-out. More will be added to this list as I come across them, and I am always open for book recs.

Books that are here to entertain