Recs if you like I Capture the Castle...

Penguin asked its readers in 2022 for the must-read classics. This is that list!

books that feel like the moment at the end of a movie when the protagonist has been through hell and back, gets into a cab, and gazes silently out the window as she goes home. she smiles ever so slowly before the screen fades to black.

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

Lives of outsiders rendered in sharp prose style. Descendants of Shelley, the Brontes, and Woolf; forebears to 'Weird Girl Lit'. Title refers to the authors, the subjects of the work may not always be women. Focused on novels published between WW2 and 9/11, with a few memoirs and short story collections.

I'm going to read every book every

"a novel written as a series of letters between the fictional characters of a narrative. The term is often extended to cover novels that intersperse other kinds of fictional document with the letters, most commonly diary entries and newspaper clippings, and sometimes considered to include novels composed of documents even if they do not include letters at all. More recently, epistolaries may include electronic documents such as recordings and radio, blog posts, and emails."

Epistolary delivery: Books told in the form of letters, journals, diaries, texts, logs, etc...

The most popular book of each year according to Goodreads (Posted by Sharon on April 1, 2025). In order of oldest (1925) to newest (2024)

Just a collection of classics written by women, this is a diverse reading experience with voices of women from across time and boarders.

according to read your color on substack | updated periodically

Stories in which a building is a main character.

Quiet, comforting stories about solitude, small routines, and creating a space of your own, whether it’s a garden, a home, or just a way of moving through the world.

the messiness and chaos of growing up as a teenage girl/young woman

For all the nerds who want to connect with the past

classic novels where the depiction of rural, pastoral England is a notable feature

for girls who are trying to find the right place

Posh people are feral

Books with iconic first line!

While I’m trying to diversify, my book knowledge is still predominantly Western, please drop books with iconic first lines from all around the world!