Recs if you like The Wild Iris...

Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.

Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.

A novel is a prose work typically above 40k words, though many fall between 60-100k. Anything between roughly 17k and 40k words is generally considered a novella, while works between about 7k and 17k words are classified as novelettes, with some flexibility ~

TL;DR - short stories with 7k-17k words. Get out of that slump.

A year-long reading project dedicated to the women who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. By reading one book from every Nobel laureate woman, we celebrate intellectual courage and the lasting impact of women’s words across cultures and generations.

Awarded annually to an author from any country, since 1901.

This list contains popular books from all the award winning authors.

Awards from 1901 -2025

Summer reading I will be doing on a picnic blanket with fresh strawberries and a fun drink. Genre unspecified 💕 ((Any recommendations for summer-set or summer-vibes books are welcome!))

As much as I love the escapism of fiction, here is a collection of non-fiction and essays to pull me back into the real world

These authors won for all their life’s work, but here’s each of their most notable books to get you started!

Not all authors are listed.

Nobel, Pulitzer, National Book Award, Booker Prize, International Booker Prize, Women’s Prize, Lambda Literary Award, etc. winners

This reading list includes books that are often supplemented into curriculums of MFA in Creative Writing programs across the country.

For anyone that wants poems that honour the natural world, cut deep, and whisper truths you need to hear.

stunning, atmospheric poetry that rarely makes it onto your social media feed - from sapphic russian poetesses to midnight haikus and botanical grief

This is a list that consists of poetry from a variety of different authors on a variety of different topics. Hopefully, there’s something here for everyone!