Recs if you like Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine...

a collection of autistic coded characters in fiction [ recommendations welcome! ]

cats across genres! these books range from books all about cats to books that feature a cat, and all are cat-friendly!

Fiction & nonfiction books that explore the complexities and traumas of mother-child relationships or in which such relationships play a central role. While many books on this list are what I’d classify as including “mommy issues” there are others that are more about the different perspectives and nuances of the mother-child (often specifically mother-daughter) relationship. Some books center the child, some the mother, some both.

Suggestions are welcome.

you can enter a space. you are a regular guy, you can enter a room. you are a regular guy, you can do that transaction. you are a regular guy, you know how to answer the phone. you are a regular guy, you know what sleep is. you are a regular guy, you know what it means to be you.

all of these books have regular people as the protagonist doing all sorts of things, from kissing to killing!

as always, open to all suggestions!

books w/ full names in the title (mostly fiction)

books with characters who are in their 20s (and trying to figure out their 20s). primarily but not exclusively lit fic.

in honor of disability pride month, here is a series on the colours of the flag! our second colour on the disability pride flag is blue, which represents psychiatric disabilities and mental illnesses. numerous examples of those include bipolar disorder, depression, general anxiety disorder, PTSD, PMDD, selective mutism, dissociative identity disorder, and many more. books within this list series will be both fiction and non-fiction literature. as always, feel free to recommend any books!

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

Fictional books that have characters with OCD or OCD- like symptoms. Many recommended by the Pagebound community! As always, this is not intended to be taken as advice or medical help 💜

lit fic featuring dysfunctional families

These are books I am going to start reading before bed, because my regular selection of reading material just really riles me up. Inspired by two posts from the Substack Feeling! Magazine by Jenna O'Brien.

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.

the name’s Bond. Alexz Bond. 😂

always taking suggestions for books with a full name in the title.

Ah yes, this ol' issue that has plagued librarians and bookstore clerks for decades.

And sometimes you find the right book, but... can you even call that shade blue?

books with covers where there’s a body and no head

Books for when you’re laughing at life while quietly freaking out about it. Stories full of absurdity, awkwardness, and existential dread, perfect for anyone who’s ever thought, “WTF is even happening?"

Each month Reese Witherspoon picks books she loves with a woman at the center of the story.

A list of books I have come across when looking for books that fit this theme. Please leave a comment if there is something I should add.