Recs if you like Les Misรฉrables...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
โtiny bookshopโ books ๐
books featured in the cozy video game โtiny bookshopโ
Books Gone Broadway
Stories that traded chapters for showtunes! From literary classics to contemporary novels these books found a second life under the Broadway lights! Please let me know any that I've missed!! (Note on curation: I've been cross checking titles with Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) which is Broadway's official archive)
French Literature Final Boss
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Based on my original post on having quests for French Literature, I made starter packs (check my profile ๐) but I'm thinking we just need a big dump! Thanks to everyone participating!
This list covers books across time by French authors (as in people that have the nationality no matter their origins) and can hopefully incentivize crossovers with the Francophonie mon amour list!
Check comments to see how I diversified the list!
gimme them LONG classics, i wanna carry a BRICK
size matters for this list, all these classics are more than 400 pages long. they are THICK. suggestions welcome, i am a very generous interpreter of the term "classic" normally but i'm starting with the golden oldies
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Submissions submissively submitted by the Pagebound users forced to choose their ONE favorite book under manufactured duress.
How Far Does the Apple Fall?
Intergenerational Stories
Books that take place across and tell the stories of at least two generations, exploring history, politics, culture, generational patterns, and trauma. Mostly focusing on families.
Please give more recs if you have any! (Twenty-three fiction, two non-fiction so far)
Penguin's 100 Must-Read Classics
Penguin asked its readers in 2022 for the must-read classics. This is that list!
I Like My Books Thicc ๐
Do you love reading bricks?? Do you love when authors go on and on forever?? Then this list may be for you!
This list is for folks looking for a long book to dive into. All books in this list have more than 250,000 words in them!
As always, open to suggestions! ๐ค
It's....SMALLER ON THE INSIDE?!
Books with short chapters!!! I started a challenge where I read a super long book a chapter-a-day and annotate it using a study guide! I found that annotating short chapters is super accessible and not overwhelming at all for me, so I wanted to share this list with anyone that wants to start over-analyzing their books :) I included a variety of stories because HOW you read is as important (if not more) than WHAT you read!!!!
every book isaac read in heartstopper
what can i say? my boy has tasteโข. bonus points if you read the same as Nick and Charlie! We see them with 10 Things I Hate About Plato by Jack Maddox and Queer City by Peter Ackroyd!
French Literature
a non-exhaustive collection of works
Reading List: The Musical!
As a massive bookworm and theatre nerd, this list was inevitable.
๐ Book to movie adaptations ๐ฅ
Books that were adapted into movies (not tv shows). Let's make this list as long as possible!
(going to only add the first book in a series)
Standard Ebooks Offerings!
I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but I talk about Standard Ebooks a TON. I wanted to make a list of some of the most popular offerings they have available to read. Their full library of over 1300 books is 100% FREE and from the US Public Domain. From Kobo to Kindle, they have a format that'll work for however you want to read, even PDFs! Save a few bucks (or library holds) here: https://standardebooks.org/
Penguin's 100 Must Read Classics
I'm going to read every book every
French Classics โบโงโห โ๏ธโยฐ๏ฝกโ๐ฅ หโโงโบ
This list comprises numerous French classics, from romantic epics, to realist critiques of society, to philosophical fiction, to scandalous stories, poetry, & more! Iโll be updating it sporadically.
Banging musicals (but on paper)
A list of books that have been adapted into musicals. + more (all musical related)
Title Drop!
Welcome to one of my favorite tropes: when the title of the book or series is included in the text, usually in a significant moment that makes everyone go "ohhhh that's what it means". Suggestions and corrections encouraged! Not only for books to add but also emojis :D
I Like Big Books...
...and I cannot lie.
Mammoth books over 800 pages!
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