Recs if you like The Marriage Portrait...

books with a painting/artwork on the cover see the pinned comment for artwork details suggestions welcome 🚧this list is under construction🚧

feminine rage, (mostly sapphic) yearning and general vibes that would make hozier, mitski and florence + the machine proud. inspired by the amazing mimi_reads & astraios! suggestions welcome<3

…he’s sure to slay some dragons and steal some hearts! (or just medieval books in general)

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

reese's complete picks- trying to read as many of these as i can... but we shall see

Goodreads 80 of the Past Decade’s Very Popular Fiction from 2016 - 2025

2025 Broken Country - Isola 2024 The Women - Real Americans 2023 Tom Lake - Weyward 2022 Demon Copperhead - Diamond Eye 2021 Reading List - Cloud Cuckoo Land 2020 My Dark Vanessa - Vanishing Half 2019 Giver of Stars - Girl, Woman, Other 2018 Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Where the Crawdads Sing 2017 Stay with Me - 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 2016 Lilac Girls - Behold the Dreamers

Recent beauties from the Emerald Isle.

Historical fiction in medieval or early modern settings, from the court of Henry VIII to medieval monasteries.

Fiction that is set in medieval or medieval-esque settings, crossing genre boundaries.

Inspired by Maisie Peters' song "History of Man", this list includes novels and nonfiction books that deal in some way with themes surrounding the subjugation of women and misogyny, such as unequal power dynamics in romantic relationships, subversion of stereotypes and societal expectations of motherhood. May prompt female rage.

2019-2026

I'm always searching for books that I think are brilliant to start off your art history journey...a collection of books on certain topics or general art history fun. Some are, of course, non-fiction but I've also added a selection of fiction books.

atmospheric historical novels about women, secrets, and the dangerous gap between what is shown to the world and what is true. It is often told through the lens of a significant object or artwork.

Historical Fiction that wreaks of a good time

my (curated & picky) list of literary retellings of classic novels! all ask you to reconsider the original text.

Books about or stories of women in history, fictional, real, or in-between!

Historical Fiction

💕🌸 girlhood 🌸💕

by reese witherspoon

*not including YA picks