Recs if you like All Woven With Ivy...

books that feature an animal (real & fantastical alike) as a side character, companion, or a pet!

In honour of Everybody Scream dropping tomorrow, here are books that are utterly delicious, magical, and sometimes a little bit dark. (Lots of folklore, some horror, and of course feminine rage)

Stories to read curled up warm and cosy while the weather is grey and stormy, blustery and bleak. Or. just when you want a fantasy that’s both dark and cozy!

Featuring wildly talented authors who couldn’t stop at writing the book and had to paint the cover too. Honestly unfair, but extremely good for our bookshelves.

Bitches be hoarding talent.

fiction books that have a main character or prominent side character that fit the D&D Druid class (at least partly). here for the wildshape, speak with animals, and loving nature vibes! open to recs and input!

also credit to @moss-mylk for providing a whole shelf worth’s of recs for this list!!!

novels, novellas, and graphic novels set in queernormative worlds. (most are within the genre of fantasy.) we all deserve to feel at home

I love reading romances between men and women where one or both of the characters are bi because it shows the potential of bi people to fall in love with any gender, if that makes sense. So often bi people in “straight” relationships don’t get clocked as LGBTQ+ and I like seeing how they make a “straight” relationship queer. It’s also nice to read about LGBTQ+ outside of achillian and sapphic stories and spaces. I’m always on the hunt for more.

romance that makes u feel safe and nourished and loved. the best kind of romantic love

frilly men who simp. (these often end up being fae or highborn gentlemen, but don’t have to be.) …my favourite kind of love interest

you wanna catalogue the books, you say? translate? reeaaaaaadddd? (mundane and magical libraries/archives in fantasy, yum yum yum)

From crimes and heists to quests and tests… Here are some mysterious fantasy books that don’t revolve around murder! The “mystery” may be central to the plot, or may be a sprinkle of intrigue on the side. Have fun and get solving!!

This is to accompany my “fantasy whodunnit !” list, which is, indeed, more murder-centric.

A collection of fantasy books featuring elements of light academia.

writing and worlds that reawaken the senses

Possibly TBR and my finished book. A low cortisol bed time story. Feel free to suggest your books! 🥰

Romances with a main character experiencing some amnesia

required reading—I mean, recommendations—for my sci-fi/fantasy-loving partner. (maybe yours too?) (most i’ve added because i think you’ll love them, but a couple are just to indulge me hehe)

underrated stories. books (across genres) that deserve more love.