Recs if you like Zhara (Guardians of Dawn, #1)...

No Hans Christian Andersen on this list. Retellings based on...Twelve Dancing Princesses, Cinderella, The Goose Girl, Snow White, Snow White + Rose Red, Rapunzel, Hansel + Gretel, Rumplestiltskin, Bluebeard, Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, The Frog Prince, King Thrushbeard, The Pied Piper, The Six Swans, The Brave Little Tailor, Bearskin, Puss in Boots, Allerleirauh, The Wolf + the Fox, The Pink, Maid Maleen, Brother + Sister, The Golden Goose, The Six Swans, etc. As always… no Gaiman

I'm sure some of these are already on your TBR, so might as well add some more! Let me know if I am missing any of your favorites!

Eclectic choices of stories to forget life sucks.

Books set in an Asian or Asian-inspired setting or incorporates elements of an Asian culture or mythology. Only the first book in a series is listed.

If you like magical girl media, you'll probably like these books. These books either give off magical girl vibes or are fully magical girl fiction.

Only including manga that ISN'T explicitly in the magical girl genre (since those are much easier to find)

A list of all the books featured as monthly picks for the Illumicrate Sub. ◽️ Not Including sequels or special editions outside of the monthly sub.◽️ I will include new books about a month after release to avoid spoilers.

A fantasy book for every letter. I tried to get a real mix of different stories from a variety of authors, each book beginning with a different letter of the alphabet, (not including 'the', 'a', 'an'). I hope you enjoy!

Books giving the same vibes as "TAKEDOWN" from Kpop demon hunters. Women fighting back against evil, literal & figurative.

If you like this list, check out my other KPDH inspired lists and comment there too.

Books where the cover features only one person

Name generators my beloveds. Just a list made by someone whose D&D characters were mostly christened with the help of RNG. The one and only criterion: Title is a first/given name (or nickname too)! Some are verified by the book actually containing a character with that name.

Sometimes you want the literary equivalent of a Big Mac.

Reads that may not be the deepest, most plot-heavy stories…but they still feel like a familiar piece of candy.

Do they probably have a checklist of tropes they hit? Yeah.

Would somebody side-eye you for reading it? Maybe.

Do we care? No way! Sometimes you want the greasy burger!

(Suggestions welcome. First book in series if it’s not standalone.)

high fantasy; romance (but well done); some vampires :)