Recs if you like Persuasion...
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
Good Book, Bad Movie 📽️
Crimes committed by movie studios against amazing books. “The book walked, so these movies could trip and fall down the stairs” - JadeLovesBooks ✨
“tiny bookshop” books 📚
books featured in the cozy video game “tiny bookshop”
classic (c)literature
classic literature only written by women, because why would a man be there??
Penguin's 100 Must-Read Classics
Penguin asked its readers in 2022 for the must-read classics. This is that list!
literary romance (for litfic enjoyers)
recs from @leahsfigtree and @emmareadstoomuch on substack + personal recs
✨️Classics by Women✨️
men don't yearn like they used to
classic books where the mmc's are YEARNING, just as they should be (i'll be adding more as i read more classics)
Internet Archive Saves the Day! (And My Wallet)
Inspired to create a list by a post from @mmyth, I thought it would be nice to have a list of quest books you can download and read for free via Internet Archive. Recommendations gladly accepted. Happy reading ya'll!
(Please note this will ONLY contain books found through Internet Archive and no other sources, I don't want to run into possible mistakes and copyright headaches.)
Update: This list will also include books you can borrow through Open Library, a part of Internet Archive. In addition, this will only show English-language availability.
Tiny Fables
All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.
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/
📚 Book to movie adaptations 🎥
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)
Penguin's 100 Must Read Classics
I'm going to read every book every
classic women's canon
classic & modern classic literature by women. limiting myself to one book per author. please let me know who i've missed!
Shit I Should Have Read in School
Now that I’m an adult, I am realizing that reading all those classics growing up truly does help us understand the world. So here’s my curated list of things I (personally) was never assigned but want to read now.
Yearning done right 🤌
A man who yearns earns
Jane Austen and Adaptations
"My courage always arises with every attempt to intimidate me"
It is a truth universally acknowledged…
All of Jane Austen’s finished works
Classics to read on a windy afternoon
Something compelling to make you think
The Guardian’s The 100 Best Novels of All Time
A list published by The Guardian on 5/16/2026, as voted on by authors, critics, and academics worldwide.
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