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books that transport you into gentle adventures and charming worlds (with a side of life-altering epiphanies and self discoveries)

For when things seem hopeless. We can always try again and again ❤️

This list is a community project, I asked in the club and received multiple suggestions which I then added onto a list: fiction and nonfiction, fantasy, contemporary, sci-fi, the main theme is just hope. Some people said their recommendation might not fit very well but I added it anyways.

Also, in the og post, I mentioned The Good Place and if people have recommendations tending to that, so some books are related to that.

Books that inspired or are similar to Studio Ghibli films

癒し系 | "healing" fiction | a genre of gentle, slice-of-life stories that focus on comfort and emotional restoration from ordinary human troubles, often featuring whimsical elements. This list will focus on works of Japanese and Korean literature, rather than manga or illustrative media, that fall into this genre.

A list of cozy fiction for when the world is heavy and the Book Club book is too much.

Books are cozy based on other lists or cute-munity reccs. Your milage may vary.

Cats, cats and more cats! Welcome to The Cat Love Club where we curl up with books featuring (suprise) cats, the perfect reading companions 🐈 List credit to my own cat because she is inspirational 😩✨️

An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.

Literature that features cats, coffee shops, food, books, and sometimes a bit of magic. Cozy and healing.

Stories that follow the New Weird genre. Adventures that mix reality with fantasy, horror, science fiction, and literary fiction. Each a distinct and unique story to envelope your mind.

Mostly Asian healing books about comforting stores that can help people heal

These are books I am going to start reading before bed, because my regular selection of reading material just really riles me up. Inspired by two posts from the Substack Feeling! Magazine by Jenna O'Brien.

a favourite niche of mine, partly inspired by 4 years spent living there ✨

a non-exhaustive list.

Books about people (particularly women) with a unique job situation. The definition of "unique job situation" is basically vibes. It could be fantastical or surreal, or just a normal job in an unusual situation. Or maybe a job so mundane and specific that the focus on it feels weird. Also books about real people with unique and interesting jobs. (Also I have not read all of these so I'm just going off descriptions for some of them.)

Translated fiction

this list includes various book recommendations by kpop idols across all genres, featuring:

ᯓ★ Minghao & Wonwoo (SVT), Irene (Red Velvet), Namjoon & Yoongi (BTS), Jonghyun (Shinee), Kihyun (MONSTA X), Nichkhun (2PM), Yunho & Changmin (TVXQ), Kanghyun (ONEWE), Lily (NMIXX), Dahyun (TWICE), Sungho & Taesan (BND), Hyun (XLOV), Sangwon (ALD1), IU

literature that transcends borders and often breaks my heart