Recs if you like Gentlemen Prefer Blondes...

Stories that traded chapters for showtunes! From literary classics to contemporary novels these books found a second life under the Broadway lights! Please let me know any that I've missed!! (Note on curation: I've been cross checking titles with Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) which is Broadway's official archive)

As a massive bookworm and theatre nerd, this list was inevitable.

Books that have been adapted into or inspired musicals

A reading list that I thought I’d share consisting of all the books on the Brink Literacy Project’s tarot deck. I’m going for completionist and this is here for anyone who’d like to keep track and do the same, or who wants to read classic literature paired with tarot cards 🤗

(Apart from the first five, all books are in order, starting with the Major Arcana, and moving Ace to King through the Wands, Cups, Swords, and then Pentacles suit).

stories of excess, sensuality, pleasure, adventure, reactivity, and eros, as well as stories that reflect the feeling of a summer holiday or the lethargy and fatigue of late summer

List of classics for those interested in the genre.

All these books are taken from various courses I've taken as English Literature undergrad! Contains both well known classics and ones you probably have never heard of. (work in progress)

Books that were featured on an episode of Backlisted.

books where the main characters chase pleasure in their lives - where they fight to feel through heartbreak, violence, disappointment and more. hoping to read these as summer inspiration to chase my dreams and my own pleasure!

credit: @ismeneormonde on substack, ‘books where women have FUN’

Books that take place in New York City or New York State