Recs if you like Fair Rosaline...

The bard's stories, but different.

These books return to Shakespeare’s stories and let them bloom anew, tracing familiar plots through fresh voices and altered fates. Here, old quarrels find new ground, lovers cross re‑drawn paths, and kingdoms rise again in different light.

Books that retell or reference Shakespeare’s works.

Suggestions welcome

I love a good retelling. First in series or standalones. Suggestions welcome.

every month, são paulo's public library creates a 10 book list based on a different country, here are the books of 2026 (january = france, february = england, march = italy, april = south korea, may = portugal, june = russia, july = usa, august = nigeria)

Fiction books set in Italy

Open to recs!

[Love and Deepspace]

Enchanting yet dangerous stories of seduction, intrigue, and moral greyness, Rafayel thrives in worlds where beauty conceals peril and charm masks power.

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For better or worse, mothers who haunt their daughters and the narrative.