Recs if you like The Song of Achilles...
The Greek Myth Marathon
List of Greek Myth re-telling/inspired books.
Emotional Annihilation Toolkit
Are you currently not crying to the point of vomiting, but you want to be? Need to conduct a science experiment to find out if you are in fact the ugliest crier in all of Pagebound? Well, do I have the list for you! Brought to you by the fine, very sad, folks of Pagebound! These books have been frequently suggested or upvoted in PB club posts about sad books! Suggestions in any genre, and extra tissues, are welcome!
"oh you were on tumblr, weren't you?"
books that feel like they were written by authors who spent most of their time on tumblr circa 2015. effervescent!
"what were YOU doing at the devil's sacrament?"
reccs always welcome but will be vetted
historical fiction but make it queer
are all of those historical fiction? probably not. are all of those queer? well of course.
Historical Fiction - Queer Edition
Historical fiction books with queer characters
“tiny bookshop” books 📚
books featured in the cozy video game “tiny bookshop”
2010s book tumblr
your 2016 book blog called it misses you
High Femme Fiction
pink, sophisticated & sometimes fatale <3 curating the personality of my aspirations (added some essential nonfic & poetry!)
Service95 Book Club ✨
Aka Dua Lipa’s reading list. Everyone’s fave popstar on permanent holiday with a massive list of books to read, and she always seems to have incredible recommendations.
I am not part of Service95 or affiliated with Dua Lipa. I am just a fan curating this list based on the @service95bookclub IG account 💋
One Book Many Quests
Books in this list are in at least two quests. Thus helping to earn more badges. Books will span different genres. Once I scan through all the quests, I plan to further organize the list. I am thinking of creating a seperate list and moving the books with three or more quests to the new list and keeping the two badge books in this list. Are there other ways you would organize a list this big?
warm weather blues
books that feel:
claustrophobic like the summer heat like stifling longing flushed cheeks like unbidden realisations melancholically sweet like painful emptiness existential like utter confusion
I haven’t read all book on this list (yet). Feedback regarding books/authors is welcome🫶🏻 PLS CHECK TW
musical inspiration: fourth of july - Sufjan Stevens Habibi - Tamino implosion - Labrinth now, run - Hania Rani ozean - AnnenMayKantereit
hozier branded
feminine rage, (mostly sapphic) yearning and general vibes that would make hozier, mitski and florence + the machine proud. inspired by the amazing mimi_reads & astraios! suggestions welcome<3
🍋 A thousand lives before dying 🐉
Eclectic choices of stories to forget life sucks.
NYT Readers' Best 100 Books of the 21st Century
A mix of reader favorites and editorial picks from The New York Times—100 books that defined the 21st century.
Queer-telling Greek mythology
Title wip, but queer retellings of Greek mythology
Mythology Retellings
a smattering of different mythology & legend retellings
if the cast of Dropout.tv were a book, they’d be…
Alternatively, these are books I’d recommend to each Dropout cast member if given the opportunity to do so! I’ll be including a legend in the comments to clarify which book goes with each person. I know I’m missing people, so if you have a good suggestion for a book recommendation that goes with someone I haven’t already mentioned, please share!
Who needs long series anyway?
A masterlist of standalone adult fantasy novels (no novellas).
Always looking for recs!
Queer Books in "Tiny Bookshop"
Queer books and books written by queer authors that are featured in the indie game "Tiny Bookshop", a cosy bookstore management life sim by the studio Neoludic
If BookTok sneezed, it ended up on this list…
Featuring morally gray men, unreliable narrators, emotional damage, dragons, serial killers, fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, and at least 47 books someone claimed “changed their life.” Proceed with caution.
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