Recs if you like Severance...
Too Real Dystopians
Dystopian fiction that feels a little bit too real. Imagined futures, apocalypses, society collapse, oh my!
Hey! Who put their leftist politics in my fiction?
Need a gift for your extremist family member, but they already have a red baseball cap AND a Don't Tread on Me shirt? Were you told "Don't bring up politics at family dinner" and need some safe books to discuss instead? Well we have a full menu for you to choose from! Each just for fun book comes with our guarantee: No real world political messages under the 100% fictional plot! π (Taking Recommendations!)
strange plagues (further reading)
forced into unending sleep or perilous insomnia, repeating tedious daily routines until your body rots, watching as your skin starts to glow or your hands sprout scales - these novels feature illnesses that are far from typical
if you enjoyed / find yourself enjoying my strange plagues quest, youβll find even more suggestions for further reading within the niche here!!!
itβs complicated: mother-child relationships
Fiction & nonfiction books that explore the complexities and traumas of mother-child relationships or in which such relationships play a central role. While many books on this list are what Iβd classify as including βmommy issuesβ there are others that are more about the different perspectives and nuances of the mother-child (often specifically mother-daughter) relationship. Some books center the child, some the mother, some both.
Suggestions are welcome.
Well, you have options
Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is whatπ
(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to knowπ€)
Asian horror
Horror stories (in all of its forms/subgenres) from Asian authors!
Recs welcome!
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on π Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listed in the description, or offhandedly said.
High Femme Fiction
pink, sophisticated & sometimes fatale <3 (added some essential nonfic & poetry!)
The System Is The Monster
Fiction has always been where truth hides. Across horror, thriller, literary fiction, fantasy & mystery every book on this list has something to say about power, who holds it, who destroys it, and how it reproduces itself.
Profit > People
Fictional stories. Real consequences. Profit > People is dedicated to books with capitalist critique, focusing on the lives - and bodies - sacrificed at the altar of industry and interest. Always taking recommendations!
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?
Zombie Apocs β No Cis-Male Authors Allowed
If you ask someone what apocalyptic fiction they've read involving zombies, there's a fair chance most or even all of that list will have been written by cis men, because they're the books that get the most publication & promotion in the genre
My hope is that this list will help someone find a new favourite author! β‘
Sister list to The End & After - No Cis-Male Authors
First of a series only
Suggestions so welcome, particularly for trans, enby & other authors of marginalised genders
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Book(s) of the Month(s) π
Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!
weird girl lit fic
books with unhinged narrators that feel impossible to put down
backrooms vibes
books that feel like the backrooms: unsettling and horrifying liminal spaces. Open to more recs that fit this description.
okay first things first Iβll eat ya brains
forever chasing the high of the first three seasons of The Walking Dead π books featuring zombies & the zombie apocalypse.
psa: I do not agree with Nicki minajβs political views
as always, taking suggestions!
A Journey Through the Self
A compilation of books (mostly fiction) in which the main character/s set out on a journey, leading to moments of meditation, introspection, meandering walks through the memory, conflicts with both the self, the path, and others, and ultimately: change, for both the characters and the reader. In these novels, the journey is more important than the destination.
Recommendations are welcome!
A Pink Sapphicβs Bookshelf
the coquette femme aesthetic is of the utmost importance
Millennial Pink
i am her. she is me. and we are both that millennial bitch who loves pink.
always taking suggestions for books with covers that are the best shade of pink.
Books to read while the boss isnβt watching
Corporate satire and other fiction set in the office/workplace, because apparently your 9-5 just isnβt enough!
