Recs if you like The Starless Sea...

campuses, the occult, a bacchanalia or two. only true dark academia in this list 🍂🚬☕️

The SCP is an organization that Secures, Contains, and Protects our world against anomalous objects, entities, and phenomena. Be advised: these books contain such SCPs that have escaped confinement and have caused havoc and destruction. Read at your own peril. And remember to document your findings.

These are books that don't rush to impress you. They simmer while the author adds in the layers. They may confuse you or bore you at first - but if you give them time to cook you'll end up with a delicious meal of a book!

Always taking recommendations! If you are recommending a series - the layers need to come together by the end of the first book (not half way through the series).

dark academia books with queer and trans MCs

a list of fantasy book recs free of problematic authors so you can discover without any stress of promoting them!

Chill-fueled journeys through frostbitten kingdoms, forbidden wards, and legends carved in ice. Perfect for readers craving grand myths wrapped in winter magic.

Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!

Maybe the people are magical, maybe the library is. Maybe these aren’t as fictional as they seem.

Recommendations encouraged!

dreamy, surreal, reflective texts 🤍 composed of fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and memoirs

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?

this is a collection of books that contain more stories within their stories, almost like an endless corridor of doors that lead to more doors or an infinite matryoshka doll
(always open to suggestions!!)

I think Pagebound quests should be enjoyed at your own pace, reading whatever piques your interest. That being said, here's a list of books that are included in multiple quests. This list is a work in progress and suggestions are welcome :)

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!

Eclectic choices of stories to forget life sucks.

Books don't just sit on shelves and these novels show it. Each one is its own love letter to the importance of stories in every corner of human life, built on the belief that the right book, in the right hands, at the right moment, can change the entire shape of a life. (Always taking recommendations!)

Perfect for fantasy lovers with not enough hours in the day!

Feel free to mention any I missed in the comments 😊

A masterlist of standalone adult fantasy novels (no novellas).

Always looking for recs!

fantasical libraries and whimsical bookshops, these books add a magical charm to familiar bookish places

books with bisexual characters (even if they end up with the opposite sex THEY'RE STILL BI)