Recs if you like The Rest of Us Just Live Here...
Queer and Disabled
Intersectionality, baby! Disability includes many conditions, including - but not limited to - physical disabilities, chronic illnesses, psychiatric disabilities, sensory disabilities, and neurodivergence.
these titles are complete sentences!
OCD Across Genres
Fiction with main characters who have OCD
booktube throwback
the staples of the book community on youtube in the early to mid 2010s.
Mental Health rep in YA
YA novels with mental health representation.
I don’t have friends, I have family
Channeling my inner Dom Toretto. Whoever said you can’t choose your family never experienced the joy of the found family trope!
Books with friendships so strong, they might as well be family. Some fun, some bittersweet, some toxic.
This list is incomplete, I’ve just added books that I have read and know are found family so please please please give me recommendations!
Sidekicks Tell the Tale
When the point of view character is a sidekick to someone else.
Not the Chosen One
Books that subvert the chosen one trope in some way
Still adding
books that give teenage angst, depth, and emotion
i asked pagebound for recommendations on specific feelings that encapsulate what it’s like to be a teenager. when everything feels so raw, intense, and fragile. this is what pagebound says!!
Stories that deserve a friendship bracelet
Books that focus friendships, good or bad.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane!
Superhero comics and books about superheroes
searching for meaning
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