Recs if you like Alice in Wonderland...
Circular storytelling
"The end is already written. Your actions are up to you, you can choose to get off this ride whenever. We both know you won't do it."
Free? In This Economy?
Times are tough… Here is a list of books that I was able to find as free audiobooks available on YouTube or Spotify!
“Bunny” Deep Dive
A mythological deep dive into the magical world of Bunny by Mona Awad
Books Mentioned in MLM Litfic Side Quest
Books referenced by name within the 15 books that make up the Men Loving Men in Literary Fiction Side Quest. I don't remember every single one, so please comment any I'm missing as you read the quest books!
They Made a Game of That
Books which have video game adaptations or are cited as heavy inspirations for them. I love both books & games as mediums & feel there is more connection between them than oft credited. Obviously, creatives are influenced by innumerable things, but it's awesome when developers, etc. share their inspirations. Please say if there are others you know of!
Animation Adaptions! 🎨🎞️
Much like books to movies but solely focused on animated movies/series! Suggestions welcome!
Isekai According to…
The books accredited, by 🔗 this article, with redefining the isekai genre bit by bit. I was unable to find Warrior from Another World (1979) by Haruka Takachiho, considered to be the first catalyst of the Isekai genre in Japan.
Isekai can be translated to mean “other world” or “another world.”
Rory Gilmore’s book references
My favs/tbr from the books Rory and Lorelai referenced in Gilmore Girls ❤️
Tales You’ll Find In The Starless Sea
Other books and plays referenced within Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea.
See notes for information on references. (Tk)
🚧 In Progress !! 🚧 - Confirming and noting exact place / theme / etc of referenced material. Pulling from others lists atm / online until I do.
Adding the starless sea so this list can be found by those looking at the book! 👀 ✨
books in "why be happy when you could be normal?"
Books saved the narrator in "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal" by Jeanette Winterson. Books may yet save us. This is a list of all the books mentioned & referenced in the novel. Feel free to comment any that I missed
🦋Classics that still feel alive🦋
These stories were written decades (sometimes centuries) ago, yet they still understand us — love, loneliness, ambition, fear, hope. If you’ve ever wanted to try classics but didn’t know where to start, this is a gentle door in.
Class is in Session
A personal study in gothic lit, fantasy, mythology, and the writing of it.
mad-fantastical-paranormal
recommendations of fantasy, magical realism, speculative fiction... or just stories shaped by the perception of characters, giving reality an odd touch. which one is it?
The Folio Society Collection
A list of all the books that the Folio Society has made special editions of.
Classics that Feel Like an Ornate Music Box
pov: you’re nine years old and unboxing your mother’s old, dusty books and vintage toys, which will soon become a core memory of your girlhood. ༺❀♡❀༻ coming-of-age feminine stories that are old-fashioned, wondrous and romantic.
50 books to read before you die
List from metal bookmark
Magical Girl Summer🧜🏻♀️
Stories full of adventure, whimsy, friendship, and romance. Fairies, mermaids, and ordinary people finding magic in the everyday.✨
traveling library
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)
Nostalgia? In this economy?
Books that made me love reading as a kid
Orphan Girls
Books I read, researched or considered for my masters thesis. Some are not strictly speaking orphans but only growing up without parents or the parent figures being absent from the story.
