Recs if you like Invisible Cities...
Badge Gremlins
Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.
1001 Books to Read Before You Die
Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.
in the zone: an introduction to zonal lit
coined by phil ford and jf martel, co-hosts of “weird studies,” zonal literature is a term that refers to narratives set in reality-bent spaces. in these liminal zones, ordinary life is suspended, altered, other. the rules here are different, even if things may look the same.
Italian Classic Literature
a non-exhaustive collection of works
Disorienting, Discombobulating & Disorderly Books
Weird Fiction Starter Pack
Beyond Sustainable Cities
Inspired by Chelssicle’s list ‘The Cities We Deserve’. How might we build urban spaces that care for both people and the planet? Fic and nonfic.
The Disco Elysium Book Club
This list includes works and authors that influenced the game as well as others with similar themes and writing.
experimental lit
books with an experimental structure or narrative choices, metafiction, oulipo, postmodernism, etc.
Books with hyper-sensory dreamlike spaces
I guess you could call it liminal...
Lili's & Aleksandr's Bookshelf
For when you want to live inside the brain wrinkle that Anna Maria Volkova folded for you while you read her novel, Games.
Postmodern literature
Books that exhibit key traits of, or helped develop, the Postmodern literary movement.
Not including criticism or theory.
Research trigger warnings before reading.
(Recommendations welcome)
The Guardian’s The 100 Best Novels of All Time
A list published by The Guardian on 5/16/2026, as voted on by authors, critics, and academics worldwide.
The city is a character
litfic books where the city plays a big role
Guillermo del Toro’s Required Reading
A collection of Guillermo Del Toro’s required reading!
This list is from an interview he did with Jack Edwards on his YouTube. You can find the video here
In the video he mentions some authors instead of books so I chose some the popular ones or collections.
If anyone has seen any other interviews where he mentions other books let me know and I’ll add them!
Note: These are not books written by him, but books he recommends.
Top 100 Books! (According to The Guardian)
The Guardian Top 100 Best Novels
A Brief Research Project on God
Fiction that uses every means at its disposal to detail the Deity. MLA Formatted.
Bending The Rules - 50 Novels
Unconventional and experimental novels that play with syntax, style, narrative and structure Tristram Shandy - the grandfather of experimental Pale Fire - intertwines a poem and commentary Dictionary of the Khazars - in the form of a dictionary Man Eating typewriter - written in Polari Exercises in style - 99 retellings of the same story Hopscotch - designed to be read in multiple ways If on a winter’s night a traveller - a story within a story within a…
Architect's Dream
Books featuring strong architectural themes, love of cities, setting as character, weird buildings, etc.
emily axford book recs
recommendations from the wife worm herself (source: naddpod)
italian reads ✨
Books by Italian authors (or authors who have substantially lived in Italy and can write it very well) translated into English that are usually set in Italy.
Suggestions welcome ☺️🫶
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