Recs if you like The Artist...
warm weather blues
books that feel:
claustrophobic like the summer heat like stifling longing flushed cheeks like unbidden realisations melancholically sweet like painful emptiness existential like utter confusion
I havenβt read all book on this list (yet). Feedback regarding books/authors is welcomeπ«Άπ» PLS CHECK TW
musical inspiration: fourth of july - Sufjan Stevens Habibi - Tamino implosion - Labrinth now, run - Hania Rani ozean - AnnenMayKantereit
the obsessed artist
βI just want to be perfect.β - Black Swan
fictional accounts of artists who are defined, in some way, by their relentless obsession with their craft.
Paris Palomaβs Fatal Flaw Reading List
Paris posted these books on their instagram to read alongside Fatal Flaw so I thought Iβd put them into a list here to keep track of.
Balcony Books
Books to read on your sunny balcony in the shadows while wearing sunglasses because it's still too bright. There's a drink to your right, the condensation forming a little ring on your little balcony table. Maybe it's wine, maybe it's water, maybe only slow melting ice cubes. You don't know what time it is and everything smells like sunscreen.
Fae & Flame Society Womenβs Prize Nominations
2019-2026
Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize Finalists
All books shortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize (2022-2026)
Women's Prize for Fiction Longlist 2025 ππ
Yael van der Wouden's 'The Safekeep' won the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction. Here's what else was longlisted in case you're in need of more great books by women!
Waterstones Book of the Year Winners
2013-2026
the artist π¨
interesting fictionalized novels about artists in history
Read Like An Artist
Novels that contain art, artists or have art with in their story.
The Fatal Flaw
The Fatal Flaw Reading List: This reading list is from Paris Paloma's official Instagram, therefore, it is not my selection of books, I just decided to put them in a list here on Pagebound! This reading list is based on Paris Paloma's upcoming (at the time of creation) album, "The Fatal Flaw."
Swindon Book Club's Top 100
Inspired (or Incensed, you decide which) by the Guardian's Top 100 Novels of all Time, my bookclub decided to do our OWN top 100 list! Collected via a Google Form, each member submitted their top 10 books of all-time. We didn't limit to just fiction, and did accept entire series as "one book" β because honestly, picking is hard! As I can't order these by vote count, this is just all of them with no particular order whatsoever. Who knows, maybe we'll do this again sometime β enjoy!
