Recs if you like A Doll's House...
Bleakness Is My Weakness
For when you need to wallow in melancholy and misery: a collection of pessimistic, cynical, downbeat, depressing, doom and gloom fiction for my disillusioned friends.
More to come!
Got the holiday blues? Check out my list Christmas with the Cranks!
Classic Literature around the World
The intention of this list is to highlight classic literature from around the World. This is excluding the USA and UK from this list because they get enough attention. (Just kidding but also... not ๐คญ)
Curated by the PB community from ๐this PB club post please check out this club post for the original recommendation and any possible additions that I haven't added to the list.
Any suggestions welcome! I am special requesting suggestions from Central and South America, Africa, and Asia. As long as the book is considered classic literature in your country, I want to hear about it!
Norwegian classics
A list of translated Norwegian classics, includes children's classics. The list is a work in progress
Scandinavian Literature
Acclaimed or well known books from Scandinavia. Only works that have been translated to English. General vibes are dark, depressive books, some fairytales and crime novels.
Old timey and feminist
Not all are clearly the epitome of feminism, but with a feminist flavor if you will (either set or written in the past)
essential plays to read before you die
A list of notable plays written throughout history. Not only do these make for great stage productions, they're also fantastic reads.
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
I tried to find the latest version (2026).
Read Around The World Challenge ๐นญ Europe Edition
This list features one book from each country in Europe. I put the focus on women authors, with additional queer and BIPoC representation throughout. Happy reading!
Beyond the Bard (Plays)
Shakespeare ain't the only playwright worth reading
Oxford Reading List for English
Found this online - a reading list of a first year English course at Oxford University. Wanted to create this for my own enjoyment and figured someone else might like it too! I only added the fiction and poetry books and I also did not add any companions.
The last bit (from bottom up to Woolfโs Mrs Dalloway) are required reading - top half is recommended.
Down With the (Female) Sickness
Books that highlight the ways gender roles have harmed women, often through assigning an inherent wickedness to the entire gender and using suffering or punishment to โliberateโ women from our wickedness. Starting with The Yellow Wallpaper, in which Victorian standards for women expected purity and perfection. Imperfection, whether it be postpartum depression or strong opinions, was labeled as female hysteria and treated in a way that only further harmed women. Exploring empowerment & autonomy
short plays ๐ญ
some of the most popular plays across centuries that everyone must read at least once in their lifetime
Drama Major Vibes
Probably auditioned with a monologue from one of these
shorties but goodies
A list of plays, novellas, short stories, etc. when you need a quick read
theatre kid awards
quarter-life crisis
books about young people struggling with adulthood. Because who among us has not had a breakdown in their mid/late twenties?? Bonus points if youโre still figuring it all out in your thirties
Feminist Revolution Required Reading
The revolution has begun. We ride at dawn.
Around the World in 80 (+) Books
Influential or original plays / theatre
Plays for change
Plays related to social justice topics
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