Recs if you like Recitatif...

Overlooked, lesser known classics from all over the world and of many genres.

This list also exists as a book club on Fable under the same name.

A novel is a prose work typically above 40k words, though many fall between 60-100k. Anything between roughly 17k and 40k words is generally considered a novella, while works between about 7k and 17k words are classified as novelettes, with some flexibility ~

TL;DR - short stories with 7k-17k words. Get out of that slump.

An exploration of black womanhood through the great works of Toni Morrison

the books that are most interesting, inventive, and complex for the girlhood studies grad student in me. whose “girlhood” are we talking about? i’m thinking of girlhood as a liminal, queer, socially constructed, often traumatic, uncanny space.

This is a collection of novels that invites you to explore, as well as reflect on the complicated and disturbing depths of humanity, especially with regards to history, globalization, politics, and most importantly; how our relationship to nature itself has been challenged.

short literary fiction books that are less than 200 pages

Meet the world’s most enduring storytellers with Brief Encounters, a collection of short novels and stories to read in a single sitting, or to savour over days. These are the authors and stories that have shaped literature across the world, made to be enjoyed by everyone.

With all it's highs and lows

Every book I read for university

One book from every country in the world. 🗺️