Recs if you like The Light Pirate...

Books that are atmospheric, emotionally unsettling, beautifully written, a little weird, and linger long after you finish them.

climate fic set in worlds impacted by rising water levels

recommendations welcome, as always!

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

Books where a daughter and her complicated/strained relationship with her parental figure(s) is a large part of the story (whether that be the main plot or a major subplot) • note: the title is a quote from the show Arcane (iykyk)

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.

Florida books D*santis would hate for you to read

Includes books with BIPOC and/or queer authors or main characters from Florida and books related to topics being censored including history, race, migration, LGBTQIA+, climate change, the environment, etc.

List is a work in progress, please feel free to suggest additions! Non-fiction and fiction welcome.

Books that use climate change as a major force or backdrop.

Fiction that imagines US or post-US futures within the next ~100 years with major societal changes and themes including war, revolution, decolonization, climate change, balkanization, collapse, etc. Suggestions welcome

these books are all surreal and queer, and on top of that, they may also be dystopian, horror, or dystopian and horror!

my goal with this list was to attempt to narrow down my niche, so they also have all been vetted by me as some of my favorite books, and i’ll continue to add more as i read more books that feel like they were made for me specifically :)

Fiction that deals with climate change. Books may take place in the world as we know it, in the near future, or in fictional worlds experiencing climate change.

US Southern Studies Books [in progress]

"Another storm brewing; I hear it sing i’ th’ wind. Yond same black cloud, yond huge one, looks like a foul bombard that would shed his liquor. If it should thunder as it did before, I know not where to hide my head. Yond same cloud cannot choose but fall by pailfuls." – The Tempest, 2.2.18. This list is inspired by the terrifyingly beautiful intensity of nature at its most extreme. This is the fiction edition of this subject. Recommendations always welcome!

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, inaugurated in 2006, is the first and only annual U.S. literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize invites nominations in adult fiction and nonfiction books published within the past year that have led readers to a better understanding of other cultures, peoples, religions, and political points of view.

fiction edition finalists

Immersive books that will take you into the story