Recs if you like Intermezzo...
Barack Obama's favorite books
All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.
hungry women
these books use (literal) hunger as a political tool to speak to womenโs oppression, repression and desire, whether through overt cannibal metaphor, speculative dispatches, or more subtle nuances of appetite in literary fiction. these women are hungry for something more, whether theyโre allowed to act on it or not.
recommendations welcome!
books your pretentious friend has heard of
Abolish men
I'm quite experienced in the man-hating field. These books made me hate men more than I already did.
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on ๐ Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listed in the description, or offhandedly said.
Lucy Dacus Recommendations ๐
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
Lestat at the Indie bookstore
All of the books seen on display in Episode 1 of The Vampire Lestat, "Detroit," during Lestat's trip to the independent bookstore in Montreal, encountering some snotty cashiers.
Authors to support!
A crowd-sourced list of books by authors who have been outspoken in support of human rights
Yes, Iโm Judging the Cover
Books that I think have beautiful front covers. Open for recommendations!
Irish Books
A collection of books by Irish authors that I've loved or am looking forward to!
Contemporary Irish Female Authors โ๏ธ
Popular Fiction of the Decade
Goodreads 80 of the Past Decadeโs Very Popular Fiction from 2016 - 2025
2025 Broken Country - Isola 2024 The Women - Real Americans 2023 Tom Lake - Weyward 2022 Demon Copperhead - Diamond Eye 2021 Reading List - Cloud Cuckoo Land 2020 My Dark Vanessa - Vanishing Half 2019 Giver of Stars - Girl, Woman, Other 2018 Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Where the Crawdads Sing 2017 Stay with Me - 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 2016 Lilac Girls - Behold the Dreamers
" I can't... See my face?! "
โ Characters on the cover (probably)
Books with covered faces (partial, mostly or fully!) of most/all of the characters on the cover!
recs are welcome! :)
family matters
from multi-generational tales to sibling sagas!
Contemporary Irish Lit
Recent beauties from the Emerald Isle.
A Guide to the Emerald Isle ๐๐ค๐งก
A guide to works from the land of saints and scholars. Fiction and Non-fiction. Classics and new(er). Books about Ireland, Irish culture, the Irish language, and perhaps a few written in/that feature the Irish language. Some might have nothing to do with Ireland at all! Brilliant Books by Brilliant Irish Authors.
Broski Report Library
Supreme Leader has opened a new library for minions to peruse and keep up with all recs off the podcast ๐จ ๐จ
itโs complicated: father-child relationships
under construction
Fiction & nonfiction books that explore the complexities and traumas of father-child relationships or in which such relationships play a central role. Not all books on this list include โdaddy issuesโ โ these books can be about the different perspectives and nuances of the father-child relationship, whether positive or negative. Some books center the child, some the father, some both.
Suggestions are welcome.
Irish Literature Starter Pack
Contemporary Irish lit picks and classics, either by Irish authors or set in Ireland. Erin go bragh. ๐ฎ๐ช
The Gauntlet
From Percy to Pessoa โ a literary gauntlet wherein each book becomes progressively more complex in writing style, structure, and/or vocabulary. Percy Jackson is our baseline, and Pessoa my personal biggest fear. Selections are almost entirely unrelated by subject matter, and obviously limited by my own inexperience and preferences. Good luck!
(Listed in descending order because I did not plan far enough ahead). If youโre still unsatisfied after this, go read Kant or something.
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