Fantasy books you can read instead of Harry Potter
JK Rowling is a bigot who uses her platform to hurt transfolks and other marginalized groups (plus she literally just quoted Mein Kampf on the bird site). If you're still supporting her in 2025, don't bother talking to me.






๐ณ๏ธโ๐Queer Graphic Novels+๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ
LGBT*+ graphic novels / comics / manga +
Fluff to smut, including 18+ etc aka not exclusive to anything specific other than being queer content (queer & queer-rep inclusive stories). I have read a good handful of the ones now at the bottom of the list. Includes intended middle-grade-ish-level youth content to adult audience content.
In progress / updated over time. Mostly serving as an all-in-one-spot list until Pagebound figures something out that works well for multi-genre/format exploration. :)
(recs highly welcome) Attempting a highly exhaustive list.






cooking is magic โจ
fantasy books where cooking and baking or some other form of culinary art are the main focus, a large part of the plot, or part of the magic system!






Deep Exhale: Cozy BIPOC
Celebrating cozy books by bipoc authors. With respect to the subjectivity of 'cozy' and how a lot of bipoc stories will touch on difficult themes as part of our realities, I'm including here books that I've read and have been recommended.
These are books for us to exhale and rest with, with lower stakes where the cozy atmosphere is thoughtfully at the forefront rather than as short scenes or as an afterthought. I'll add a suggestions criteria post in the comments for more recs ๐๐ฝ






The Ultimate Collection of Fantasy Standalones
Perfect for fantasy lovers with not enough hours in the day!
Feel free to mention any I missed in the comments ๐






100+ Queer Graphic Novels
Iโm aiming to read 100 queer graphic novels, so hereโs my list of the ones Iโve already read and the ones I plan to read. There might not be 100 books on the list yet, as Iโm still gathering them all together.






Every graphic novel ever
I have spent years curating a list of graphic novels for myself on goodreads and I thought this place would be great to share it and share my love for graphic novels. Iโm not picky about the plot or topics of the graphic novels I read so the list is pretty much any graphic novel I have heard of regardless of topic. Many are middle grade or young adult as is the general trend of the format but recommendations for more (especially adult) would be greatly appreciated.
Also manga is not included.






Malaysian SFF
Science fiction and fantasy books by Malaysian authors. N.B. This list is not meant to be exhaustive.






graphic novels for everyone
Here are a bunch of graphic novels from different genres and ages! Mostly queer books also! Let me know if you need specific recs and leave your recommendations in the comments!






๐Falloween Graphic Novels๐
Graphic novels to cozy up with and read for fall and Halloween.






queer graphic novel feast
a bunch of recommendations from my most-read genre ๐






Trick or treat ๐ Comics and Graphic Novel
Here we have comics and graphic novels with the spookiest vibes: scary witches, cute ghosts, and even some curses... choose carefully ๐๐ฌ๐ปโจ๏ธ






for everyone whoโs ever felt they donโt fit in
you are deserving of love, acceptance and belonging. you will find your people






quick reads that are genuinely good
novellas, poetry, graphic novels






One and done graphic novels and comics
This list contains of single volume graphic novels and comics.






Lesbian SFF
It's a list of of science fiction and fantasy books where at least one protagonist is a lesbian. I've read most of these.






Soft Books for Grief
These are books that deal with grief, but feel gentle. It's a lot of graphic novels and even some kid's books. A lot of these are stories that are light or made me feel held in a way. The nonfiction ones had good facts, but were also reassuring and/or didn't involve a lot of heavy details that some grief books can have.






manga and GNs to cure your soul
cozy wholesome, doctor mirto prescribed just for you






cozy fantasy
All the cozy fantasy book I could remember. PLEASE READ DISCWORLD, IT'S REALLY GOOD






Where There's a Witch ๐
An assorted list of (mostly) cozy witchy books for the Autumn ghouls





