Recs if you like Dengue Boy...
Climate Fiction: Further reading
Constantly being updated!
Looking for the quest? >>> A Quest for the Future
Books from a wide variety of fiction genres that touch on climate themes in some way. Please bear in mind that while cli-fi can be hopeful, it also touches on a lot of difficult themes, so make sure to protect your mental health too.
Post-colonial Fever Dreams
tangled narratives and re-formed genres sprouting from the toxic ground of colonialism
eco-literature
includes contemporary fiction, scifi, horror, speculative fiction and nonfiction
Kids Can Be Cruel
Name-calling and insults you might hear on the playground and beyond...
Anything can be an insult if you believe it! My kid brother used to get in trouble for calling us "you...you BEAN" with all the spite his little preschool self could manage ๐ฅน
Weird is the name, and confusing is the game
This list will contain books that made me go, "Wait what?" I am still not sure if I completely get them but I i think I semi-liked some of them ๐คฃ (p.s. I am adding recs by other users so some i havent read yet)
penguin friends (Southern Hemisphere Reads)
Southern Hemisphere reads!! we will be running an unofficial SH season readalong, and our Spring readalong book is Wale Rider (1/9-30/11)! this is for any books written by SH authors, especially those set here, so pop your fav recs in the comments ๐ (i haven't read all of these! so double check content warnings if you need to)
Shelf Candy: Bold Flat Illustrated Book Covers
A book list celebrating novels with bold flat illustrated covers. I'm talking colourful, graphic, design-forward books that look beautiful on your shelf and would inspire any designer. All genres welcome but let's stick with YA to adult books.
A Human Just Like You
I'm a human. Just like you. I walk like you, talk like you...I'm just like you...Right? Books where a main character is not entirely human and/or is an alien, monster, spirit, eldritch horror, etc. who has disguised themself as a human. Do they want to be human? Or do they want to eat humans? Or some secret third thing? Who knows? You decide. (Please comment your suggestions!)
dystopian book recs
dystopian: relating to or denoting an imagined state or society where there is great suffering or injustice.
free will exists!
sometimes a book can remind you that free will exists and you can write whatever you want!
Weird fiction
A mix of older classic weird fic and more modern strange stories. Please give me suggestions!!
Silly horror
Horror books with silly, fun, or unique plots. I'd love recommendations!
Translated Lit Essentials
My favorite translated works and books I want to get to!
not quite human
human-ish?
Photographing the Tourist
writers from colonized places exacting unflinching critique of the extractive tourist economy
Locus Award Finalists 2025
Pulled from Reactor Magazine's (Tor.com) announcement. See the article for a list of short stories as well.
Works not in database: We Begin Where Infinity Ends - Somto Ihezue The Tin Man's Ghost - Ray Nayler The Millay Illusion - Sarah Pinsker When He Calls Your Name - Catherynne M. Valente The Twenty-One Second God - Peter Watts Night & Day - ed. Ellen Datlow Starling House - Alix E. Harrow (ILLUSTRATED EDITION, ILLUS. BY ROVINA CAI) Edmund Spenserโs The Faerie Queene Volumes 1-3 (graphic adaptation)
Note: The Revelation Space Collection by Alastair Reynolds is actually for volumes 1 & 2
Set in Argentina
Books set in Argentina
Open to recs!!
locus award, best translated novel
as the award was first given out in 2026 for the year of 2025, this list contains the winners and nominees of that year. but will hopefully be updated as time passes.
