Recs if you like East of Eden...

This list brings together fiction from around the world that documents historical events or periods of time. Titles in this list aren't necessarily "historical fiction" but do have an important historical element to them.

I find fiction is an easy media to help educate me about world history I never learned in school. These titles aim to bring to light historical events that may not be taught in schools!

As always, I'm open to any and all suggestions! 🤠

Stories that traded chapters for showtunes! From literary classics to contemporary novels these books found a second life under the Broadway lights! Please let me know any that I've missed!! (Note on curation: I've been cross checking titles with Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) which is Broadway's official archive)

Books for those who want to be well-read without the debt (created by someone with said debt)

Note: I will be deleting my PB account within the next two weeks, and I believe this list will be erased. Feel free to screenshot it if you see anything that interests you! ☺️ 3/17/2026

Intergenerational Stories

Books that take place across and tell the stories of at least two generations, exploring history, politics, culture, generational patterns, and trauma. Mostly focusing on families.

Please give more recs if you have any! (Twenty-three fiction, two non-fiction so far)

| 2026 | verity: october 2 sense & sensibility: october 16 sunrise on the reaping: november 20 dune messiah: december 18

| 2027 | children of blood & bone: january 15 the nightingale: february 12 beach read: may 7

| 2028 | cinder: november 3

Penguin asked its readers in 2022 for the must-read classics. This is that list!

size matters for this list, all these classics are more than 400 pages long. they are THICK. suggestions welcome, i am a very generous interpreter of the term "classic" normally but i'm starting with the golden oldies

books that feel like you are driving 60 mph down a country road on a late summer day (leaning closer to a crisp fall day) while feeling complicated, nostalgic, and a little messed up inside 🍂🐛

(posting because i am TOOO excited about the release of noah's new album!! additional recs are more than welcome!)

partly inspired by toni morrison’s concept of ‘rememory’, where the past haunts the present. these are stories where family ties, friendships, communities, trauma, or physical locations act as threads (or invisible string) to connect characters across distance or time and through generations.

stories about the things we carry through the generations of a family.

as always welcome to suggestions !

A collection of books that are banned or challenged. Dive into these controversial works and explore what has been pushed for you to not discover.

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

I'm going to read every book every

I know there are already several lists with a California theme, but I am hoping this acts as a syllabus of sorts for books that deal with the core myth, history, violence, dream, and contradiction of California. Suggestions are welcome!

Books where envy or jealousy are central themes.

Sibling rivalry, envy, jealousy, resentment, bitterness, and all the love in between. Recs are welcome!

Female protagonists (or antagonists) who bring a burning rage, iron will, or anything they damn well please to the plot.

Something compelling to make you think

Read and reviewed. Shared on his ig stories/ socials.