Recs if you like Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead...
endearingly grumpy old people and their found families
books whose main characters are older and disillusioned with life and go on a little adventure that melts their hearts (and heals yours)
Pro AI โAuthorsโ
authors who express pro ai opinions or use ai for covers, promo or writing
a link to a doc with details on each author is in the comments
Not like other title text!
Book covers with typography oriented in non-standard alignments, instead of the typical horizontal + left to right text alignment. Or: graphic design is my passion, and today we are learning about text paths ๐โโ๏ธ. This is an immensely silly List, and always open to suggestionsโvertical text, circular, upside down, anything goes!
these titles are complete sentences!
Well, you have options
Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what๐
(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know๐คญ)
books your pretentious friend has heard of
Lucy Dacus Recommendations ๐
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
In which the title is comically long
We love books with a verbose title, and this list celebrates them! Suggestions welcome ๐ค
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on 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, listened in the description, or offhandedly said.
Service95 Book Club โจ
Aka Dua Lipaโs reading list. Everyoneโs fave popstar on permanent holiday with a massive list of books to read, and she always seems to have incredible recommendations.
I am not part of Service95 or affiliated with Dua Lipa. I am just a fan curating this list based on the @service95bookclub IG account ๐
NYT Readers' Best 100 Books of the 21st Century
A mix of reader favorites and editorial picks from The New York Timesโ100 books that defined the 21st century.
scary, spacy & spellbinding (200-300 pages)
Short-ish (& sometimes spicy) standalone speculative stories.
Apophenic Fiction
Apophenia: the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated or random things and events
Service 95 Book Club
Dua Lipaโs book clip picks
international booker - all books
winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026
Women Authors of the Nobel Prize
A year-long reading project dedicated to the women who won the Nobel Prize in Literature. By reading one book from every Nobel laureate woman, we celebrate intellectual courage and the lasting impact of womenโs words across cultures and generations.
More veggies in my fiction
This list features books with vegetarian and vegan foods and characters. For everyone who is tired of reading about meat dishes described in meticulous detail and instead wants to read about veggie food๐ซถ๐ป
New recommendations are always welcome!
weird girl literature
for those who don't conform to the norm.
TIMEโs 100 Best Mystery and Thriller Books
TIMEโs list of โthe most gripping, twist-filled, satisfying, and influential mystery and thriller booksโ running all the way back to the 1800s
Modern Day Classics
A collection of the next wave of influential Classics of our generation. These books will become staples in homes and schools contain themes that will always be relevant. Inspired by Pagebound Club Post I made.
