Recs if you like Canticle...

Every single Aardvark Book Club book pick since its inception. Updated monthly!

Pentiment is a visual novel done in the captivating style of illuminated manuscripts. Set in the 16th century German village of Tassing and the nearby monastery, it's about an artist charged with solving a murder. It touches on faith, the occult, class conflict, the weight of our decisions, and much more

This is a combination of books recommended by Josh Sawyer and fans as dealing with similar themes to, providing historical context about, or having similar overall vibes to the game Pentiment

These are books that I’ve read or heard about that give me John Darnielle vibes iykyk. Flawed characters, Classical allusions, sacrilegious undertones, religious overtones, romantics in spite of themselves, etc.

Books about or stories of women in history, fictional, real, or in-between!

The world scares me sometimes, and I need to run away. These are the books that let me escape for a while. I can't promise they are any less scary - but at least they are different!