Recs if you like Journey to the Center of the Earth...
Audiobooks Narrated by the Great Tim Curry
2026 is merciless. We lost another one, people. Pour one out for a legend. I'm devastated. Clue is one of my all-time favorite movies. I saw Rocky Horror Picture Show on the Queen Mary when I was in high school. They wrote slut on my chest and had me perform sapphic erotica for the audience. I had misread the vibe and was wearing a sailor suit my friend had cut the legs and crotch out of. It was an incredible (eye-opening) evening for me. We will miss you so much, Tim.
harrowings of hell
katabasis (n.) โdescentโ; often referring to a descent into the underworld, or the realm of the dead.
โtiny bookshopโ books ๐
books featured in the cozy video game โtiny bookshopโ
Wait.... This Hike is How Long?!
Books where the main characters have to travel a seemingly long distance to achieve their goals/quests. Travel is not exclusive to walking, this list also includes long distance travel by car, boat, train, and even spaceship!
As always, open to suggestions! ๐๐ค
Dinosaur Fiction
Tiny Fables
All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.
Standard Ebooks Offerings!
I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but I talk about Standard Ebooks a TON. I wanted to make a list of some of the most popular offerings they have available to read. Their full library of over 1300 books is 100% FREE and from the US Public Domain. From Kobo to Kindle, they have a format that'll work for however you want to read, even PDFs! Save a few bucks (or library holds) here: https://standardebooks.org/
Gotta Catch them All! Pokemon to Book Matches
This is a list of books representing every pokemon in HeartGold and SoulSilver (So Johto+Kanto regions). For my sanity, this is one book per evo line. The list with match-ups is in the commentsโ๐ป๐
Classic Childrenโs Lit
Classic novels for your (inner) child, with some modern staples in the mix. For reading yourself, reading aloud to little ones, and for those learning to read. Suggestions welcome, as always!
Under 10 hours - Short, workday audiobooks
Audiobooks that are less than 10 hours long and are safe for work AKA not aiming to get your horned up at your desk (no guarantees that you won't cry or get the creeps though). Recommendations welcome!
Uncommon letter titles (X, Q, Z, J)
Books with titles that start with the most uncommon letters to begin words: X, Q, Z & J.
I wanted to join the fun in doing an alphabet challenge and am currently adding X and Z to complete my alphabet of books :) Hereโs some recommendations if others want a similar challenge!
What's the story, Wishbone?
Every book depicted on PBS's Wishbone (1995โ1997)
you want me to go down *where*?
stories featuring caves, crevices, holes, and other dark, possibly cramped places underground (or water) into which our characters must descend
tiny bookshop
(almost) every book in the game: tiny bookshop
sci-fi literary canon
sci-fi which has had an immeasurable impact on the genre or on the world (or the sci-fi i would include in my college course syllabus).
the stock of tiny bookshop
i am definitely not the first person to make this but i am dedicated to make this the most comprehensive
D20 Cloudward, Ho!
Dimension 20 on Dropout tv is the most recent D&D campaign with the intrepid heroโs & these are my book recs for the season!
steampunk, dinosaurs, time travel, oh my!
Librarian recommends (full list)
A variety of books recommended by a librarian (appropriate for students aged 11-16 as well).
Overdue Podcast readalong
Keeping up with the 700+ books featured on Overdue since 2013
Tiny Bookshop Game Books
This is a list of (most) every book mentioned in the video game 'Tiny Bookshop'
