Recs if you like Lost Souls Meet Under a Full Moon...

books that transport you into gentle adventures and charming worlds (with a side of life-altering epiphanies and self discoveries)

no matter where you live, we all see the same moon, even if it’s day, the moon is still there saying 🌝 so here is a list of a bunch of books with the word “moon” in the title

taking suggestions!

癒し系 | "healing" fiction | a genre of gentle, slice-of-life stories that focus on comfort and emotional restoration from ordinary human troubles, often featuring whimsical elements. This list will focus on works of Japanese and Korean literature, rather than manga or illustrative media, that fall into this genre.

a collection of inventive, incisive, and invigorating works of contemporary and speculative fiction by women writers of East Asia and its diaspora.

A list of cozy fiction for when the world is heavy and the Book Club book is too much.

Books are cozy based on other lists or cute-munity reccs. Your milage may vary.

Literature that features cats, coffee shops, food, books, and sometimes a bit of magic. Cozy and healing.

the coquette femme aesthetic is of the utmost importance

ladies love to write all around the world!

Translated fiction

books that shayne topp from smosh has read in 2025 (ones that he talked about or posted on social media at the end of the year)

This is my Japanese literature list: Little Japan. Most of these books sit on my bookshelf in my little corner of the world. Enjoy!

the books shayne topp (from icarly) recommended from his 2025 reads on his instagram story!

All the books I can find that Shayne Topp has recommended!

there may be dark moments but the warm fuzzies prevail in these speculative novels ✨ note many of these are series!

Emotional reads

books translated from other languages to english! a way to explore writing styles from around the world