Recs if you like The Tiger's Wife...
nice to meet you, I'm Death
books in which Death, or a god of Death, or the Grim Reaper (or a Grim Reaper), is personified. This list will NOT include the works of Neil Gaiman (ew)
Non Russian Slavic books
Book about or by authors from Slavic countries that aren't Russia!
She has a Name π
Inspired by Women's history month and my local library! Ever get annoyed when headlines include the man's full name and then 'so&so's wife'? Then this is the list for you! These are books that include "wife" in the title and are often about a lot more complex and dynamic women than just 'someone's wife'. open to recommendations
Tried to include a range of diverse genres/culture/background/time period! Though I haven't read them all, I did look up every book and evaluated for consideration.
mythology inspired fantasies
original fantasies INSPIRED by mythology and folklore (Greek, Arthurian, Norse, Buddhist, Slavic, Jewish, Irish, and more!)
the real monsters are people
one of my favorite themes across genres - you have to believe in the worst of humanity in order to also believe in it's best
Balkan Gothic
Books with unreliable narrators, dark themes and the gothic sense of dread and ruin, set in the Balkans
Overdue Podcast readalong
Keeping up with the 700+ books featured on Overdue since 2013
What the NYT Missed: 71 More Best Books
This is a list put together by Lithub to highlight books they thought the NYT top 100 of the century missed out out. The full title is What the New York Times Missed: 71 More of the Best Books of the 21st Century and was published July 16, 2024. https://lithub.com/what-the-new-york-times-missed-71-more-of-the-best-books-of-the-21st-century/
Women's Prize for Fiction Award Winners
The Women's Prize for Fiction was started in 1996 as a way to highlight exceptional women writers and to balance out the coverage that male writers received. The Women's Prize is awarded every year to the best novel written in English and published in the UK. There is also a Women's Prize for Nonfiction, created in 2023.
contemporary mythology retellings
retellings of mythology classics set in a contemporary setting
Women's Prize for Fiction Winners
Books that have won the Women's Prize for Fiction
Womenβs Prize for Fiction Winners
All the winners of the Womenβs Prize for Fiction.
Women's fiction prize
Winners
Real dictatorships - fiction
Books with action in real dictatorships, fiction. Some of them are action books, some other are centered around characters and normal people life.
Paternal relationship
Books with a strong paternal relationship, no matter if the paternal figure is related to the protagonist or not, if is a father, a grandfather, uncle etc.
Books about war
Books about war - both fiction and non-fiction. This are not just books that have the action during a war or a war is happening in background. Is also not a list with typical war actions - where some heroes save the day. I just added books where you can see how the war is affecting peoples life.
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