Recs if you like The Rime of the Ancient Mariner...
Badge Gremlins
Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.
Books So Good They Wrote A Song About It
Just a fun little list of books that have inspired songs. Please list the book and the song with the artist in your suggestions, or if it's a concept album based on a book, just include the book and the album with the artist. I will not be including any books by JKR, Neil Gaiman, or Orson Scott Card, or songs by Iced Earth. Will not be adding musicals based on books, songs written for films based on books, or songs that are classic poems to music.
Read Like an English Major
Books for those who want to be well-read without the debt (created by someone with said debt)
Note: I will be deleting my PB account within the next two weeks, and I believe this list will be erased. Feel free to screenshot it if you see anything that interests you! ☺️ 3/17/2026
Horror x Poetry
Poetry is an art form that can be used to interact with a lot of themes - my favorites are when dark topics or the horror genre itself come into the mix.
Badge Mogwai
Books that are on average 100 pages or less and are part of at least one quest. For shorter reads when badge hunting ☺️ Inspired by 🔗Badge Gremlins by @spacedox
Well-known, Influential Poets and Poetry
A list of popular poetry, from renowned classic poets taught in schools, to cult classics, to works referenced in pop culture: movies, TV shows, other books, and music.
spooky/horror poetry
scary poems that will stick with you.
Books that inspired rock/metal music
From Pink Floyd to Iron Maiden to Metallica to... you name it, these books inspired musicians into making some really cool music.
books in "why be happy when you could be normal?"
Books saved the narrator in "Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal" by Jeanette Winterson. Books may yet save us. This is a list of all the books mentioned & referenced in the novel. Feel free to comment any that I missed
Mentioned in Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles”
A list of books mentioned in Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles”. Incomplete and ongoing, I’ll add books as I come across them.
If there’s any you think of to add, let me know. I’m on TBT right now, but haven’t scoured the first three books yet— pulled only from memory.
Not on Pagebound: Eyes of the Mummy by Robert Bloch
Books in “ a little history of literature”
added as i read the book
autumnal reads
Books for my favourite season of all! These books contain themes of derailment and delusion, transitional periods, a slow descent into darkness or obscurity, the taboo and the monstrous, autumnal aesthetics, turning inward, a slowing down, or a midpoint between life and death.
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