Recs if you like Swamplandia!...

In honor of our queen Dolly Parton's tragic passing, I present to you, a list that includes books she has shared she loved, books that give me Dolly vibes, books she herself has written and books about her... basically just a big ol' Dolly appreciation list. Recommendations welcome!! In the meantime, pour one out for an icon, you'll catch me watching Steel Magnolias and sobbing. Rest in power, Dolly.

Following women on journeys to do weird and maybe violent things.

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.

Family Secrets. Decay. Death. Rebirth.

Books set firmly in the Southern Gothic genre or books that incorporate Southern Gothic elements.

for those who don't conform to the norm.

fiction books centered around characters processing grief 🦋

if you’re craving something that feels like the next martha’s vineyard (iykyk)! books that evoke the same feeling as the magnificent tv show ‘widows bay’

the books that are most interesting, inventive, and complex for the girlhood studies grad student in me. whose “girlhood” are we talking about? i’m thinking of girlhood as a liminal, queer, socially constructed, often traumatic, uncanny space.

A balance of breezy page-turners with immersive classics and thought-provoking non-fiction.

US Southern Studies Books [in progress]

unnerving, unsettling, spooky or generally creepy books that take place in summer + have that slow scorching summer dread vibe

Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do! Subject to changes since I’m fickle. All 150 books plus the 2 bonus! I’m probably crazy for trying 🫠 I have repeated authors mostly because I’m trying to use books I already own. I’m not sure if that’s taboo or not…

I’m not from Florida but, for some reason, a lot of books I read take place there. Here’s a list for fans of Florida!

Adventuring gangs, messy friend groups, and quirky bio families trying to make it work. Whatever found-family mood you're in, this list has you covered!

LitFic / Fiction / Fantasy

I lived here. I didn't like it.

Florida is batshit insane, but you're only allowed to make fun of it if you've lived there.