Recs if you like Don't Let the Forest In...

botanical horror

Bookcovers that are 10/10

(SPOILER: the books are a 10/10 too)

Healthy, mutually respectful relationships. JK, picture the exact opposite of that and then throw in three cups of lyrical, haunting bleakness.

I have a favourite audiobook narrator, and it is one Michael Crouch! I'm constantly checking out books just because he's the narrator and I've seen some people on here enjoying him as well so!!! this list is for my people :))

He narrates both Adult and YA books so I have made a little breakdown in the comments about which book is which, in case you want to avoid one or the other!

If you're like me, you might have been missing out on some stellar books because they have been published as YA, despite them having more complex themes. I took to the PB Club and asked for your recommendations for books that fit that criteria; this list is a compilation of (mostly fantasy) books from suggestions from all of you! Please feel free to drop some more recommendations, all genres accepted just as long as they are published as YA 🥰

Gothic Studies in Unnatural Science

Hauntology is the philosophical concept, as quoted by Mark Fisher in relation to Derrida's work, that "the present is always haunted by the ghosts of the past and the unfulfilled promises of the future." From generational trauma to dark histories to dying Old World pagan traditions, these elements persist throughout the wide genre of folk horror. These books explore deeply into the hauntings of the past and the instability of the future.

codependent yaoi/yuri/queer situationships, friendship or relationships 💔 some may be toxic. open to suggestions especially sapphic ones

Urgently seeking suggestions, any and all input is welcome! A list for men in fantasy who are pathetic, reminiscent of kicked dogs, often described as poor little meow meows, drowning in their own emptiness, and/or generally have an intense aura of being a sad loser with no life. Having a capacity to be fixed is entirely optional. If you want to demonstrate why a man is a loser, feel free to do so at great length in the comments so that we all may further our studies in male patheticology.

It's a small niche, but it's such a good niche.

when you go to school to make friends, defeat your enemies and create monsters, all in an afternoon

Why be lonely, when you can create a creature to be by your side

A tribute to a type of cover, originally deemed Girls with Fucked Up Faces, that never fails to grab my attention. Not all of these are books I’ve enjoyed or endorse or even read, it’s just all about the covers.

Book that have an element you’ll miss out on if you read as an audiobook, whether it’s fun formatting or illustrations

Dark Academia Books

Because Audra winter isn't the first to do so! Books and novels with illustrations have always existed! And I love seeing art peppered in through out a novel to get the extra boost as a reader. So here are novels with pretty illustrations in case you want that extra pizzazz in your books.