Recs if you like Home Fire...

pink, sophisticated & sometimes fatale <3 curating the personality of my aspirations (added some essential nonfic & poetry!)

Fiction has always been where truth hides. Across horror, thriller, literary fiction, fantasy & mystery every book on this list has something to say about power, who holds it, who destroys it, and how it reproduces itself.

Aka Dua Lipa’s reading list. Everyone’s fave popstar on permanent holiday with a massive list of books to read, and she always seems to have incredible recommendations.

I am not part of Service95 or affiliated with Dua Lipa. I am just a fan curating this list based on the @service95bookclub IG account 💋

the coquette femme aesthetic is of the utmost importance

a comprehensive list of books from each country in asia including books I want to read and have read! some countries have multiple books listed, but for starters each will have at least 1.

I have no idea what I am doing here exactly. Just prioritising deconstructions/confrontations of the white, Western 'classic' canon for now, however the goalposts/parameters might change!

Not intending this to be exhaustive - there are many lists on Austen, Dickens, The Great Gatsby retellings etc already! Just a few remixes for a range of classics.

📌 List of books and what they retell in pinned comment.

🚧 In Progress! 🚧

Recommendations are welcome 😊

In the back of my copy of Circe, I found a recommendation list from Miller on exploring "more about Circe, The Odyssey, or Greek Myth"

Pakistani English literature has grown into a powerful global voice, exploring themes of identity, migration, faith, class, politics, colonial legacy, and modernity. Writing in English allows Pakistani authors to engage both local realities and international readerships, often blending lyrical prose with sharp political insight.

Books with Muslim characters/ settings or by Muslims from across the globe.

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.

Essential Pakistani novels and short stories.

retellings of mythology classics set in a contemporary setting

Just a list of books I've read from around the world, hoping others will find it useful.

Ever wondered what books of your nation are taught in other countries? Well, I always do. This is what we study in English literature (by any English speaking country) here in Italian highschools.

I only study English, so I can only do it for this language. If any Italian highschooler wants to add books mentioned by their text that I didn't have, or books their teachers made them study in class, they are welcome to do so.

Hope someone is interested.

Books that have won the Women's Prize for Fiction

All the winners of the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

For the Fae and Flame Society book club, often our spring book bingo includes a square for 'Myth Retellings.' Here is a list of books as such!

whether you love 'em or you hate 'em, here are some great character-driven novels if you like a book with well-developed characters

A list of works featured in All the Violet Tiaras: Queering the Greek Myths by Jean Menzies