Recs if you like Anatomy: A Love Story ...

Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift 😉

A mix of classics & modern literature, that have to do with the witchy, gothic and horror genres ✨

Fiction (and some non-fiction) across genres featuring plagues, poisons, palace physicians, healers, and pre-antibiotic chaos. If it involves herbs, plagues, questionable remedies, court intrigue, or a morally complex healer experimenting in the corner, I want it.

Each month Reese Witherspoon picks books she loves with a woman at the center of the story.

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always accepting suggestions for books with a heart on the cover.

Books set in/around Scotland. Highlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, outer islands, etc.

This list is full of women who solve problems, break rules, run experiments, ask inconvenient questions, and generally refuse to stay in the lanes they were assigned. Fiction and non-fiction, from romance to history. Welcome to the nerdy, brilliant chaos.

romance book heroes that are gentle, shy or nerdy in every sub-genre

Fiction books about women who are smart, capable and really into science.

Series that follow the same detective/detectives solving different mysteries each book. Set in historical times, mostly the 1800s. Typically with a romance subplot 💕

Fiction based on body snatching and the resurrectionists of 1800s Edinburgh

Any recommendations welcome!

Spooky, eerie, often gory, & with healthy dose of mystery; stories that spoke to both the horror & fantasy lovers in me & had enough heart break to revive the emo teen I used to be 🥲 •——•—•——•—•——•—•——•

• if you have any book recs please drop them in the comments 🥹 thank youuuu * •——•—•——•—•——•—•——•

Forget everything you know about the golden hour. In these halls, knowledge isn't just power—it's a blood sacrifice, a cursed bargain, or a secret that could tear the stars from the sky. Whether you're navigating the lethal corridors of the Scholomance, deciphering the forbidden linguistics of Oxford’s silver-working, or joining a secret society at Yale that deals in the ghosts of the past, this list is for the scholars who prefer their ink black and their magic dangerous.

Fantasy and romantasy books set in Scotland ( whether it be Edinburgh, Glasgow, the Highlands and the Lowlands) and inspired by Scottish culture

well written, no notes

Historical Fantasy with romance set around the Regency & Victorian era (read & highly rated only)

Medical horror and thriller novels to make your skin crawl🫣

when the cover is absolutely doing its job correctly

(gorgeous, funny, and uniquely fitting covers, all in one)

books i’ve read (and liked) that made me feel the cozy calm (or dark grit) of fall

no rhyme or reason, just ✨vibes✨

**i’m including some cozy fantasy/spooky season/fall-occurring books, but this list is also meant to expand beyond those limited sub-genres to include books i think would hit different if read during fall or majorly incorporate elements i associate w fall like mountains/forests, adventures, murder, small towns, seasons of change/hardship, grittiness, dark academia, pirates, etc