Recs if you like Shuggie Bain...
books your pretentious friend has heard of
Queer Classics: English Literature Edition
The queer agenda has taken over your English lesson and the compulsory reading list to make you disgustingly educated and gay af ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Based off having to study older books that have monumental impact ๐ฅ Will keep updating the curriculum, CLASS IS IN SESSION ๐
The System Is The Monster
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.
NYT Readers' Best 100 Books of the 21st Century
A mix of reader favorites and editorial picks from The New York Timesโ100 books that defined the 21st century.
booker prize winners 1969- present
every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way
lit fic featuring dysfunctional families
Bleakness Is My Weakness
For when you need to wallow in melancholy and misery: a collection of pessimistic, cynical, downbeat, depressing, doom and gloom fiction for my disillusioned friends.
More to come!
Got the holiday blues? Check out my list Christmas with the Cranks!
Service 95 Book Club
Dua Lipaโs book clip picks
Queer Literary Fiction
Focused on stories with beautiful prose, depth, and explore the intricate realities of the LGBTQ+ experience. Sub-genres could range from historical, contemporary, science fiction, magical realism, and classics (even romance!).
I will continue to update this, so comment if you have more!
NYT Reader's Choice Top 100 21st Century
NYT Top 100 of the 21st Century: Reader's Choice. In order as published in 2024
Award Nominated Fiction from Indie Publishers
Trying to support indie publishers and read more diverse fiction! Iโm starting with the Booker Prize and hopefully adding more when I can. Add your recs in the comments!
coming of age (lit/contemporary fiction specific)
bildungsroman if ya nasty
for the outcasts
pieces of literature that feature characters that people who are (or have been) ostracized heavily relate to/find comfort in. we all deserve to feel love and to feel community, and these books portray this. always open to recommendations <3
Scottish Literature
Ceud mรฌle fร ilte! โ Castles, Moors, Sรฌth and lochs and trees for as far as the eye can see! From fantasy, sci fi, crime, lit fic, horror, to non fiction, the Scots can do it all ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
A small country with mighty good *authors and equally amazing books that deserve a spotlight!
*List mainly features authors who are Scottish but also some books by authors who may not be Scottish but their books are set in Scotland!
Goodreads Best Books of the Decade: The 2020โs
The top 100 books of the 2020โs as voted on by Goodreads members
How many have you read?
The top 5 have switched order, they should be: 5) Iโm Glad My Mom Died 4) The Midnight Library 3) The House in the Cerulean Sea 2) Project Hail Mary
- Addie LaRue
books involving motherhood
some book recs that involve the complexities of motherhood: the tough and tender, chaotic and beautiful, exhausting and full of purpose.
Service95 Book Club
Service95 Book Club Monthly Reads + more and more books from their lists :)
Noah Kahan songs if they were books
(note: i haven't read all yet)
So you want to cry
love sad books all day every day
Real Scottish Reads ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Books by Scottish authors, across genres. (Will not be including any JKR.) Dark crime, litfic, a bit of satire, fantasy, scifi & speculative fiction. Trying to include a mix of everything in here.
Recommendations welcome. ๐ซถ
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