Recs if you like No Longer Human...
break glass in case of autism diagnosis
a collection of autistic coded characters in fiction [ recommendations welcome! ]
apart / a part
literary (or literary-leaning) fiction focused specifically on isolation, disconnection, loneliness — and what they teach us about life and humanity.
ft. recs from the community!
Badge Gremlins
Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.
Well, you have options
Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what😉
(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know🤭)
✨#1 Favorite Book✨ Submissions
Submissions submissively submitted by the Pagebound users forced to choose their ONE favorite book under manufactured duress.
Free? In This Economy?
Times are tough… Here is a list of books that I was able to find as free audiobooks available on YouTube or Spotify!
Yes, I’m Judging the Cover
Books that I think have beautiful front covers. Open for recommendations!
The ultimate horror list
Call me Ishmael for this is my white whale
Reading List: The Musical!
As a massive bookworm and theatre nerd, this list was inevitable.
Japanese Literature Essentials
Essential Japanese novels and short fiction, past and present.
autofiction: hyperreflection as an art form
Introspective books by people who observe a lot, ponder a lot, feel a lot, and write about it. Creative memoir, self-indulgent navel-gazing, or "wan little husks" (as Joyce Carol Oates once put it)... whatever you personally think about autofiction, including whether or not it really is a genre, this somewhat experimental form of writing most definitely gives both writers and readers a chance to engage in narratives in a different way.
Widening the Canon: Diverse Classics
Inspired by some comments I saw regarding classics being too straight white male oriented. There are lots of classics that aren't, but unfortunately don't always get as much recognition. Hoping this list might help those interested expand their range of classics. Non-exhaustive and taking suggestions!
Japanese fiction to read on the train
east asian classics
these are the books recommended to me by my east asian history professors and are must reads ! this will be a mix of fiction, non fiction, based on true events, literature, etc. all of these are heavy reads so pace yourself.
WARNING: insufferable male protagonists
not "morally ambiguous/unlikeable characters", no I'm talking about I want to smack his incel ass-levels of dkhjfdbhjgj
Cheery Blossom and Neon Lights: Stories from Japan
what not to do in college
yes i KNOW that not all of these take place in college or even in school but they DO all relate to young adulthood and the change you experience in that period of your life… and they are all examples of very good things not to do in college.
Short classics for when you want to feel intellectual but not drained
Some of these are more depressing than others... ☕
horrific villains in fiction
inspired by me watching youtube videos about literary analysis of villains, here is a list full of books in which i believe their villains to be absolutely ghastly and horrifying; bloody and abusive, terrorizing and killing. if you have any to recommend, please put them in the comments! i'd love to make this list large!
books set in Japan / by Japanese authors
