Recs if you like This Side of Paradise...

Other books and plays referenced within Erin Morgenstern’s The Starless Sea.

See notes for information on references. (Tk)

🚧 In Progress !! 🚧 - Confirming and noting exact place / theme / etc of referenced material. Pulling from others lists atm / online until I do.

Adding the starless sea so this list can be found by those looking at the book! 👀 ✨

books about or inspired by jazz. includes memoirs, histories, biographies and fiction.

Guillermo del Toro is a mastermind in gothic art by using dark fantasy to explore religion and power. Here is a list of books I would LOVE to see come to life through the eyes of del Toro. What would you add?

Books that delve deep into the very nature of knowledge. Ranging between discussing academia as an institution (Katabasis, Blood over Brighthaven, This Side of Paradise) and search for knowledge as deeply personal phenomenon (Nausea, Flowers for Algernon, Piranesi), these are the books that I have found to mirror an academic tone, transporting you back to uni days, and feel heartbreakingly real.

All the books charlie mentions in the perks of being a wallflower (not all of them are assigned by bill or even read by charlie🤫)

Every book mentioned in the perks of being a wallflower

I love a good classic, and paired with a cup of tea or hot chocolate makes the experience all the more better, the books on this list just have a certain aesthetic in them that makes me want to settle down with a mug of my favorite English Breakfast and view life as a little more dreamlike.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

Books mentioned in the banana fish anime, so I will finally get around to reading them :) aka the Hemingway and Fitzgerald bookclub.

all books mentioned by charlie in the perks of being a wallflower

Books to read while working at summer camp- an escape, a reflection, or anything in between! Mostly compiled from other camp staff suggestions, but feel free to suggest anything!

Classic books I want to read this year

The major works of F. Scott Fitzgerald for the completionist.