Recs if you like Hello Beautiful...

Are you currently not crying to the point of vomiting, but you want to be? Need to conduct a science experiment to find out if you are in fact the ugliest crier in all of Pagebound? Well, do I have the list for you! Brought to you by the fine, very sad, folks of Pagebound! These books have been frequently suggested or upvoted in PB club posts about sad books! Suggestions in any genre, and extra tissues, are welcome!

All of his picks since 2008, both summer reading lists and yearly round-ups.

Fiction featuring sisters, because sisters are the best. (Note that not all sister relationships are easy, they are complex and layered and sometimes difficult.)

Please leave your additions in the comments!

lit fic featuring dysfunctional families

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 😊

Goodreads 80 of the Past Decade’s Very Popular Fiction from 2016 - 2025

2025 Broken Country - Isola 2024 The Women - Real Americans 2023 Tom Lake - Weyward 2022 Demon Copperhead - Diamond Eye 2021 Reading List - Cloud Cuckoo Land 2020 My Dark Vanessa - Vanishing Half 2019 Giver of Stars - Girl, Woman, Other 2018 Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Where the Crawdads Sing 2017 Stay with Me - 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 2016 Lilac Girls - Behold the Dreamers

Books that show how your enviroment can be a real horror movie. Not all books I include are by definition horror books. Putting books on the list that fit the theme well. Work in progress only add books I have read

from multi-generational tales to sibling sagas!

In honor of International Women’s Day here are books written by women, for women, about women. From rebellion to resilience, sisterhood to survival and family to friendships.

The list is a mix of books I’ve read and books that are on my TBR. I’ll be adding to the list as and when I read or find a book I think fits.

A gallery of books selected on covers that are unique. Most of these are from actual paintings. Different types of art selected. The books listed below are just my opinion. Recommendations are welcome

The ultimate bookish read!

eldest daughters aside, this one is about the younger sibling(s) ... also about the feeling of being left behind (in life)

recs are more than welcome!

Although I'm a firm believer in re-reading books when you're in a slump, I know some of you prefer to read a fresh book to get out of it. So here are books that I think you should give a chance, if you haven't done so yet, to get out of a slump! (Please note that I'm not adding all the books of a series, just the first book.)

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

2026 is the year of Little Women adaptations & I will not apologize

Goodreads Published List of Consistently > 4 ⭐️(by year published)

2000: Plain Truth - House of Leaves ‘01: Other Boleyn Girl - Secret Life of Bees ‘02: Fingersmith - Lamb ‘03: Shutter Island - Time Traveler’s Wife ‘04: Shadow of the Wind - Cloud Atlas ‘05: No Country for Old Men - Book Thief ‘06: Sharp Objects - Road ‘07: Terror - Thousand Splendid Suns ‘08: City of Thieves - Hunger Games ‘09: Maze Runner - Cutting for Stone

Ran out of room.. See Comments for full list!

Thus... Written right

Female-centric fiction & non-fiction about friendship, sisterhood, love and surviving

Books with the best sibling dynamics for Raksha Bandhan