cozy escapism
books that transport you into gentle adventures and charming worlds (with a side of life-altering epiphanies and self discoveries)






these titles are complete sentences!






Books About Books ๐
Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!






In which the title is comically long
We love books with a verbose title, and this list celebrates them! Suggestions welcome ๐ค






cozy iyashikei fiction
็ใ็ณป | "healing" fiction | a genre of gentle, slice-of-life stories that focus on comfort and emotional restoration from ordinary human troubles, often featuring whimsical elements. This list will focus on works of Japanese and Korean literature, rather than manga or illustrative media, that fall into this genre.






Get in witch, weโre going to the library ๐
Maybe the people are magical, maybe the library is. Maybe these arenโt as fictional as they seem.
Recommendations encouraged!






The Cat Love Club
Cats, cats and more cats! Welcome to The Cat Love Club where we curl up with books featuring (suprise) cats, the perfect reading companions ๐ List credit to my own cat because she is inspirational ๐ฉโจ๏ธ






Cute-munity Cozy Reads
A list of cozy fiction for when the world is heavy and the Book Club book is too much.
Books are cozy based on other lists or cute-munity reccs. Your milage may vary.






studio ghibli vibes โงโห โ๏ธ ๐ชทโ
books that feel like watching a studio ghibli film ๐ฑ โหโง ๏พ.






the magic you are looking for is in the library
stories about libraries or bookshops that bring magic to life, either literally or figuratively. bonus points if it has cozy, slice of life vibes!
always welcome to suggestions (ใฃแตโกแต)ใฃ






Cozy/Slice of Life/Magical Realism Literature
Literature that features cats, coffee shops, food, books, and sometimes a bit of magic. Cozy and healing.






Asian Authors
An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.






HRCYED 3.0 x Pagebound Quests (Covers Edition)
If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.






Itโs okay to judge a book by itโs cover!
Beautiful books for when your monthly reading roundup needs a little facelift ๐






Low Cortisol Reading List
These are books I am going to start reading before bed, because my regular selection of reading material just really riles me up. Inspired by two posts from the Substack Feeling! Magazine by Jenna O'Brien.






Mychal Threets Book Club (unofficial)
If youโre not familiar with Mychal, he is the new host of The Reading Rainbow and he has been spreading โlibrary joyโ on social media for years. Mychal has a book club on Fable that is for a more mature audience than The RR. He has posted a new book monthly since March 2024. I have enjoyed every book Iโve read from his club! I am not Mychal Threets and I do not know him personally. I am creating this list to help share a bit of Mychalโs Library Joy with Pagebound.






HRCYED 3.0 Helper - 9 Word Titles
Qwordy's Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 9 Word Titles Prompt You must find TEN titles total with the total number words in the title going from one all the way through ten. I'll break these lists down into the total number of words in the title to make planning easier. This is an on going list and always open for recommendations






women in translation โ ยฐโโ.เณเฟ*:๏ฝฅ
ladies love to write all around the world!






Lost in Translation (and Loving It)
Translated fiction






Pretty Privilege: Book Covers
Some gems, some disasters... All selected for the cover. Contents may vary. Read at your own risk. ... *NB: There are different editions out there, but these are specifically the ones available here. ... Most of these I've seen in the book store. I've not read all of these but hopefully will one day. Recommendations are welcome.





