Recs if you like Omniscient Reader’s Viewpoint, Vol. 1...

books that are so changed by the end that they're entirely different books on the re-read. books best entered blind, with a twist or gradual reveal that is not just surprising, but retroactively rewrites everything you've already read – the meaning, tone, genre, or intention of every page before it.

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."

recs so so welcome!

Books with obsessive and/or codependent queer relationships (relationship doesn't have to be canon but the vibes™ should be there)

you can enter a space. you are a regular guy, you can enter a room. you are a regular guy, you can do that transaction. you are a regular guy, you know how to answer the phone. you are a regular guy, you know what sleep is. you are a regular guy, you know what it means to be you.

all of these books have regular people as the protagonist doing all sorts of things, from kissing to killing!

as always, open to all suggestions!

books featured in the cozy video game “tiny bookshop”

Much of the post/apoc genre is taken up by US-centric fiction, giving a very specific mindset & often a similar type of apocalypse. There's a strong focus on guns & military. Settings outside the US can provide us with unusual, diverse & interesting stories of survival

Sister list to: Zombie Apocs - But Not US-centric

Fictional settings allowed. Some books may cross borders, inc sections in the US. Allowance made for US indigenous authors

First of a series only

Suggestions welcome!

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This list is for stories about stories, including the more obvious "books-about-books", but also books about who gets to tell stories, what versions of stories become "truth", and other story-based themes. *While not intended to be strictly fantasy, this list does lean heavily into this genre due to my personal reading tastes. **Suggestions welcome!

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

death games, omniscient gods, and unlimited possibilities, oh my!

unlimited flow is an east asian sff genre that began with zhttty’s 无限 / unlimited series.

— “the meaning of unlimited flow should be ‘all-embracing’: it contains unlimited elements, including science, religion, mythology, legends, history, reality, movies, animated shows and comics, video games, etc, and is higher than them. only through a worldview that encompasses all of this can the essence of unlimited flow novels shine.”

(almost) every book in the game: tiny bookshop

This is a list of (most) every book mentioned in the video game 'Tiny Bookshop'

…have we met before?

Novels in which one main character might know more about the other than they’re letting on. Includes hidden identity, memory loss, past lives, and more!

*I have not read all of these yet, please let me know if there are any mistakes! Suggestions are welcome <3

!!POTENTIAL SPOILERS!!

Specific sub genre of isekais, where instead of dying and/or being reborn, the MC(s) take over the roll of a character in a book or game.

Read the first few volumes online before committing to purchasing them. Most can be found on webtoon. (incl. Graphic Novels listed)

Numbers go up. 'Get gud' novels where failure is lethal. [Pantheon's slowly curated list of good ones]