Recs if you like The Sun Is Also a Star...
these titles are complete sentences!
Book(s) of the Month(s) 📚
Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!
circadian stories
books that span a single day (or less!)
booktube throwback
the staples of the book community on youtube in the early to mid 2010s.
📚 Book to movie adaptations 🎥
Books that were adapted into movies (not tv shows). Let's make this list as long as possible!
(going to only add the first book in a series)
Short and/or Quick to Read for Neurodiverse Brains
All are very welcome to this list, but I've geared it towards my fellow neurospicy folk with busy Brains who need some high dopamine sparks from their books...and for it to not take forever for us to read a book and we lose our interest/hyperfocus 🤣🥰
Prose Before Bros [book club]
Books read by Prose Before Bros, a book club for women of color in PDX
Books that raised my awareness without preaching
This is a list of Books that (unexpectedly) told me of struggles people (or systems) have, that I did Not know before and so taught me a bit more empathy for the world and the People in it. Important is, that These Books are Not preachy about it and/or only mention it in passing but the topic still stuck with me Recs welcome
Afro Rep Across Genres
Just a list of books featuring black protagonists in various genres: fantasy, romantasy, horror, Sci-Fi., Contemporary romance, historical romance...
Bahni Turpin Appreciation Club
A list of books with audiobook formats narrated by Bahni Turpin!
This list focuses on books which are either exclusively or primarily narrated by Bahni Turpin in their audiobook format, but this is a non-exhaustive list.
Sources used in compiling this list: Audible Hall of Fame: Bahni Turpin - https://www.audible.com/blog/narrator-bahni-turpin (also using Audible's search) Penguin Random House Authors: Bahni Turpin - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/72264/bahni-turpin/
Made for the Movies, Vol. II
a collection of recommendations from the Made for the Movies forum
Diverse Baseline Challenge
These Diverse Baseline Challenge was created by @bookish.millennial & @themargherita.s (on instagram). In 2025, the goal is to read 1 book by a racialized author each month. This challenge is meant to encourage readers to try genres they historically don’t reach for, find new-to-them racialized authors, and to encourage reflection on our reading habits.
This is a mix of recommendations by the challenge organizers and myself.
Between Courses: Single Encounter Novels
Books where an entire narrative unfolds within a single, time-bounded encounter between people, forcing all revelation and complexity into one sustained conversation, meal, or 24 hour period.
Read The States Challenge - New York
This is a list of books for the Read The States Challenge. Read any on each of the state lists and be awarded the pride of knowing you have read all across the US!
teenage love 💌
books that make you yearn for the high school sweetheart you've never had
💚✨Green flag men✨💚
Love interests and main Characters that you could actually introduce to your mom.
(This list was way to hard to make)
Young Adult Literature Crash-Course
I am very passionate about Young Adult Literature as a high school English teacher. I think people often pass books by simply because they're labeled "YA". Here are some of the best YA books I've read over the past 10 years of studying to become a high school English teacher and teaching 9th graders.
Young Adult/Middle Grade ✨ 📖
Most popular or most read books for young adults or middle grade.
Only the first book of a series will be added.
BOTM 2016
YA Standalones
young adult books for when your commitment issues are hitting and a series seems daunting
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