Recs if you like Once There Were Wolves...

One of several Non-Humans & Empathy -themed lists by @Myth.Ink (See also: Non-Fiction, GNs/Manga+, Youth Titles, Creature Feature, & the Official @Myth.Ink Curation) | This list is the FICTION-realistic edition, including fictional interactions and considerations of interactions between plausibly realistic non-human beings of all types (trees, robots, animals, ai, aliens, objects, science-experiment beings, etc) and humans, empathy and lack thereof. | Suggestions more than welcome!

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!

This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕

Just books I thought helped show the primal feminine rage we are all experiencing right now in the dumpster fire 🔥 of a planet

I’m assembling a team. a team of books related to ecological and earth sciences. recs more than welcome!

Books set in/around Scotland. Highlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, outer islands, etc.

Novels with intriguing titles (that I read or that sound interesting) in English (either originally or translated); a mix of genres. Mostly 4+ words in the title, with some select 3-word-titles but no shorter ones. No parts of series except for the first book.

Eco-fiction that explores the impact of a changing climate and human influence on our planet. Both speculative and literary included!

Fiction books about women who are smart, capable and really into science.

“When I needed temperance, I grew only teeth.”

• Inuu Comic by Dionne_Ong

A woman is a docile thing, tame and obedient. Man’s best friend becomes woman’s unlikely mirror. Yet they both bear fangs, and will bite when threatened.

These books explore the tension between domesticity expected of women, and the ways that the men in their lives abuse, demean, and belittle their labor while benefiting from it. And how the rage those women feel boils over until the dog remembers—it was once a wolf.

This list is about fictional families which break your heart, make your heart and reveal parts of you, you never knew existed. Its about love and dysfunction and how they often come packaged together.

A vibes-based list themed after Legend of Zelda.

Inspo: perhaps the most iconic start to a Zelda game, the Deku Tree himself, and the plot surrounding him. Themes: naivety, whimsy, hope, the passage of time, grand beginnings, family secrets.

This list gathers fiction where wolves take centre stage. As companions, narrators, and symbols of survival. These aren’t werewolves or shapeshifters, but wolves, running wild across the pages. Wolf stories often explore survival, wilderness, and loss. Be mindful that some books on this list may contain intense or tragic themes.

(Fantasy wolf stories that don’t involve shifting make this list!)

This is a list where science is one of the central focus points. Being it in fiction or non-fiction.

Books which include twins, preferably as main characters or as supporting characters which are a big part of the story . All genres including non-fiction.

Please feel free to comment and add to the list!

For when you need to get off your phone and be immersed in the beauty of the world!

books about the unique and universal experience of growing up as a girl and being a woman

Books set in Scotland