Recs if you like The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, #1)...
It's 2005 and you're at the Scholastic Book Fair
Books of the millennial reader's childhood (not just scholastic book fair). Sticking with chapter books, and not picture books :) All books pre-2005 Taking recs!
Stars Hollow Book Club (Gilmore Girls Books)
This list gathers over 300 books mentioned or read on the show so you can sip coffee, order in, and read along with Rory Gilmore and the other Stars Hollow residents.
you’re going to ace that Accelerated Reader test
chapter books you probably read in elementary and/or middle school and you probably took the AR test as soon as you finished. cue nostalgia
Cozy mysteries
I love finding mysteries that have cutesy names or are so nice and cozy you can just jump in. So I thought I'd add a little small town/cozy character mysteries so they are easy to find
All 175 Nancy Drew Books
Every book from the main Nancy Drew series. (Does not include spinoffs.)
Public Domain Day 2026 (USA)
A list of written works entering the Public Domain in the United States on January 1st, 2026! Go find a copy and get thee reading!
Standard Ebooks Offerings!
I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but I talk about Standard Ebooks a TON. I wanted to make a list of some of the most popular offerings they have available to read. Their full library of over 1300 books is 100% FREE and from the US Public Domain. From Kobo to Kindle, they have a format that'll work for however you want to read, even PDFs! Save a few bucks (or library holds) here: https://standardebooks.org/
Millennial Nostalgic Reads
Bring on those Gen Y memories! A list of books likely to give people born between 1981 and 1996 a lot of feelings.
This list is for those of us who grew up eagerly awaiting the Scholastic Book Fair, watching Reading Rainbow (or Wishbone!), and dreaming of a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.
Note: these are not books published in 1981-1996, but books that had a hold on the millennial generation.
Also check out the Dear America series, American Girl series & Royal Diaries series.
Classic Children’s Lit
Classic novels for your (inner) child, with some modern staples in the mix. For reading yourself, reading aloud to little ones, and for those learning to read. Suggestions welcome, as always!
young sleuths unite!
because sometimes they can do what proper detectives cannot 🤔 here’s a list of ya/mg (murder) mystery books where crimes get solved the right way!
classic mysteries to read on a stormy night
we have crime! we have thunderstorms! we have quicksand! we have romance sub plots! we have old timey investigators! we have some sexism and racism that definitely needs to be addressed by modern audiences…
the Gen Z bookshelf
books that remind me of my Gen Z childhood, not necessarily books published 1997-2012. feel free to leave recs in the comments!
be girl solve crime
a list of books about 'girl detectives'. for this list i specifically mean characters that are children or teenagers, not just female detectives.
now get that spyglass, sneak into that house and crack that code because the game is ON!
Overdue Podcast readalong
Keeping up with the 700+ books featured on Overdue since 2013
Weird Girl Books We Read In The 90s
There was a period of time in the 90s when a specific trope was EVERYWHERE: The Weird Girl(s) Do Something Interesting. Me and my friends read. them. all. Which was fine because many Weird Girl Books were Part of Weird Girl Series with 50+ books. -- Due to the limitations of publishing in the past (and the present, lbr.), all of these protagonists will be presented as cis girls, and they will likely be white. If anyone knows of diverse picks for this list PLEASE suggest them in the comments!
it’s a movie and a book!
all books that have been adapted to another medium. mostly film and TV but other adaptations might get mixed in.
books for teens and children
middle grade and young adult
Teen girl detectives for the win!!
Books with young women that are the protagonist of their detective stories. They're queens and we love them 🫶
Rory Gilmore read these books
Every book Rory Gilmore read/talked about in Gilmore Girls based on this list :
https://www.listchallenges.com/books-rory-gilmore-actually-read/list/3
Inner Child
Instead of dancing in Target for inner child work, maybe let's start with reading kids books from our youth- and kids books that remind us of our youth.
