Recs if you like Intemperance...

Book covers with typography oriented in non-standard alignments, instead of the typical horizontal + left to right text alignment. Or: graphic design is my passion, and today we are learning about text paths 🙂‍↕️. This is an immensely silly List, and always open to suggestions—vertical text, circular, upside down, anything goes!

Following women on journeys to do weird and maybe violent things.

Short-ish Novels inviting consideration of novel characters in novel situations. Are we on a war ship? An airplane? Dedicated to a niche passion? Practicing a little known, long-ago tradition? Choosing a seemingly reasonable path in life that is nonetheless judged “unconventional” by others? Curated through my ACE lens!

I try to save my judging for book covers so here are a few of my favorites. Suggest yours below!

Awards an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.

All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.