Recs if you like Rose/House...
Non-Humans & Empathy
Focus on non-humans (trees, robots, animals, aliens, creatures, objects…) and empathy (especially of humans towards them, or the exploration of the empathy/feelings/thoughts of non-humans towards others). Lack of or existing empathy included.
general/adult fiction, mostly & the occasional nonfic
In progress / updated over time I’ve read a good lot of these (34), and plan to read most of the rest. It’s a special interest of mine. ✨
(Suggestions welcome & appreciated!!) I also have a list in my library of titles to look into that may or may not fit the list! Feel free to look & lmk if you think they do.
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Really Short Standalone SFF Reads
Speculative (sci-fi, fantasy, horror etc.) novellas less than 200 pages long that are either standalone or read like a standalone story
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Sentient Architecture
"Place as character" is usually reserved for lush descriptions that bring environments to life, and less often used for environments that have a life of their own. This list includes houses, homes, castles, spaceships, anywhere people will spend time and call home. Not meant to include haunted houses, but a case could be argued for specific ones. c:
Only including the first in a series unless books feature different sentient places.
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Arcane Architecture
Buildings that have strong opinions, rearrange floor plans or don't stay where you left them.
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books to read in one sitting
short books around 200 pages or less that you can easily read in one sitting! for those who just want a quick read or those trying to hit their reading goals ! i tried to include a variety of genres including lit fic, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, thriller, etc.
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✰ Caricanread 2026 ✰
Hii, everyone ♡ I am a very big fan of the booktuber @caricanread so I thought I would make a list of all the books she has read this year! ✰
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Sentient Houses
A list of stories with sentient houses and other things that go bump in the night (to varying degrees of spookiness)
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book recs for orange readers
book recs for orange readers according to read your color on substack | updated periodically
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Strange Hauntings
just a little list of haunted books that are doing something fun or a bit different than a traditional ghost story
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Monster House
The good, the bad, and the evil of stories involving homes/places that are not quite haunted but definitely sentient in some way
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Orange Reader
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there’s something wrong with this house
it’s haunted, it’s evil, it’s gonna eat us alive
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