Recs if you like Matilda...

a collection of autistic coded characters in fiction [ recommendations welcome! ]

books to get for the middle grade readers in your life that have similar vibes but are NOT Harry Potter (and are in fact better)

books featured in the cozy video game “tiny bookshop”

Stories that traded chapters for showtunes! From literary classics to contemporary novels these books found a second life under the Broadway lights! Please let me know any that I've missed!! (Note on curation: I've been cross checking titles with Internet Broadway Database (IBDB) which is Broadway's official archive)

Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!

Here you’ll find a multitude of children’s books featured in the 1998 film You’ve Got Mail, which, if you’re unfamiliar, heavily features a children’s bookstore called The Shop Around the Corner. Nothing brings me joy quite like children’s literature and 90s nostalgia, so I have painstakingly studied the shelves featured in the film to bring this list to life. I hope that at least one book here unlocks a nostalgic memory for you, or at least conjures a smile of recognition.

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

Look, if you are taking out racist nonsense, sure. But if you are adding texting for no reason, get out here with that bullshit.

Be sure to check which edition of these books you read if you don't want to be jump scared by weird incongruity. Recommendations heartily welcomed.

As a massive bookworm and theatre nerd, this list was inevitable.

All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.

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.

Books on Books - Books about Books - Books within Books - Books about Libraries - Books about Bookshops - Books about Storytelling - Books about reading Books. BOOKS.

A list of books that have been adapted into musicals. + more (all musical related)

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!

Books from various countries that are staples of classic international childhood literature.

Books that have been adapted into or inspired musicals

Books to open your heart and mind to the experiences and realities of others; of the ones society has othered.

As a parent of 2 boys, I want to introduce them to good literature as early as possible! This is my list of classics that are appropriate for kids to listen to (read them aloud or listen to the audiobook). I’ve left some off this list due to misogyny and racism I thought was unforgivable. But ALL these books were written by imperfect people in an imperfect world, there may be topics you may need to have deeper conversations with your kids. ❤️

(almost) every book in the game: tiny bookshop

Books about stories, writing, reading, and books in general

Please let me know if there are any I should add