Recs if you like Un Lun Dun...
Books with Ghibli vibes
Books that inspired or are similar to Studio Ghibli films
Ologies Podcast Suggestions
Ologies is a weekly science podcast hosted by Alie Ward. Each episode, Ward interviews an expert from a distinct scientific field.
This unofficial list contains book suggestions made by the host or by her guests. I avoided extremely technical books or papers. Currently from episode 1 to 525 More details on these books and their associated episodes in my ever evolving spreadsheet.
In the spreadsheet there are also books not found on Goodreads and general book recommendations (like the entire bibliography of a specific author or group of people)
You, a stranger in the city where you live
Books that capture the uncanny upside-down of that city you thought you knew so well.
90-2000's SciFi/Fantasy YA Reads You Missed
Though there's plenty of names here that you'll recognize! I enjoyed plenty of these as a kid and wanted to share them, especially since most of these authors have other books that get more attention. Plus, books by smaller authors. How many did you read?
D20 Unsleeping City
Dropout TV presents Dimension 20's Unsleeping City, an urban fantasy set in New York City with classic characters from Broadway Stars to Sewer Rats. Enjoy two season with the intrepid heroes and enjoy these book recommendations to pair with the vibes and cast.
the truth is right there if you know how to look
These are books that involve a truth, a secret society, a government agency, an underground bureaucracy that is just out of reach of the average citizen. The ratio of fantasy to reality is oddly specific here, as well as a specific fantastical/romantic/dreamy vibe. Not all urban fantasy fits the brief, but most books will have urban fantasy elements. Definitely taking recs!!
RIP… you would have loved Booktok
Books that blew my mind in the 2010s that are still famous to me.
Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch!!! I was there when it was written, so trust me on these deep cuts (shout out to Ash and Wildthorn for introducing me to lesbianism in 2009)
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