Recs if you like The Wall...
Older Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Books featuring older women as protagonists (age 30 and up) in science fiction and fantasy. Feedback and recs welcome!
apart / a part
literary (or literary-leaning) fiction focused specifically on isolation, disconnection, loneliness β and what they teach us about life and humanity.
ft. recs from the community!
hungry women
these books use (literal) hunger as a political tool to speak to womenβs oppression, repression and desire, whether through overt cannibal metaphor, speculative dispatches, or more subtle nuances of appetite in literary fiction. these women are hungry for something more, whether theyβre allowed to act on it or not.
recommendations welcome!
in the zone: an introduction to zonal lit
coined by phil ford and jf martel, co-hosts of βweird studies,β zonal literature is a term that refers to narratives set in reality-bent spaces. in these liminal zones, ordinary life is suspended, altered, other. the rules here are different, even if things may look the same.
you are a regular guy!
you can enter a space. you are a regular guy, you can enter a room. you are a regular guy, you can do that transaction. you are a regular guy, you know how to answer the phone. you are a regular guy, you know what sleep is. you are a regular guy, you know what it means to be you.
all of these books have regular people as the protagonist doing all sorts of things, from kissing to killing!
as always, open to all suggestions!
Books that feel like an A24 film
Books that are atmospheric, emotionally unsettling, beautifully written, a little weird, and linger long after you finish them.
animal side characters
books that feature an animal (real & fantastical alike) as a side character, companion, or a pet!
thatβs not my name!
they call me hell, they call me Stacy, they call me her, they call me Janeβ¦thatβs not my name!!!
this is a list of books featuring characters without a name
as always, taking any and all suggestions!!
Build a house!
Being able to build a home is a rare thing these days, so let's build our own imaginary house book by book! Feel free to suggest a title for a home improvement π
German to the core
Translated german language literature that is considered by many to be "core" reading from the modern and contemporary eras - meaning 1880 onwards, making it very readable. π©πͺπ¦πΉπ¨π I usually kept it to one book per author to make this a starting off point (sometimes added additional faves). Suggestions welcome!
The End of the World & After - But Not US-centric!
Much of the post/apoc genre is taken up by US-centric fiction, giving a very specific mindset & often a similar type of apocalypse. There's a strong focus on guns & military. Settings outside the US can provide us with unusual, diverse & interesting stories of survival
Sister list to: Zombie Apocs - But Not US-centric
Fictional settings allowed. Some books may cross borders, inc sections in the US. Allowance made for US indigenous authors
First of a series only
Suggestions welcome!
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the overlooked atlas
a compiled list of all the "underrated" or otherwise overlooked books from the various cultures of our very own pagebound community, inspired by all of your wonderful recommendations!
i'm always open to further suggestions from your own culture if you have any books you think deserve a further spotlight or you don't see them mentioned here.
Not Only Orwell - Dystopias written by women
Everyone knows George Orwell or Aldous Huxley. Their works are considered to be the staples of dystopia stories.
But are they?
Most of the people know Octavia E. Butler or Margaret Atwood. They showed the feminine side of dystopia. But this subgenre of science fiction have much more to offer.
Yes, you find here all the famous ladies too but I'll do my best to find even more. So I hope the fellow Boundlings will help tooπ
Bleakness Is My Weakness
For when you need to wallow in melancholy and misery: a collection of pessimistic, cynical, downbeat, depressing, doom and gloom fiction for my disillusioned friends.
More to come!
Got the holiday blues? Check out my list Christmas with the Cranks!
β¨οΈClassics by Womenβ¨οΈ
Weβre All Gonna Die
Apocalyptic and/or post apocalyptic books
I can't remember the title, but the cover is blue
Ah yes, this ol' issue that has plagued librarians and bookstore clerks for decades.
And sometimes you find the right book, but... can you even call that shade blue?
The End & After - No Cis-Male Authors Allowed β£
If you ask someone what apocalyptic or post-apocalyptic fiction they've read, there's a fair chance much of that list will have been written by cis men, because they're the books that get the most promotion in the genre.
My hope is that this list will help someone find a new favourite author! β‘
Sister list to: Zombie Apocs - No Cis-Male Authors Allowed
First of a series only
Suggestions so welcome, particularly for trans, enby, & other authors of marginalised genders
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Mending Used to Be Normal
An incomplete list of fiction that casually mentions darning, patching, or otherwise repairing clothing and textiles, or where characters explicitly wear mended garments. I'm gonna be real with you, the number of books I've discovered mending in is so large I can't remember them all, so expect this list to grow as I continue to read and re/discover.
Suggestions welcome!
Wanna mend your own clothes? Check out my nonfiction list Opting Out of Fast Fashion! π
modern classic sci-fi (1950-2020)
trying to keep modern classic science fiction alive! giants and significant works from late 20th century to present across the world. all sub-genres included to the best I can.
hard, soft, steampunk, silkpunk, spicepunk, aliens, robots, time travel, space opera, dystopian, clifi, apocalyptic, afrofuturism, slipstream, cyberpunk, and more
recommendations welcome!
