Recs if you like Gilead (Gilead, #1)...
Lucy Dacus Recommendations 💛
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
the beauty of everyday things
the texture of sun-warm sheets, time alone with a book, the lattice of light through the trees in the early evening, the comfort of an ordinary routine, a fleeting exchange, an everyday kindness.
these works of fiction observe, preserve and venerate the beautiful mundane, the small things of life.
recs very much welcome :)
NYT Readers' Best 100 Books of the 21st Century
A mix of reader favorites and editorial picks from The New York Times—100 books that defined the 21st century.
NYT Reader's Choice Top 100 21st Century
NYT Top 100 of the 21st Century: Reader's Choice. In order as published in 2024
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction Winners
(Most) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners since 1918!
NYT Top 100 Books of the 21st Century
In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)
NYT’s The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book lovers—with a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review
book recs for blue readers
book recs for blue readers according to read your color on substack | updated periodically
100 Best of the 21st Century
according to the New York Times
Pulitzer winners
Bucket-List Classics
All the Classics I want to read before ...ya know.
Overdue Podcast readalong
Keeping up with the 700+ books featured on Overdue since 2013
Boygenius Bookclub
Every book recommended by members of the band (except for the one that must not be named). Most of these were recommended by Lucy Dacus. If you are sitting on more books which any member of the band recommended, please hit me up and I will update the list!
40 Books Chosen by Elena Ferrante
Elena Ferrante, the bestselling pseudonymous Italian author behind My Brilliant Friend, has named her favourite 40 books by female authors around the world.
NYT Readers' Choice Best Books of the 21st Century
How many have you read?
New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century
The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times
R/Truelit's 100 Best Books of the Quarter Century
Reddit's R/Truelit user voted best books of 2000-2026. They included a full series as one pick, like the Neopolitan novels. I only include the first to keep it at 100.
Guardian 100
Top 100 books of the 21st century
America 250 Booklist 🇺🇸
It's the semiquincentennial! (1776-2026) One book for each of the 50 states, Presidents & First Ladies, other American authors & works of note... (List first published by Summer M. Smith)
Readers Choice Top 100 21st Century
A goal to read all the books in the Readers' Choice: best books of the 21st century. Books in order from 100-1. List made in 2024 I think! List is different from the NYT choice list.
