Recs if you like I Have Some Questions for You...
these titles are complete sentences!
books your pretentious friend has heard of
A Picture of Pagebound
Book titles that illustrate things Pagebound users might do or say, or titles that might describe the app or its users. Recommendations are welcome (this is meant to be fun, please do not suggest titles that are rude or aggressive)!
This list is not a commentary on these books---the focus is purely on the titles!
Mysteries and Thrillers
This includes book that have either mystery or thrillers as a primary or secondary genre. If you have recommendations to add please comment and I'll happily add them 💕
Spooky New England
For Stephen King and co. Horrors, thrillers, and spooky vibes
she doesn’t even go here
thrillers based in academic settings/college campuses ! recs super welcomed
🚧 under construction 🚧
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?
Back to School
books that center around characters revisiting their schools or school days as an adult/alum looking for more suggestions!!
Murder In A Boarding School
Is this dark academia? The dead body probably means yes. Mysteries set at boarding schools!
Dark Academia, no fantasy
Dark academia without the magic!
For books filled with elite schools, universities, intellectual obsession, artistic ambition, secrets, rivalry, murder and beautifully dark atmospheres - with little to no fantasy or supernatural elements, and no YA.
Julia Whelan: Queen of Audiobooks
A list of audiobooks narrated by Julia Whelan who does great work and whose delivery scratches my brain in just the right way. For anyone who enjoys her narration and wants to know if they should go for the audiobook version!
all the page’s a stage
fiction where the drama is baked in, as the plot or setting involves the theatre.
books with fictional podcasts
fiction that features podcasts and podcasters, whether they're following a crime, investigating a cold case, or something else entirely
Novel Another Podcast, ugh
Podcasts! Podcasters! True Crime elements (but, you know, in fiction)! (Formerly called "Novels With Podcasters" until @mariangello came up with this brilliant title). Also see Influencers in Fiction
Should Every Thriller Have a Podcast?🎙️🩸
The jury is still out, but these thrillers with podcast elements are officially in…this list.
gorgeously written thrillers
aka mostly “literary thrillers” though that’s an annoying phrase…just thrillers that don’t sacrifice attention to prose for the sake of plot
twisty stories
stories with lots of twists and turns, including (but not limited to) murder mysteries
back-to-school
Includes dark academia, fantasy, and literary fiction--but takes place on a campus or in some way relates to student/teaching life.
Boarding School Fiction 🛏️ 🕯️
Most popular or most read books set at a boarding school.
Only the first book of a series will be added.
Campus Novels
Books that take place in and around university or college campuses (and I'm including some boarding schools). Perfect for back to school season in the fall.
