Recs if you like The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman...

Apophenia: the tendency to perceive meaningful connections between unrelated or random things and events

Classics (modern and old) of all genres that featured Queer characters or storylines or notable queer subtext. Inspired by my lecturer's statement regarding my lit degree reading list: "You don't have to be queer to be a Modernist, but it sure helps!"😂 Please comment recs so I can keep adding to this!

Summertime Horrors and Southern Gothics🖤☀️ A collection of short and long fiction where terrible things happen in broad daylight. From summer slashers to botanical horror to aliens in the cornfield, this list is perfect for unique Horror thrill seekers, Summerween readers and fans of The X Files and The Skeleton Key! Please comment your recs!😊

Book Reccomendations based on my love for The X Files🖤 Mysteries, Thrillers and Horrors featuring detectives, bickering, small town conspiracies, urban legends, cults, aliens, slow-burn romance, and All Things Spooky, Scienc-y and Supernatural.

I discovered Angela Carter in Novemver of 2024 and after absolutely falling head over heels for one of her short stories in a Literary Critisism class - Company of Wolves - vowed to read as many of her books as I could in 2025. With college work I only read 3 in 2025, and now we are coming into 2026 and I have compiled several of her books, but have yet to read them! This is my personal quest list to encourage me to. Please leave your Carter favourites, stories and recs in the comments!🖤

Inspired by my Modernism module💕 Books that evoke vivid city settings or revolve around a place almost like the city/town is a character in itself. A bit of a spin on the "sentient house" trope; what books out there have a city setting that steals the show? One of my favourite underrated tropes. All genres, reccomendations welcome!

Forests, Fantasy and Foes - oh my! This is the ultimate list of shortform horror you would not read nowadays to your kid, of modern day novels with fairytale vibes, AND of literary classics that ingulge in innocent heroines, triple tasks and a bit o' incest. Get all your red painted roses, deep dark woodland paths, gingerbread cannibals houses, feminine rage and sentient objects right here. Don't forget to leave your reccs in the comments!

"A list of books which the reading of is the closest you'll get to feeling what it's like to be on drugs without actually taking drugs" OR "Trippy Fever Dream Fantasies to make your brain melt". Please comment your recs!

Hauntingly beautiful, disturbingly unforgettable books that stay with you long after the last page.

Dramatic fiction of all genres that feature large amounts of the characters just sitting around and thinking😂 The "boring" books that are super engaging if you prefer people over plot. Extra credit if they feature moral dialemmas and the characters spiraling out of control!