Recs if you like Infinite Jest...

Book that have an element you’ll miss out on if you read as an audiobook, whether it’s fun formatting or illustrations

Based on the list/book published in 2006, general editor Peter Boxall.

“lynchian” is an over-prescribed pill, so i’m not going to assign such a label to any of these books. still, this selection reflects works that are in some way evocative of the work of master artist and filmmaker david lynch.

It’s me. I’m bitches ✋🏻

Collection of fiction texts that utilize footnotes for various reasons, including world building, comedic narrative input, or character perspective

we have always tried to predict the future. these books were written about a future that is now our past - their predictions vary in terms of accuracy.

as always, open to suggestions!

book recs for purple readers according to read your color on substack | updated periodically

These books are “Eat Prey Love” for men in their twenties.

All in good fun, I love many books on this list so please don’t shy away from (some of) these recs!

ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind

*Short stories welcome. Looking for nonfiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite List.

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!

This list includes works and authors that influenced the game as well as others with similar themes and writing.

Books that exhibit key traits of, or helped develop, the Postmodern literary movement.

Not including criticism or theory.

Research trigger warnings before reading.

(Recommendations welcome)

Service95 Book Club Monthly Reads + more and more books from their lists :)

Time Magazine’s All-Time Best 100 English Language Novels from 1923 to 2005 as published in 2005.

Because we all know Colin Meloy loves a good book. List of songs and references in the comments; well known works listed when authors are broadly referenced. Recommendations appreciated for items that were overlooked.

Books that are banned, censored, removed from bookshops, marketplaces, and libraries, and writers that are considered as a threat to the authorities. Some called it a "Fahrenheit list".

Time Magazine’s compilation of the 100 best novels published since 1923.

(101 because “The Berlin Stories” is an omnibus of “Mr Norris Changes Trains” and “Goodbye To Berlin.”)

The books in this collection are all inspired by Shakespeare's plays, comedies, tragedies, and histories.

Books that will mess with your mind in the best possible way

Note: I will be deleting my PB account within the next two weeks, and I believe this list will be erased. Feel free to screenshot it if you see anything that interests you! ☺️ 3/17/2026