Recs if you like The Hours...

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

The queer agenda has taken over your English lesson and the compulsory reading list to make you disgustingly educated and gay af 🏳️‍🌈

Based off having to study older books that have monumental impact 💥 Will keep updating the curriculum, CLASS IS IN SESSION 🔊

these books explore queer space and time, rejecting hetero temporality and spatiality across fiction, non-fiction, drama, and poetry. inside, you’ll find genderqueer immortals, spirits dipping in and out of linear reality, and queer meditations on bodies and aging. recommendations, as always, are very much welcome.

Books featuring LGBTQ+ characters and/or themes that are considered to be classics in one way or another

these books won a major award, then their on-screen adaptations went on to win one, too!

(Most) Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winners since 1918!

Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.

I thought it would be nice to have all of them in one long list.

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".

Keeping up with the 700+ books featured on Overdue since 2013

all books that have been adapted to another medium. mostly film and TV but other adaptations might get mixed in.

These are all books and plays that have been turned into films or stage productions, what they all have in common is that Meryl Streep has starred in them. Disclaimer: some films have been loosely based on the books.

solely based on vibes

All these books are taken from various courses I've taken as English Literature undergrad! Contains both well known classics and ones you probably have never heard of. (work in progress)

Curated mix of powerful HIV/AIDS-themed fiction from around the world, spanning decades, ages, and genres. Engaging, insightful, and emotionally resonant reads.

Given to one adult fiction title per year since 1990. Newest winners at the top.

Books that have been adapted into operas. Seriously

The literature I’ve read for my bachelor’s in English Literature at the University of Oslo (2023-2026)

For when you want to curl up with a sad story that'll quietly break your heart, but may also remind you how beautiful life can be.