Recs if you like I Am Not Jessica Chen...

Books where one of the main character(s) pretends to be someone they’re not—literally. Always open to suggestions!

the coquette femme aesthetic is of the utmost importance

Romances and stories with K-drama, C-drama, and J-drama vibes.

i want to read more dark academia books by authors who write about poc, queer, disabled characters

Some gems, some disasters... All selected for the cover. Contents may vary. Read at your own risk. ... *NB: There are different editions out there, but these are specifically the ones available here. ... Most of these I've seen in the book store. I've not read all of these but hopefully will one day. Recommendations are welcome.

Nominees and winners of every category of the Good Reads Choice Awards for the year of 2025. Some books overlap so they were only entered once.

Closed-door/no spice romance books with ALL.THE.FEELS.

Novels with intriguing titles (that I read or that sound interesting) in English (either originally or translated); a mix of genres. Mostly 4+ words in the title, with some select 3-word-titles but no shorter ones. No parts of series except for the first book.

Heated competition of BRAINS, Witty banter, Nerdy romance through and through.

A gallery of books selected on covers that are unique. Most of these are from actual paintings. Different types of art selected. The books listed below are just my opinion. Recommendations are welcome

All Ann Liang books (not in order of release)

: ̗̀➛𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒀𝑨 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑹𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒚 𝑻𝑩𝑹 ♡‧₊˚·˚ ༘

Angsty with so much yearning and longing for the hopeless romantic girlies ✨

Soft, oversized comfort wrapped in ink and paper

These YA stories tackle misogyny, male violence, or call out the small ways in which girls, women, and people read as such are treated like possessions, objects, "less than". They may show young women and afabs that refuse the roles others try to force onto them, or simply people standing up and saying "no further". Recs are welcome, as always. For other genres/target audiences, look at my other lists with the word "Feminist" in them.

Sometimes you wanna read just a cute high school romance! These books are completely spice free, not even closed door. (Also if I find them mediocre they aren’t on the list 🤭). ✨most do have language and sometimes innuendo for clarification. ✨also some of these are romance side plots. They are still super duper adorable though.

(mostly YA) books with a character's full name in the title

*no spice bc I don't wanna lol

books that make you yearn for the high school sweetheart you've never had

Books I came across on tiktok All genres