Fantasy books you can read instead of Harry Potter
JK Rowling is a bigot who uses her platform to hurt transfolks and other marginalized groups (plus she literally just quoted Mein Kampf on the bird site). If you're still supporting her in 2025, don't bother talking to me.
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For the vintage fantasy girlies โจ
Fantasy titles that have become foundational to the genre and/or that are considered fantasy classics, written by women. Always open to suggestions!
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wonders of the world (translated spec-fic)
Fantasy, sci-fi, & horror translated into English.
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โtiny bookshopโ books ๐
books featured in the cozy video game โtiny bookshopโ
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Lucy Dacus Recommendations ๐
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
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Books About Books ๐
Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!
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It's 2005 and you're at the Scholastic Book Fair
Books of the millennial reader's childhood (not just scholastic book fair). Sticking with chapter books, and not picture books :) All books pre-2005 Taking recs!
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German to the core
Translated german language literature that is considered by many to be "core" reading from the modern and contemporary eras - meaning 1880 onwards, making it very readable. ๐ฉ๐ช๐ฆ๐น๐จ๐ญ I usually kept it to one book per author to make this a starting off point (sometimes added additional faves). Suggestions welcome!
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Books That are Love Letters to Books
Books don't just sit on shelves and these novels show it. Each one is its own love letter to the importance of stories in every corner of human life, built on the belief that the right book, in the right hands, at the right moment, can change the entire shape of a life. (Always taking recommendations!)
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youโre going to ace that Accelerated Reader test
chapter books you probably read in elementary and/or middle school and you probably took the AR test as soon as you finished. cue nostalgia
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books that give bardic inspiration
fiction books with a main character or prominent side character that fits the D&D bard class (at least partly). heavy on the harps, lyrics, and song! recs and input welcome!
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Tiny Fables
All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.
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Ihr Kinderlein kommet (you children cometh)
If you grew up in Germany there is a high chance some of these books accompanied you in your childhood.
This is a list of typical German children's books.
Suggestions welcome!
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Books on Books
Books on Books - Books about Books - Books within Books - Books about Libraries - Books about Bookshops - Books about Storytelling - Books about reading Books. BOOKS.
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๐ Book to movie adaptations ๐ฅ
Books that were adapted into movies (not tv shows). Let's make this list as long as possible!
(going to only add the first book in a series)
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Millennial Nostalgic Reads
Bring on those Gen Y memories! A list of books likely to give people born between 1981 and 1996 a lot of feelings.
This list is for those of us who grew up eagerly awaiting the Scholastic Book Fair, watching Reading Rainbow (or Wishbone!), and dreaming of a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut.
Note: these are not books published in 1981-1996, but books that had a hold on the millennial generation.
Also check out the Dear America series, American Girl series & Royal Diaries series.
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Doorways to Other Worlds
Portal fantasy (middle grade through adult lit with maybe some sci-fi too).
Because sometimes you just want to read about characters literally escaping their world or temporarily exploring other ones since youโre stuck here.
(Please note: series will only contain the earliest applicable volume even if more/all are the same to avoid clutter. Also, open to recs!)
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German lit classics ๐ฅจ๐ป
this is a list consisting of some German books that are considered classics by the internet (and also me) in their original language. some books may be by Austrian/Swiss authors but they had an impact on German literature. it's a work in progress, so let me know what books Iโm missing ๐ซก
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Kid's Fantasy Adventure Series
Who TF needs JKR anymore? We got way better books out there dude
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come, little children, I take thee away
๐ถ Come, little children, I take thee away / into the land of enchantment ๐ถ that nostalgic feeling when you were a child and you could see glimpses of a new fantastical world of magic and wonders basically a collection of stories where children and teens discover a new world with hidden dark undertones which also includes BIPOC/LGBTQ+ representation
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