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A harrowing exploration of the times when science abandoned ethics in the name progress. Choose from fictional narratives or venture into the horrors of reality, if you dare…

Adjust your alien translation chip and set your phasers to love! The books in this quest feature human x alien romance.

Love them or hate them, siblings are complicated. This cross-genre Quest explores a variety of character-driven, thematic stories which focus on sibling dynamics found in fiction.

Join this masterclass in romance by selecting your course load filled with experiments, chemistry, beakers, fossils and maybe even sharks or tornadoes. A variety of romances featuring protagonists in STEM!

Sponsored Limited Time Quest (Sep 1-Nov 30, 2026): Welcome to Shady Hollow! It’s a small town populated by friendly animal folks, from birds to bears, where the calm is marred only by the occasional murder.

Sponsored Limited Time Quest (Aug 5, 2026-Mar 4, 2027): Become seduced by dark romance with Vipera, Strangers, & demons oh my! Join us as we count down to the latest dark romance series releases from Simon Maverick.

Sponsored Limited Time Quest (June 17-Dec 31, 2026): 6 genre-spanning books featuring queer storylines, mystery, romance, and gothic horror.

Sponsored Limited Time Quest (Jun 1-Oct 31, 2026): Required reading list for the misfits, the dark academics, & the magical. Join us as we count down to the release of DEAD BEAT on Sep 15, 2026!

An introduction to the Romantasy genre, these books are part of the cultural zeitgeist or the 'canon' that many would recognize. Look for more niche titles in later Starter Pack volumes.

A collection of the pilot books for popular series, for those of us who love to follow a character's journey for as long as an author will let us! Some of the below series have heavily debated starting points and book read orders--in those cases the pilot was selected based on what seems to be the most popular approach.

Gather in these hallowed halls

Books that made it on the big screen

Books that focus on the unique complexity of queer & trans lives & relationships. Tragic stories that center queer & trans realities.

From stick handling to body checks, these adult hockey romances are hot enough to melt the ice.

From small-town charm to high-heat rodeos, brooding ranchers to soft boys who call you darlin’—this Quest wrangles cowboy romance in all forms.

Dramatic battles, tense political intrigue, unique world building...and is that maybe some romance I'm sensing? These books are not Romantasy but focus primarily on the SFF elements. Romance is a subplot and may not appear until later in the series, but when it does, you won't be disappointed.

For those ready to dive deeper into the genre, these books offer a range of authors and topics. Brand new to this genre? Check out Volume I for the most popular texts.

A collection of the pilot books for popular series, for those of us who love to follow a character's journey for as long as an author will let us! Some of the below series have heavily debated starting points and book read orders--in those cases the pilot was selected based on what seems to be the most popular approach.

Modern retellings of iconic, ancient tales

The four books in Tolkien’s main Middle-earth saga + several other collections published posthumously.

Books that focus on the unique complexity of queer & trans lives & relationships. Tragic stories that center queer & trans realities.

Subversive reads from authors unafraid to tackle taboos.

A selection of contemporary titles exploring the decay, despair, and trauma of the reconstructed American South. Come for the atmospheric settings, stay for the commentary on the legacy of the South's oft-romanticized past.

Contemporary Literary Fiction where nothing out of the ordinary happens but the characters’ inner lives are rich, complicated, and layered.

From psychedelic fever dreams to things that go bump in the night: all things queer and scary.

They look human...but are they? A collection of manga involving monsters who appear to be human. Only the first volume in a series is included.

These detectives are here to solve the mystery and to break or mend queer hearts. Whether legit or amateurs, they always solve the case.

Embracing the body and reclaiming otherness, these books use horror to redefine notions of womanhood and monstrosity.

A collection of Middle Grade books with Neurodivergent MCs (includes Autistic, ADHD, OCD, Synesthetic, and Dyslexic perspectives)

Horror from authors outside English-speaking countries. Get a glimpse of the shadows that appear in other lands!

A collection of Mexican literature across genres by acclaimed Mexican authors.

Magical empires, far-flung galaxies, robotic dystopias, haunted academies—queerness belongs in every world.

An introduction to the True Crime genre, these books are part of the cultural zeitgeist or the 'canon' that many would recognize. Look for more niche titles in later Starter Pack volumes.

Intersectional feminist texts that explore the complexity of feminism, centering voices from communities that are often the most excluded.

For those ready to dive deeper into the genre, these books offer a range of authors and topics. Brand new to this genre? Check out Volume I for the most popular texts.

Nonfiction focused on social identity, diversity, equity, inclusivity, class, and belonging. Together, we find history, identity, love, compassion, and community.

Masterpieces of Russian literature, attempting to cover a broad range of the most well known authors.

This is an introduction to modern poetry, with a focus on breadth of voices and styles rather than depth. In the words of Leonard Cohen, "poetry is just the evidence of life...if your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash." This quest is for those who love poetry, hate poetry, want to write it, read it, or perhaps have nothing to do with it (or all of that at once)!

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Timeless works of literature written in Modern & Early Modern English that have shaped the literary heritages of Britain & Ireland. (This quest will not include children’s classics).

An introduction to the SciFi genre, these books are part of the cultural zeitgeist or the 'canon' that many would recognize. Look for more niche titles in later Starter Pack volumes.

Whether it's sci-fi or fantasy, you like a big series. You love when a book says 1 of 5/10/50+. Is the reading order of the series hotly debated? Is there a wiki chart to show how the books connect? Even better. Come spend some time in these worlds.

If you think real world societies are bad (you'd be right)... get a load of *these.*

A variety pack sampler to get you started on your own Sci-Fi adventure. There's a little bit of everything, from speculative sci-fi, to aliens, and a bit of everything in between!

For those ready to dive deeper into the genre, these books offer a range of authors and topics. Brand new to this genre? Check out Volume I for the most popular texts.

This Quest was inspired by the List "Lady knights who like other ladies," winner of Q1 2026 community voting.

Modern retellings of iconic, ancient tales

A true knight never turns down a Quest. Explore Medieval Europe with these genre-spanning books and earn your grail. Some titles are set in the transitional time from the Medieval to Early Modern period.