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middle grade and young adult

These books are all thrillers for YA. Whether they are psychological thrillers (my favorite!) or not, they'll be on here. If you didn't want all the gore, swearing, or explicit sexual content that sometimes accompanies adult thrillers, YA is for you! Recommendations welcome😊.

Here are a few of my spooky girl books which still have that cozyness to them. Not the sort of books that keeps you up at night

I like grasshoppers cause frogs eat 'em I like bees cause flowers need 'em I like spiders, I like slugs I like caterpillars, I like bugs I hate crowds, I love people I ain't down with the plague But I'm cool with beetles and bugs

From the Girl Boss™️ with a blog to the actual professionals, these characters are doing detective work.

Do I want to live in Victorian times? No. Would I thrive in the Regency? Definitely not. Do I wish to enjoy the fantasized version of this time period by living vicariously through these characters? Yes, yes, 1000 times yes.

The books your teacher made you read between the ages of 11-14. They changed the way you saw the world, they made you realize books were more than just goofy or sentimental stories you gobbled up before bedtime, and they stuck with you, all these years later.

Suggestions welcome, especially from non-American readers!!

Note: this list was made by a Millennial, so I'd love to hear from some different generations! What did your teachers assign you?

These are books, short stories or poems (and poetry collections) that were interrupted before the advent of the Internet because something happened to the author (or them getting into a situation... like suddenly becoming a merchant). List in progress!

A list of books that have no third-act breakup, because sometimes we need some communication and some healthy giggling. I'll be keeping them here whenever I stumble upon one 💕

MAINLY focusing on ww2 aviation history list since i know a lot of books within that area, BUT will also contain general works about women in aviation as a whole.

These are books that I wish I could read again without knowing how the story goes

Fiction (novels, novelizations, short stories) inspired by and nonfiction about the cult television show Columbo.

Like you know.. undead rotting goat but that beast is most loyal companion while you bash undead with axe but you still have time to laugh and make new friends.

Or young girl, old witch and her demon chiken on adventure.

This not too weird, not too spooky/horror, makes you laugh and smile but you still think about it before recommending it 😅

There’s a lot of Japanese manga for every type of reader to pick up if you love fantasy 🪄, sports ⚽️, romance 💘, cats 🐱, fanservice 💋, action 💥 or horror 😱. Look here and explore!

Whether you’re a kid or adult, you never outgrow the joy of looking at pictures and reading the words they have.

This is not a taboo romance list, well, if you don’t count my weird love for all things poisonous or venomous! A list of non fiction books about the critters that make chemical weapons and the truly nasty toxins that are a bit more human in origin. Both a love letter to nature and a call to action from an environmental toxicologist.

memoirs by chefs, cooks, and anyone adjacent! this list is sponsored by the fact that 2026 is evidently the year i get super into Anthony Bourdain shows