Since 2019, ThroughLine by NPR has traveled back in time to understand the present with hosts Rund Abdelfatah and Ramtin Arablouei. This Pulitzer Prize finalist and Peabody Awardee podcast has episodes featuring everything from Icelandic volcanoes to James Baldwin to chocolate to Afghanistan and more. Many of ThroughLine’s episodes feature authors or specific books. Check the list comments to find the link to the podcast episode for each book.

no happy endings

Greek mythology retellings and analysis that aren't just cash grabs, badly written, or copy/paste romance.

Small town cowboys and the ones who love them.

Books featuring mermaids for MerMay! Anything from Ariel to the merperson in The Cabin the Woods - open to additions!

In my opinion some of the best romance books 💕

The ultimate horror king

Eclectic mix of great reads

Feminine rage, female empowerment, emotional validation. Women supporting women. Men being men.

Big ole houses, evil houses, what’s wrong with that place

Mix of romance and thriller. Standalone and series included.

This is a list of all the Women’s prize nominees!

Some books I consider to be essential (or just really good) to understand the world from a sociological perspective. (Note: I am a Mexican sociologist so a lot of the books might be in their Spanish title)

cause even the end of the world needs a lil longing (will add more as i read/come across them♡)

what it sounds like

non-fiction accounts of NASA, rocketry, aviation, and the space age

“Men should be grateful that we only want equality, not revenge.” But maybe we should? We are not angry enough. This is a list of nonfiction books on feminism.

I asked a while ago for easy/comfy reads when I have a migraine, and @KittenInACave encouraged me to make it into a list as opposed to my own shelf. recs welcome!

For when you want a horror novel that gets down and dirty with the land