Fiction stories where white women use and abuse people of color. Thank you @chris for pointing out what a great list this would make!

Books I'd like to read over the summer.

Bite-sized stories/collections for the slow reader

Fiction that passes the Fries Test:

Does a work have more than one disabled character? Do the disabled characters have their own narrative purpose other than the education and profit of a nondisabled character? Is the character’s disability not eradicated either by curing or killing?

Nonfiction books about Lesbian nuns

Trying to get our brains to read again!

Disabled People don’t exist to Inspire Others.

If you want some book recommendations with disabled folks that just exist (without that inspirational suffering or being portrayed as a hero) - this is your list 🤭💗

there are wayyyy too many to keep track of so i’ll leave them here until they go into production/release

Body positivity, everybody is a beach body, and PMOS/Endometriosis Rep (if I can find it - recs accepted in comments). Mixed audience reads. YA/NA/18+

stories where family ties, friendships, communities, or physical locations act as invisible string to tie characters together through generations. btw suggestions are very welcome! i’m always looking for more books of this sort to read.

inspired by and to assist with the Rainbow of Words prompt for version 3.0 of the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do, pls find on this list books colours in the title.

anti-diet, weight-neutral, fighting fatphobia

Books in which the characters 'go into' real, physical objects in their own world to get to another world/universe. It has to be objects that are not usually meant to 'transport' you, like vehicles or doorways.

✅ The Land of Stories: The characters have to 'go into' a book to get to the Land of Stories. ❌ Harry Potter: The characters take a train to another location within their own world. ❌ Coraline: The characters go through a secret door to get to the other world.

Recs always welcome!

These essays, manifestos, and treatises all come in under 200 pages.

Just the girlies

Philosophy books

inspired by and to assist with the Food Pyramid prompt for version 3.0 of the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do, pls find on this list books with different kinds of food on the cover that fit into the food pyramid.

Fat FMCs and the partners that worship them (Please comment with suggestions!!!)