No matter if you start with an issue or a volume, these are some of my favorite stories and voices leading the way in the comic book industry today.

Low(ish) stakes, cozy worldbuilding, mostly loveable characters, and almost always a happy ending–whether it's with dragons or starships, these books are the ultimate warm hug of escapism. Pairing with your favorite warm beverage is highly recommended.

exploration, shipwreck, waves, storms, beasts

Margaret Atwood's fiction, and poetry

Books in which family is more than just a backdrop. Sagas that span generations, complex relationships, family secrets, inherited trauma, conflicts, loyalties, and stories that resurface in each new generation. Regardless of genre, era, or setting, what matters here are family bonds and their impact on the lives of the characters. From sweeping multi-generational epics to intimate stories about families that are hard to love, but even harder to escape.

Books in which family is more than just a backdrop. Sagas that span generations, complex relationships, family secrets, inherited trauma, conflicts, loyalties, and stories that resurface in each new generation. Regardless of genre, era, or setting, what matters here are family bonds and their impact on the lives of the characters. From sweeping multi-generational epics to intimate stories about families that are hard to love, but even harder to escape.

Books where two (or more? if these exist I WANT THEM) characters are bound up in some way—inside each other's heads, connected by a spell, entangled by technology—the important part is the forced proximity and the element of technology or magic, or something else over the top that would not normally happen! And maybe they're in love or they fall in love as well...

100% open to recommendations, I want to know about ANY books you think might fit 🙏

Sadly some countries don’t have many books by women published in English easily available. I’m putting books where a country doesn’t have enough books available to make its own list here. This will also include where there is basically only one authors books available as I want each counties list to have some variety. I will try to include which countries each book is for in the comments

Duologies that all have an average 4 or more star ratings and at least 100 points of engagement (reviews & posts) in Pagebound across both books. This list is collected from first books in series from the Master Fantasy and Romantasy List. For those times when I need highly rated duets. I have not read all of these books. Please let me know if any should be added.

A clever, meta-fictional mystery series where real-life author Anthony Horowitz casts himself as a Watson-like sidekick to the brilliant, eccentric, and deeply secretive disgraced detective Daniel Hawthorne. Together, they solve complex, classic whodunits while Horowitz tries to unravel the mystery of his own partner.

Includes both dystopia and dystopian romance

books to help you get out of your reading slump!

A list of the first published works in series which won the Hugo Award for Best Series. A series must have at least three published works of at least 240,000 words, with at least one work published in English in the previous calendar year.

This list also includes winners of the All-Time Series award and Retro-Hugo for Best Series award.

The win for the Children of Time series has been disavowed by the author, Adrian Tchaikovsky, due to the balloting controversies surrounding the 2023 Hugo awards.

A collection of alien invasion sci-fi.

Suggested reading for “The Woman in Black” by Susan Hill as listed in the novel’s reading group guide

to the books, quotes, characters & ships i’ll never get over!

after bills, all my money goes to my shelves