Lately I’ve been craving that old school fantasy, but much more diverse than what you’d generally think of when you think of old school fantasy. So this list will be queer epic/high fantasy full of high stakes adventure and perhaps magic, but specifically that has the VIBES. vibes are essential.

As a note I haven’t read all of these books yet but I am making my way through them, and if any of them are not the match I think they are I’ll remove them (or feel free to comment to let me know!)

The (now defunct) podcast titled Keeping It 101: A Killjoy's Introduction to Religion included homework in their episodes - sometimes books, sometimes news articles, sometimes movies or documentaries, etc. This list compiles all of the books they suggest.

Shout-out to Dr Megan Goodwin and Dr Ilyse Morgenstein Fuerst, hosts of the podcast. Thanks for teaching us things for free.

*I might be missing a few - I'm adding them as I can find from [the bad place], but some are evading me!

Birds are amazing! You know who loves birds and facts about birds? Brennan Lee Mulligan. You know who loves Brennan Lee Mulligan? Me! I mean... Everybody! Is this my attempt at luring Brennan Lee Mulligan to Pagebound? Maybe. Can we all learn some cool bird facts along the way? DEFINITELY!

I started keeping a list on my phone every time I caught a character drooling over the love interest's forearms and now I am sharing my findings with the world! I shall continue to conduct this important groundbreaking research for the sake of all mankind . Looking for collaborators! If you find any mentions of sexy forearms in your books, I would love to add it!

Note: Inclusion in this list doesn't mean I loved the book, strangely, some of these books are my lowest rated reads. 🤷🏻‍♀️

(Auto)Biographies, memoires, and stories of important women, both well and lesser known

Livres coup de coeur pour l'été !

novels that take place in and/or around large buildings, in which the building itself becomes an important part of the story

fiction & non fiction that explores motherhood, the joys and triumphs, upheavals and burdens ~ and the ability to choose

Can we talk about the possibilities here? Horns? Tails? Sharp teeth? Yum.

Popular romance books

Popular romance books

There are loads of Romance books with dirty talking MMCs but what about filthy mouthed FMCs? I've noticed in M/M books both MCs tend to talk dirty, but in M/F books the FMC often just sticks to moans and responses to the MMC's dirty talk, probably because the female author thinks it's easier for the reader to self-insert. Screw that.

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Recs welcome.

that are actually incredible and completely slept on

also I use fantasy lightly, there's some dystopian and sci-fi in here too :)

Just personally wanted a compilation of all plays for ease of access, even those with debatable authorship. Hopefully should appear chronologically from ascending to descending.

Books that give summer vibes, are nice to read in the season, have vivid descriptions of the season or weather as a significant part of their plot, or otherwise take place in summer.

Explorations of identity, vanity, the fragility of beauty, and mental decay through a dark lens. A multi-genre list that includes literary, contemporary, horror, etc.