Black girls deserve their happily ever after as well!

with a slight UK slant

classic novels where the depiction of rural, pastoral England is a notable feature

These are books that I find myself still thinking about.

THIS LIST WILL HAVE SPOILERS!!!! The other romantic lead is so awful that you have no choice but to choose the main romantic lead the author clearly wants you to choose. It comes across as a convenient shortcut, avoiding the complex choice the protagonist could have faced and stripping the story of greater depth. The second romantic lead doesn't have to be that bad, or done something so unforgivable for readers to justify their elimination or why MC chooses the main romantic lead.

on music in tolkien’s legendarium

— “it seems that you are come on the wings of song out of the forgotten days.”

Love stories set in the past, often with strict social rules, grand settings, and slow-burning passion.

Jan to June 2026 will introduce us to otherworldly universes, magical quests, and whimsical characters through Korean books

Almost Every book mentioned in forty rules of love by elif shafak

I have not read these books I have only read The forty rules of love.

Brooo Lux is SUCH a great album

Books where the main character is black and part of the lgbt community! A lot of these came from recommendations on a post I made here, thank you to everyone who replied! And feel free to recommend more! :)

ANTI: fascism, ai, nfts, Big Tech, billionaires, surveillance states, optimization, algorithms, bot farms, technofeudalism, enshittification, exploitation, extractionism, planned obsolescence PRO: organized labor, punk, analog, solidarity, free speech, friction, degrowth, experimentation, right to privacy, right to repair, diy, material process, mutual aid, ecological living, the human hand, the human mind

*Short stories welcome. Looking for nonfiction? Check out The Big Bad Luddite List.

all my copies of these plays have been to war with me

as much as i’m loving all the hype that’s come up in recent years around hockey (especially the romance) i do find myself wishing i could find more non-romantic hockey books too entertain the part of me that just LOVES this sport :) 🏒

feel free to leave any suggestions :)

A list containing some of the best indie authors I have come across!

Tragic and heartbreaking