Literature featuring indigenous authors from the Americas and Pacific. Fiction from across all genres by First Nations of Canada and the US, Māori, Aboriginal Australian, Samoan, Hawaiian, Papua New Guinean and other Pacific Island indigenous peoples.

Cheesemonger approved reads for all turophiles. Pairings, cheesemaking, intro to cheese, and monger favorites.

romance books with taylor swift lyrics in their titles.

Every year, The Orwell Foundation awards prizes for the work which comes closest to George Orwell’s ambition ‘to make political writing into an art’. This list consists of all of the winners for Political Fiction & Political Writing (Non-Fiction) since 2019!

What I read

Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar books were hugely impactful to me as a teenager, and as such I have very specific ideas about the best order in which to read the first 26 books because of the way that they work together to tell a single cohesive story. 😅 If this is your first introduction to the country of Valdemar and the world of Vallarta, start at the top of the list and work your way down to the bottom. I have an explanation in the pinned comment, and feel free to ask any questions here!

Books that have a linguistic theme of some kind

2027 SFF releases I'm looking forward to!

Science fiction books aimed at children. Only includes the first book in each series. Feel free to offer suggestions in the comments.

Adult romances set in the world of roller derby. Please let me know if there are any I should add!

A list meandering through genres for those looking for fall, weird and whimsy.

Middle grade/YA books about academics

A collection of “short chapter” books for early grade readers. Short chapter being that each chapter is short. some of them are the first in a series. Can be good to read aloud to younger audiences too.

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