I have been reading on grief and trying to find more. A lot of these are general, but I am focused on finding books on sibling loss and suicide bereavement or compounded grief. I am compiling what have read (not much yet), but also recs that I want to look into. I would love to hear suggestions (a lot of this is the result of snooping though maybe too many forums and blogs, so anyone else with insight would be lovely)!

BL manga/manhua/manhwa that is more wholesome than smutty. (Later volumes might include sex, but nothing too graphic)

Please comment your suggestions!

books all published in 1999. making this for a book club but check it out if you need your Y2K fix

Books that I have rated 5 stars and everyone should read them.

Hot new sh*t from my favorite annual magical conference, plus whatever else I couldn't walk past at Sojo's booth.

Ogres and aliens and tentacles, OH MY

*not including everything in a full monster series, and I don't count vampires or werewolves as monsters 🤷‍♀️

Nonfiction which focuses on feminist analysis of media and representations of (real or fictionalized) women in media.

Books from Chapter 8 from Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix. This chapter focuses on slasher type horror and serial killer horror. In the 70s and 80s serial killers found their way into the popular zeitgeist and news for the first time. As Hendrix notes of the panic that ensued, “… and in a flash the scariest motive for murder was no motive at all.” (205, Paperbacks from Hell by Grady Hendrix). After all, nothing is scarier than a killer who kills just for the thrill.

Cookbooks for disabled or chronically ill cooks. Recommendations welcome!

✅ Low-effort meals, food for specific sensory needs, cookbooks by disabled or chronically ill chefs, culturally-relevant foods

⛔️ Diets intended to treat health conditions

Books discussing the potential impacts of modern technologies on our everyday lives, including the way we interact with one another and the world.

for those of us recovering from Christianity and finding our own ways forward - testimony from others, dissections of Christianity and its effects on culture, and more

Non-fiction books on perimenopause and menopause.

Aiming for books that don't have a focus on diet culture or weight loss -- please let me know if I've accidentally included books that do. Recommendations welcome!

Books about women who study, do experiments, and/or write papers about the fantasy world they inhabit. Yeah, she’s a freaking genius.

Feel free to suggest additions in the comments!

Simple, easy-to-follow stories to have on in the background to help busy brains get some rest!

The 39 Clues is a series of adventure novels written by a collaboration of authors. It consists of five series: The Clue Hunt, Cahills vs. Vespers, Unstoppable, Doublecross, and Superspecial. They chronicle the adventures of two siblings, Amy Cahill and Dan Cahill, who discover that they are a part of the most influential and powerful family in history.

Chapter seven from Grady Hendrix’s Paperbacks from Hell. This book focuses on horror paperbacks from the ‘70s and ‘80s. These books are from this chapter Inhumanoids.

In this chapter Hendrix explores the inhumanoids often found in these horror paperbacks, emphasizing them as often being stand ins for the “foreign”, non American people, likely an allegory in some cases for xenophobia.

See my previous (and future) lists for the books from the other chapters from Hendrix’s book.

From The Sentence by Louise Erdrich. Described as follows: "These are books that knock you sideways in around 200 pages. Between the covers there exists a complete world. The story is unforgettably peopled and nothing is extraneous. Reading one of these books takes only an hour or two but leaves a lifetime imprint…"

Go on girl/boy, brag about it because most of those books are hard to read (English isn't my first language so imagine my struggle 🫪)