Sprinkle a little hope on your world view. This list is filled with non fiction books that emanate positivity and will brighten your beliefs. Doom and gloom dominate our media; that serves a good purpose, which is to warn us all, but I ask you this: after the warning, what's next? Here you'll find books that will make you believe that the Earth and its residents are worth saving, and maybe we are not in a hellscape after all. Life is looking UP! The glass is half full!

Books where the MCs are either traumatized or need professional help.

Please read trigger warnings for some of those books

Suggestions are welcomed! 🩷

whimsy and magical books, with a literal spark of magic.

A collection of books concerning queer culture, music, and the intersection of the two. The list is very much “under construction” and is currently heavily biased towards American culture. I am on the hunt for more global and diverse reads, and will include them as I find them! Recommendations always welcome!

Male narrators dirty talking a little too good in your headphones

~narrators listed in the comments (some of these men are super prolific but these are the books I can personally vouch for)

stories of women silenced, controlled, suppressed, underestimated, violated, and forced to survive in a world shaped by men.

Short story, poetry, and anthology collections whether they meet the definition of “rhapsody” or not.

SO basically books I find an utter work of art

Books that depict humans as their real, flawed selves and don't always take the more accepted "wrapped up in a bow" paths or typical endings

Horror and thrillers which i have already read or will read

Sept. 25th is National Comic Book Day, and especially in light of recent platform discourse I've seen about graphic novels and manga reading and tracking on Pagebound, we definitely need more great lists for these! This list is all queer titles, recommended by people who work with Duck Prints Press (the indie publisher I run). This list is actually from 2023 so doesn't include recent stuff.

i'm tired of nonchalant, cold MMC with the FMC embarrassing themselves for their attention. so here's some that goes the opposite way; obsessed MMC that are almost pathetic with it, and FMC who's unbothered of it all (of course she reciprocate but ykwim)

books about mothers and caregivers discovering raw fierceness and power within when fighting for a better world

Nonfiction books I've read about Palestine.

Meet the world’s most enduring storytellers with Brief Encounters, a collection of short novels and stories to read in a single sitting, or to savour over days. These are the authors and stories that have shaped literature across the world, made to be enjoyed by everyone.

When monsters can do it better than men. (And aliens)