2026 Longlist

Memoirs are an excellent way to expand one’s worldview. When we listen with curiosity to the lived experiences of others, we make the world a more empathetic and nuanced place. This list features memoirs I found fascinating and/or impactful.

bitch what were YOU doing at the devils sacrement...

is it hot in here or is it the witchcraft accusations

mostly sports romance or young adult

When people are falling, quietly longing and a book gives you that feeling that this love is just meant to be. The slow burn romance because something is in their way and it simply breaks your heart to read it. But also you never want it to end. Enemies to lovers? Fated love stories? Impossible couples? Where love is long felt before it can be lived.

Dedalus Euro Shorts is a series of short European fiction which can be read from cover to cover on Euro Star or on a short flight.

For my fellow lobster friends 🦞

(Currently a work in progress. A few books need to be imported to Pagebound's library first. I'm on it)

The best of historical fiction on and from the Netherlands and the historical Low Lands and Flanders including todays Belgium. In English and Dutch. Please suggest more and add more translations!

A list of M.C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin cozy murder mystery series. Set in the cozy Cotsworlds of Britain 🏘

Do you crave well written stories that put fiction and fact together in a masterful way? Well researched fictional stories grounded in historical fact. Experience different times and different places in the best way you possibly can! And travel by book... Some in English translation here. Original language usually recommended.

I call it water-based fiction; literature that has somewhat an eerie vibe, that focuses on oceans, rivers, ... any bodies of water, really.

non-fic anticapitalist tech reads

The list includes nominations for the Best Novel category from the Edgar Awards which is given by the Mystery Writers of America.

The list includes nominations for the Best Debut category from the Edgar Awards which is given by the Mystery Writers of America.

What a woman does is open doors, it is not a question of locking or unlocking.

This is for people new to comics that really want to start reading them but have no idea where to start.

Some notes: Reading list is in order in the comments. Only includes the first volume of each on this list. Not comprehensive, any notes or suggestions plz put in the comments :D