Dark Academia

Witchy

All of these books feature a run-down but beloved diner or dive bar that serves as a safe space for our protagonists. Sometimes, it's a conveniently open location to visit in the middle of the night in order to hide from a pursuer, and other times its a beloved neighbourhood staple that just needs a little bit of TLC. The server knows your name, your how you like your eggs, and exactly why the girl across the booth from you has a twinkle in her eye.

Horse girls, unite! These books feature horses, sort of.

Every book featured in the Dior Book Tote Club on YouTube ☕ w/ Pretty Yende, Beatrice Borromeo, Rosamund Pike, Natalie Portman, Nine d'Urso

This list focuses on climat fiction, specifically on floods and rising sea levels set in a near or dystopian future.

(See pinned comment for book/look pairings). For those books that are lush, esoteric, perhaps a bit encrusted, convoluted, dense and/or lyrical; books that Commit To The Bit. Anything with something to say and a strong aesthetic sense that reinforces it; anything that's perhaps a bit weird and not afraid to take literary/artistic risks. Bonus if you can't figure out what it's supposed to mean 🙂‍↕️. Suggestions always welcome - feel free to give me a book to find a look for, or post a book/look pairing you came up with yourself! ❣️

one day i will write a dissertation on this i swear….

autumn reading list; spooky and crisp! these are books i haven't read and want to read this spooky season....

queer literary fiction from around the world

I’m sure we have all argued with our parents, but what about when it goes too far?

A list of the YA books published in 2026. Please comment if any are missing.

"Out There Screaming" Anthology + possible picks from some of the authors Horror/Sci-fi/Fantasy

... a slop is a book that can't get no love from me... If you're tired of all the slop being printed, here are some grade A classics to read instead.

"If something doesn't creep into a drawing that you're not prepared for, you might as well not have drawn it." —Edward Gorey

Fiction and nonfiction — for all ages, of all genres — featuring cover art by Edward Gorey. (Not included: books Gorey authored himself.)

Under construction — seeking recommendations!

Canadian Romance set in Canada ~ no deadlines, just enjoyment, list will be periodically updated ~ work in progress. Open to kind suggestions.

🇨🇦 Canadian setting 🌶️ Spice & Tropes involved? - Check each book for references. 📚 Reading Order? Check the Series or Author notes.

Nonfiction surrounding the book, films, people, themes—the behind the scenes (or in this case coffin) of Dracula.

Sinister hospitality plays on the theatricality or hierarchy of hospitality through the authority of a defined threshold, place or home, that allows the host to exert power over the guest in the guise of help, or for the guest to prey on the expected reciprocity of kindness. This can also include the burden of hospitality in gender roles, such as Rebecca and the Odyssey, or the strained relationship between guest and host due to race, such as The Dispossessed and Dawn. Recommendations welcome.

Chonky doorstop classic tomes. (600+ pages)