8+ year age gap romance novels

low-key existential, high-key japanese. the likes of toshikazu kawaguchi and michiko aoyama. food for thought, for the soul, will most likely teach you about hope (and cats).

Japanese Naoki Literary Award Winners that have been translated into English. For the full list of recipients, see the Bungakushinko website or Wikipedia (links in comment).

Contemporary Irish lit picks and classics, either by Irish authors or set in Ireland. Erin go bragh. 🇮🇪

All the books in the Shadowhunter Chronicles.

Book version of rom coms!

the field of nursing, both as a formal discipline as it is recognized now as well as caregiving and "women's work."

chapter books you probably read in elementary and/or middle school and you probably took the AR test as soon as you finished. cue nostalgia

Paired reading method where queer/ feminist theory (or nonfiction) basically French kisses fiction🕺💗👭🏻🌈 let'ssss go I guess??

I made this list just to keep up with all the pairings I've planned for this year and I thought I would share it in case there were others interested in these topics as well 🥰

inspired by @girlsschoolbooks on tiktok <3

Self help books

Books that are technically literary fiction... but something else is going on genre-wise.

Books that feature water bc I love that kinda vibe 🌊

Some are nostaglic feels, others are cheesy. Very silly and very random. Either childish or intense. Classic but maybe steamy. It will make you laugh, cry or cringe. Meh I dunno it's what you expect with holiday novels.

Mangas, manwhas, and stories featuring beast folk, beast kin and other creatures.

An Australian prize that celebrates women and non-binary writers, sign me up. The Stella prize is doing stellar things for the Australian literary scene and that is something I want to get around.

Nonfiction that makes me think it’s possible

A subgenre that I'm absolutely loving. Please let me know if you have any suggestions!