books that feel like the moment at the end of a movie when the protagonist has been through hell and back, gets into a cab, and gazes silently out the window as she goes home. she smiles ever so slowly before the screen fades to black.

If you grew up in Germany there is a high chance some of these books accompanied you in your childhood.

This is a list of typical German children's books.

Suggestions welcome!

A list of books that embody the kindness, joy, and community, along with the curiosity for radical justice, deep analysis, and deconstruction of systems of oppression that I see on this platform. In honor of PB’s birthday (Aug 13, I've been told)! I welcome everyone to leave a book + their explanation for why they feel it embodies PB energy in the comments; there’s no right or wrong answer, I would love to see everyone's perspectives!

In An Academic Affair, Dr. Sadie Shaw is a professor of popular fiction. Here are her recommendations from the novel!

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Books with 17 year old main characters

Books with 19 year old main characters

Buggy books for the nerds

No twilight allowed

titles of all genres referencing crows; recs welcome!

A collection of Greek, Sumerian, and Roman myth retellings and historical fiction. There are the perennial favorites and perhaps a few that deserve some time in the limelight.

Books that are a little off the beaten path of "normal" romance, MM/queer books featuring darker themes like dark academia, paranormal happenings, murder mysteries, religious trauma, etc.

The young adult dystopian books of the late 2000s to late 2010s that super popular. Primarily female main character (occasional male main character) taking down some corrupt government after the fall of civilization.

A major author of Golden age crime fiction, he was meta about murder mysteries before it was a thing and a founder of the detection club. Trying to list all his books that are in print. he also wrote under the name Francis lies.

I went through all the books in the romance quest tab and here are all the ones where at least one of leads is in a relationship that is not "man and woman falling in love with each other." F/F, M/M, F/NBi, M/NBi, NBi/NBi, etc. Largely motivated by wanting to figure out which romance book quests I had a chance of getting the badges for. If I missed any, let me know. Quest specific info in the pinned comment.

yearning with a little bit of melancholy