pride and prejudice retellings and spinoffs

From dirt and sand, to rope and fabric, to coal and oil--nonfiction about seemingly simple materials and the ways they've influenced the course of human history.

Non-fiction books that made/make me want to dive more into anthropology, sociology, and history

Horror books I have that you should read

Books about survivors of SA, domestic violence, and abusive relationships (specifically those that helped me in my journey)

A collection of mostly “literary” books with kink or bdsm as major plot points. I cannot state I’ve read all of these, but I’ve purposely leaned far away from the more popular Fifty Shades of Grey books. These books center women in their narratives, queer people, neurodivergent people. And others not always see in this genre.

yersinia pestis is a main character or bust

This list is for stories about stories, including the more obvious "books-about-books", but also books about who gets to tell stories, what versions of stories become "truth", and other story-based themes. *While not intended to be strictly fantasy, this list does lean heavily into this genre due to my personal reading tastes. **Suggestions welcome!

love love love

love love love

books that are so changed by the end that they're entirely different books on the re-read. books best entered blind, with a twist or gradual reveal that is not just surprising, but retroactively rewrites everything you've already read – the meaning, tone, genre, or intention of every page before it.

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."

recs so so welcome!

Not every shadow that falls across your path is a threat. Some giants did not come to crush our walls, but to keep the wind off them. These are the lonely ones—the ones who carry our dreams in jars, or wait in the rain for a kindness we often forget to give. They are the guardians made of iron, the ancient sleepers under the hills, and the soft-spoken monsters who know that being big often means being very, very alone. We call them... the Gentle Hearts.

Fiction and nonfiction books about monastic life (not sappy)

To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: a time to be born, a time to die; a time to plant, a time to pluck what is planted; a time to kill, a time to heal; a time to break down, a time to build up; a time to weep, a time to laugh; a time to mourn, a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together...

Seasons, cycles, rhythms: Nonfiction ideas for embracing the ebb and flow.

DISCLAIMER: I am not your doctor. I am not anyone's doctor.

Give me all the plot twist thrillers

Hey babe, wanna get lost in time? ⏱️

just in case you don't know what's in-universe

The heart wants what the heart wants, what can I say 😳

This is a list with books about people who engage in or want to engage in romance and sex with modes of transportation. Thanks to alexz for the spark of unintended inspiration 💜

Please drop any suggestions for additions in the comments, thank you!

We need more disabled characters in media so here's a bunch of examples of good representation