i love love!

i love manga!

Every year on my Instagram story I post a list of my top books of the year! 2025 was a great year for reading. I read 53 books this year, 3 books over my goal of 50!

To be used for work meetings/ice breakers when asked what I've been reading recently (that won't be too embarrassing or pretentious)

The reading order for all the Baby-Sitters Club books, supposedly. This also includes Little Sister and the Mystery and Special books. Done by publishing order.

Unfortunately here in the US, a lot of books are banned in schools for ridiculous reasons. Here are just a few of them.

Nonfiction books about fruits. That's the list. Suggestions welcome :)

LGBT*+ graphic novels / comics / manga +

Fluff to smut etc / not exclusive all the range of potential interests / anything and everything except for things I deemed terrible. (recs welcome)

I have read most of these. (In progress)

The OG vampire books (mainly from the 19th century). A lot of these are ‘proto-vampire’ stories before Dracula cemented how the vampire was perceived in popular culture.

These books ruined me in ways I can’t explain without sounding dramatic, so I’ll just say this: I am not the same person after them. I read them to feel seen in my worst moments. If you’re looking for closure, don’t come here.

Trying to support indie publishers and read more diverse fiction! I’m starting with the Booker Prize and hopefully adding more when I can. Add your recs in the comments!

books and authors that are recommended by charmaine wilkerson in the epilogue of 'black cake', about the caribbean/mainly jamaican diaspora, chinese-caribbean history and caribbeans in the commonwealth. fictional and non-fictional.

Only including the fiction books (for now at least)

Literally just the Grishaverse books

Recommendations from Pagebound Club.

Books that made it hard to see the words on the page!!