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stjust

Spanning many genres! Looking for historical fiction, fantasy and diverse author recs

3479 points

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Winter 2026 Readalong
Whispers in the Walls
My Taste
Endling
One Dark Window (The Shepherd King, #1)
The Lies of the Ajungo (Forever Desert, #1)
Les Misérables
Pachinko
Reading...
Birds without a Nest: A Novel: A Story of Indian Life and Priestly Oppression in Peru (Texas Pan American Series)
36%
The Bright Years
28%
War and Peace
10%
The Yellow House
44%
Otherlands: A Journey Through Earth's Extinct Worlds
72%
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
49%

stjust commented on a post from the Pagebound Club forum

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  • How many books are you reading for the Mardi Gras + Carnival Readalong?

    Somehow it escaped me that I only need to read one for the badge but I’m sure others will read more than one?

    One month’s not that much time, though, so Idk how many I’ll manage. I’m almost done with Midnight Robber and I’m not sure if I want to do Black Cake or Perilous Graves next.

    What about you, friends? How many have you read and how many do you plan to read? How did you decide?

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  • Reading + Writing

    Are any of you guys writers? I’m interested in the link between how much people read and whether that translates over to writing.

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  • Question for audiobooks listeners

    Does anyone have a recommendation for an audiobook that sounds nice? I tried to listen to one before but I didn’t like voice actor and with university starting to become more demanding I feel like it’s easier for me to listen to some audiobooks cuz idw get in a slump. I don’t mind any genres. But for those who read audiobooks, do you have any first recommendations?

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  • The Bright Years
    Thoughts from 28% (page 76) Tomato debate?!

    She requests tomatoes for dinner and plucks ripe ones from our box garden, their juice like summer on her lips.

    This sounds to me like eating raw tomatoes 🍅 🫣

    Is this book going to restart the great tomato debate??!

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  • Black History Month Reads 📖

    hey y'all!!!!!! happy Black history month!!!!!

    it's officially been 100 years of the celebration in Black communities! is anyone planning on reading books for the month? i've got a few horror novels by Black authors on hold at my library, and i'm looking forward to reading them!

    please share!!!!! 🫂💓💓

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  • 30, flirty, and thriving🤪✨

    Can my young and hip bookish friends please comment any and all terminology related to the bookish world (what the heck is “yoink”, how do we say something is bad, what’s in/out, more lore ((like the great tomato war))) -signed a really cool 30 year old who wants to fit in and understand😂✨

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  • The Secret History
    Thoughts from 81%
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    Birds without a Nest: A Novel: A Story of Indian Life and Priestly Oppression in Peru (Texas Pan American Series)

    Birds without a Nest: A Novel: A Story of Indian Life and Priestly Oppression in Peru (Texas Pan American Series)

    Clorinda Matto de Turner

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  • reading order in quests

    hellooo pagebound people

    so how does everyone decide the order they're gonna tackle a quest, esp if you want to get all the badges?

    personally i either go with the shortest stuff first OR go by one that's in a genre i dont normally like, followed by one i do, just to have a variety 😂

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    The Pohaku

    The Pohaku

    Jasmin Iolani Hakes

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    The Pohaku

    The Pohaku

    Jasmin Iolani Hakes

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    War and Peace

    War and Peace

    Leo Tolstoy

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  • Reading Round-Up - January 2026 ❄️

    Let’s round up the first month of 2026!

    What was your January: • favourite books: • least favourite books: • total books read:

    For February: • What are you planning to read ? • Are there any books releasing you're interested in? • do you have a reading goal for the month?

    Bonus Questions for February: • Favourite Romance Book of all time? • Favourite Pancake Topping? • Favourite Lunar New Year Traditions?

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  • Endling
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    Thoughts from 7% (page 25)

    reading this as i put on my cosrx snail mucin moisturizer is truly an original experience

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  • A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)
    stjust
    Jan 31, 2026
    4.0
    Enjoyment: 4.0Quality: 4.0Characters: 3.5Plot: 3.0
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    A very fun way to get into this world! I went in with basically 0 background, didn’t even read the blurb, so I was super surprised by the steampunk/clockwork elements, which I loved! Also Fatma is great and what fashion sense this lady has.

    The plot was so quick and lore-heavy - it was enjoyable but kind of surface level for what it was. Which is fine, it’s really short! But I bumped up my rating due to the really wonderful descriptions of everything, especially the characters. Everything is drawn really vividly.

    This was a delightful way to start the story, and I’m really looking forward to reading Master of Djinn!

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  • A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)
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    Thoughts from 84% — what are we picturing here?
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  • Reading/Book Overlap

    First of, I'm at awe at the diversity on books we read. But I just had to ask. Did you ever find someone who's 50% and over in overlap with the books you read?

    PS: if we are double digits overlap come forward

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  • What do you think of a book when you are reading it?

    Is it just me or I find it hard to read a book unless there is someone I can ship together otherwise the book will be hard to get through and really boring for me to finish it unless there is a reason to keep going - for me it's matchmaking. Is there something that keeps you reading or the other way round? It will be really interesting for me to know😊

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    A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)

    A Dead Djinn in Cairo (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.1)

    P. Djèlí Clark

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