(goodreads)

classic

• ▢ evelina · fanny burney
• ▢ north and south · elizabeth gaskell
• ✓ the picture of dorian gray · oscar wilde
• ▢ to the lighthouse · virginia woolf
• ▢ villette · charlotte bronte

japanese lit.

• ▢ 1q84 · haruki murakami
  • ▢ 1 & 2
  • ▢ 3
• ▢ a little life · hanya yanagihara
• ✓ almost transparent blue · ryu murakami
• ▢ breasts and eggs · mieko kawakami
• ✓ convenience store woman · sayaka murata
• ✓ if cats disappeared from the world · genki kawamura
• ✓ kafka on the shore · haruki murakami
• ✓ klara and the sun · kazuo ishiguro
• ▢ no longer human · osamu dazai
• ▢ something wicked from japan: ghosts, demons & yokai in ukiyo-e masterpieces · noriko yamamoto
• ▢ sputnik sweetheart · haruki murakami
• ▢ the cat who saved books · sōsuke natsukawa
• ▢ the dress of feathers · banana yoshimoto
• ▢ the woman in the purple skirt · natsuko imamura
• ✓ zangyakuki · natsuo kirino

chinese lit.

• ▢ i want to kick you in the back · risa wataya
• ▢ lust, caution and other stories · ailing zhang
• ✓ severance · ling ma
• ▢ to live · yu hua
• ✓ under red skies: three generations of life, loss, and hope in china · karoline kan
• ✓ wives and concubines · su tong

korean lit.

• ▢ a cab called reliable · patti kim
• ✓ crying in h mart · michelle zauner
• ✓ if i had your face · frances cha
• ▢ pachinko · min jinlee
• ▢ the chronicle of a man named han · hwang sokyong
• ✓ the vegetarian · han kang

fantasy

• a song of ice and fire · george r. r. martin
  • ✓ 01. a game of thrones
  • ✓ 02. a clash of kings
  • ✓ 03. a storm of swords
  • ✓ 04. a feast for crows
  • ✓ 05. a dance with dragons
  • ▢ 06. the winds of winter
  • ▢ 07. a dream of spring
• artemis fowl · eoin colfer
  • ✓ 01. artemis fowl
  • ✓ 02. artemis fowl and the arctic incident
  • ✓ 03. artemis fowl and the eternity code
  • ▢ 04. artemis fowl and the opal deception
  • ▢ 05. artemis fowl and the lost colony
  • ▢ 06. artemis fowl and the time paradox
  • ▢ 07. artemis fowl and the atlantis complex
  • ▢ 08. artemis fowl and the last guardian
• black dagger brotherhood · j. r. ward
  • ✓ 01. dark lover
  • ✓ 02. lover eternal
  • ✓ 03. lover awakened
  • ✓ 04. lover revealed
  • ✓ 05. lover unbound
  • ▢ 06. lover enshrined
  • ▢ 07. lover avenged
  • ▢ 08. lover mine
  • ▢ 09. lover unleashed
  • ▢ 10. lover reborn
  • ▢ 11. lover at last
  • ▢ 12. the king
• ▢ she would be king · wayétu moore
• ▢ stardust · neil gaiman
• the lunar chronicles · marissa meyer
  • ✓ 01. cinder
  • ✓ 02. scarlet
  • ✓ 03. cress
  • ✓ 03.5. fairest
  • ✓ 04. winter
  • bonus
    • ✓ 00. the little android
    • ✓ 01. glitches
    • ✓ 02. the queen’s army
    • ✓ 03. carswell’s guide to being lucky
    • ✓ 04. the princess and the guard
• the poppy war · r.f. kuang
  • ✓ 01. poppy war
  • ✓ 02. the dragon republic
  • ✓ 03. the burning god
  • ✓ 3.5 the drowning faith
• ▢ the silmarillion · j.r.r. tolkien
• the witcher · andrzej sapkowski
  • ✓ 01. the last wish
  • ✓ 02. sword of destiny
  • ✓ 03. blood of elves
  • ✓ 04. time of contempt
  • ✓ 05. baptism of fire
  • ✓ 06. the tower of the swallow
  • ✓ 07. the lady of the lake
  • ▢ 08. season of storms

sad hot girls

• ▢ acts of desperation · megan nolan
• ▢ acts of service · lillian fishman
• ▢ all's well · mona awad
• ▢ boy parts · eliza clark
• ✓ detransition, baby · torrey peters
• ✓ eileen · ottessa moshfegh
• ▢ il profilo dell'altra · irene graziosi
• ▢ kim jiyoung, born 1982 · cho namjoo
• ✓ my dark vanessa · kate elizabeth russell
• ✓ my year of rest and relaxation · ottessa moshfegh
• ▢ supper club · lara williams
• ▢ the answers · catherine lacey

dark academia

• ▢ a deadly education · naomi novik
• ▢ a great and terrible beauty · libba bray
• ▢ a separate peace · john knowles
• ▢ babel · r. f. kuang
• ✓ bunny · mona awad
• ✓ catherine house · elisabeth thomas
• ✓ if we were villains · m. l. rio
• ▢ jawbone · mónica ojeda
• ✓ jonathan strange & mr norrell · susanna clarke
• ▢ piranesi · susanna clarke
• ▢ special topics in calamity physics · marisha pessl
• the atlas · olivie blake
  • ✓ 01. the atlas six
  • ▢ 02. the atlas paradox
  • ▢ 03. the atlas complex
• ▢ the lightness: a novel · emily temple
• ✓ the ninth house · leigh bardugo
• the raven cycle · maggie stiefvater
  • ▢ 01. the raven boys
  • ▢ 02. the dream thieves
  • ▢ 03. blue lily, lily blue
  • ▢ 04. the raven king
• ✓ the secret history · donna tartt
• ▢ vita nostra · marina and sergey dyachenko

misc.

• ▢ a doll's house · henrik ibsen
• ✓ a good girl's guide to murder · holly jackson
• ▢ a life discarded: 148 diaries found in a skip · alexander masters
• ▢ a quaint and curious volume: tales and poems of the gothic · sarah perry
• ▢ a room of one’s own · virginia woolf
• ▢ a winter's promise · christelle dabos
• ▢ and the hippos were boiled in their tanks · jack kerouac & william s. burroughs
• ▢ auntie mame · patrick dennis
• ▢ call me with your name · andré aciman
• ✓ carmilla · j. sheridan le fanu
• ✓ circe · madeline miller
• ▢ claudine à l'école · sidonie-gabrielle colette
• ▢ claudine à paris · sidonie-gabrielle colette
• ✓ daisy jones & the six · taylor jenkins reid
• ▢ dangerous liaisons · pierre choderlos de laclos
• ▢ dead poets society · n. h. kleinbaum
• ▢ dracula · bram stoker
• ✓ drive your plow over the bones of the dead · olga tokarczuk
• dublin murder squad · tana french
  • ▢ 01. in the woods
  • ▢ 02. the likeness
  • ▢ 03. faithful place
  • ▢ 04. broken harbor
  • ▢ 05. the secret place
  • ▢ 06. the trespasser
• ✓ frankestein · mary shelley
• ▢ girl, interrupted · susanna kaysen
• ▢ good omens · terry pratchett & neil gaiman
• ✓ if we were villains · m. l. rio
• ✓ jane eyre · charlotte brontë
• ✓ l'acqua del lago non è mai dolce · giulia caminito
• ▢ l'excessive · alexandra lapierre
• ▢ le 101 donne più malvagie della storia · stefania bonura
• ▢ love is a dog from hell · charles bukowski
• ✓ macbeth · w. shakespeare
• ✓ madame bovary · gustave flaubert
• ✓ memoirs of a dutiful daughter · simone de beauvoir
• ▢ mr. penumbra's 24-hour bookstore · robin sloan
• ▢ mrs. dalloway · virginia woolf
• ✓ my sister the serial killer · oyinkan braithwaite
• ▢ mysterious skin · scott heim
• ▢ narcissus and goldmund · hermann hesse
• ▢ queer · william burroughs
• ✓ red, white & royal blue · casey mcquiston
• ✓ siddharta · hermann hesse
• ▢ so sad today · melissa broder
• ▢ someday this pain will be useful · peter cameron
• ✓ song of achilles · madeline miller
• ▢ tales of mystery and imagination · edgar allan poe
• ▢ ten arguments for deleting your social media accounts right now · jaron lanier
• ✓ the anomaly · hervé le tellier
• ▢ the catcher in the rye · j.d. salinger
• ▢ the countess · johns rebecca
• ▢ the crimson petal and the white · michel faber
• ▢ the girls · emma cline
• ▢ the goldfinch · donna tartt
• ✓ the haunting of hill house · shirley jackson
• ▢ the hidden diary of marie antoinette · carolly erickson
• ▢ the little book of house plants and other greenery · emma sibley
• ▢ the little friend · donna tartt
• ✓ the magic shop · james doty
• ✓ the man who mistook his wife for a hat · oliver sacks
• ✓ the mercies · kiran millwood hargrave
• ✓ the midnight library · matt haig
• ▢ the room · jonas karlsson
• ▢ the rules of attraction · b. e. ellis
• ✓ the seven husbands of evelyn hugo · taylor jenkins reid
• ✓ the uncommon reader · alan bennett
• ✓ the vanishing half · brit bennett
• ▢ tōkyō tutto l'anno. viaggio sentimentale nella grande metropoli · laura imai messina
• ▢ truly devious · maureen johnson
• ▢ vanity fair: a novel without a hero · william makepeace thackeray
• ▢ walden · h. d. thoreau
• ▢ we should all be feminist · chimamanda ngozi adichie
• ▢ we the drowned · carsten jensen
• ▢ what we see when we read · peter mendelsund
• ✓ why i'm no longer talking to white people about race · reni eddo-lodge
• ▢ will you please be quiet, please? · raymond carver