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Recommending books based on the genre only is sometimes impossible, since stories that fit into similar categories
Often when I am reading, I struggle to label my books, and I often wish there were
So I asked around and found out book genres that don’t exist, but several book lovers
But for the sake of a bit of humour – and a nicer title – let’s call all
Most of the time, when I am looking for a rec that falls under, for example, dark
I want to read a book with the exact vibes I’m in the mood for, independently
In fact, more than once I really couldn’t care for an intricate plot; just give me
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There is a deep satisfaction in seeing characters reaping exactly what they have sewed, and I wish
In this category: Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead by Olga Tokarczuk
I personally love these because they always surprise me in the best way possible
These books never fail to be amusing; sometimes they’re disturbing, other times just absolutely… bananapants
Do you ever read a book that contains a romance and realise you’d actually have liked
I’m as much of a sucker for romance as anyone else out there, but in some
Moreover, there are not enough books out there without romance, and it would be super nice to
Let’s imagine a best-case scenario: the world crumbling around a group of people who are just
In this category: Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou by Hitoshi Ashinano
In this category: Paper Towns by John Green and Onion Skin by Edgar Camacho
When I was younger I used to watch several anime series: Pokémon, Naruto, Avatar: The Last
Tea Dragon would be a Studio Ghibli meets Pokémon category: no fight, just going around the
In the face of this, it’s actually surprising there aren’t more books out there with
And this is the reason why books portraying this should have a category of their own
We all try, one way or another, to find our place in the world, and sometimes blood-family
So many queer stories are about struggle and hurt, and sometimes what we want to read is
There is nothing I love more than a book that completely and utterly destroys me
The sadder, the better, and this sometimes makes it hard to do my job as a bookseller,
If someone tells me they read a book and it made them cry a lot, I’m
Some books manage to hide a very thin layer of sadness underneath a hilarious narrative, and that
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