Category: Lists
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W&W 2025 Fantastic Five: Port Town
If this year’s Wyrd and Wonder theme has taught me anything, it’s that I do not read a lot of sea themed fantasy. I’ve read cozy fantasy, epic fantasy, horror fantasy, graphic novels and more, but I had such a hard time thinking of books to fit this year’s theme! After deep diving into my… Read more
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10 Standalone Fantasy Novels for the Commitment-Free Fantasy Lover
In 2022 I created a list of my top 5 standalone fantasy novels as part of Wyrd & Wonder, and my love of commitment-free fantasy has only grown since. Over the past couple years, I’ve been aiming to finish more series than I start, which means that when I’m craving something new I need to… Read more
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Fantasy Authors to Keep on My Reading Radar
This past year, I’ve being getting more into standalone fantasy, which has allowed me to browse a lot more authors than usual. I’ve discovered multiple new favorites that I’ve added to my (mental) list of authors to keep an eye on! Every author has a particular style, and whenever I find one that I enjoy,… Read more
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10 Bisexual and Pansexual Romance Novels
It’s the last week of Pride Month, and I have one more queer romance list to share: Bisexual and Pansexual romance novels! I tried to include a variety of relationships so there’s a whole spectrum of bisexual romances to check out. If you’re interested in checking out my previous Pride Month posts you can check… Read more
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10 Lesbian Romance Books
It’s the third week of Pride Months so it’s time for my third list of queer romance novels! I hope you’ve enjoyed reading these lists as much as I’ve enjoyed putting them together. I’ve had lots of fun looking through my favorite queer romances and discovering great new ones to add to my TBR. For… Read more
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10 Gay Romance Novels to Add to Your TBR
This week I’m continuing to share queer romance novels for Pride Month. For today’s list have 10 gay romance novels for you to check out. You can also check out last week’s queer romance list and look ahead to see what I have planned for the rest of the month: For the past week, I’ve… Read more
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10 Trans and Non-Binary Romance Novels
Happy Pride Month readers! If you follow my Twitter you may have seen me announce that I’ll be focusing on queer romance books all throughout June. Last Pride Month I published a list of 50 fantasy books with queer main characters because when I’m looking for queer rep, I specifically want queer main characters. Although… Read more
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Top Five Comic Fantasy Novels
For the last Top Five Fantasy prompt, the Wyrd and Wonder hosts asked us to pick our favorite fantasy subgenre. My (current) favorite fantasy genre is comic fantasy. For me, reading is a way to destress, and comic fantasy novels are a perfect, lighthearted form of escapism. I also just love anything that makes me… Read more
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10 Cool Fantasy Settings
Whenever I think of a fantasy setting those maps at the beginning of the book are the first thing that comes to mind. You know, the ones where you find all the medieval-inspired kingdoms and made up names for seas and forests. In reality Read more
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Top Five Standalone Fantasy Books
Today’s Fantasy Top Five prompt is single-serve fantasy reads, which I interpreted to mean standalone fantasy books. The fantasy genre is notorious for its doorstoppers and 5+ book series, which makes sense considering how much worldbuilding and character development goes into creating a complete fantasy world. While diving into a long fantasy series can be… Read more
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Top Five Books Featuring Wyrd and Wonder Mascots
I’m looking forward to getting back on track with my posts and starting the Wyrd and Wonder read-along book, The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay. And for today, I’m sharing my top five fantasy books featuring the Wyrd and Wonder mascots! Read more
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Top Five Forest Fantasy Recommendations
Today I’m excited to share my second list of Fantasy Top Fives for Wyrd & Wonder: top five forest fantasy recommendations! Read more
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Wyrd and Wonder: Top Five Fantasy Reads Since Last May
It’s finally May, which means it’s time for Wyrd and Wonder! I am so excited to start this month of fantasy celebration, and to kick it off I’ve compiled a list of my top five fantasy reads since last May. Read more
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Great Books for Book Club Discussions
Every once in a while I pick up a book that just begs to be talked about. I’ll spend the next week bugging my mom, roommate, or anyone who’ll listen to me about the new book I’m reading. I can’t help but think these books are perfect book club picks. Read more
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Top 10 Female Authors on My TBR
I tend to shy away from posts about my TBR because I’m a hopeless mood reader, and can leave books on my TBR for months to years. But today I’ll make an exception to talk about the top 10 female authors on my TBR and why I’m excited to read their books. Read more
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50 Fantasy Books With Queer Main Characters
Happy Pride Month Readers!In celebration of Pride Month, I’ve compiled a list of 50 fantasy books with queer main characters. A Few Notes About the List: Queer Fantasy Books That I’ve Read These are all books I’ve read and recommend checking out! 1. Gideon the Ninth+ (The Locked Tomb Trilogy #1) by Tamsyn Muir ✅… Read more
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Wyrd and Wonder Tag: Books That I Have Yet to Read
Hello Readers,Welcome to my shame post. Today I’m making a list of all the books I said I’d read, but haven’t gotten around to. Let’s call it The TBR List of Shame because that’s what it is. Having an unmanageable TBR is a common ailment for book bloggers. Inevitably, there will be books I never… Read more
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7 Books I Can’t Wait to Read
Afternoon Tea is a book discussion section of my blog where I’ll discuss books, genres, tropes etc…. Feel free to add your opinion in the comments! As my TBR continues to fill up, I thought I’d share 7 books that I am most excited to read. 1. By Sea & Sky: an Esowon Story (The… Read more