The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
r. f. kuang
A home for readers who choose books by feeling, not by genre
emma smith
We collect special books from local bookshops to help you find the story you need right now. Something dark and haunting? Or warm like coming home? We’ll help you find the book that brings exactly the feelings you’re looking for.
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Rachel Harrison
So Thirsty
Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn’t need a reminder she’s getting older, or that she’s feeling indifferent about her own life.
Her husband surprises her with a birthday weekend getaway—not with him, but with Sloane’s longtime best friend, troublemaker extraordinaire Naomi.
Her husband surprises her with a birthday weekend getaway—not with him, but with Sloane’s longtime best friend, troublemaker extraordinaire Naomi.
body horror
female rage
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Mikhail Bulgakov
The Master
and Margarita
and Margarita
One hot spring, the devil arrives in Moscow, accompanied by a retinue that includes a beautiful naked witch and an immense talking black cat with a fondness for chess and vodka. The visitors quickly wreak havoc in a city that refuses to believe in either God or Satan...
devil
Soviet Moscow
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Sy Montgomery
The Soul of
an Octopus
an Octopus
Naturalist Sy Montgomery shares her encounters with octopuses, gradually revealing that they have personalities, emotions, and even something resembling consciousness. She spends time with them in aquariums, dives on coral reefs, and observes how these creatures remember people and express curiosity and friendliness.
naturalist memoir
zoology
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Catherine McCormack
Women
in the Picture
in the Picture
Art historian Catherine McCormack challenges how culture teaches us to see and value women, their bodies, and their lives.Venus, maiden, wife, mother, monster―women have been bound so long by these restrictive roles, codified by patriarchal culture, that we scarcely see them.
quiet defiance
female subjectivity
zoology
naturalist memoir
Stories where someone returns home to the place they thought they knew, and finds that the past never really left. Choose your book and step into a place that remembers more than it should.
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New collection
Here we present book collections chosen for their tone, voice and texture. It’s not just about genre, it’s about finding the story that suits your mood today.
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dusty manuscripts
macabre
bonfires under the moon
gothic mansion
Not sure where to start? We’ve curated book lists for every mood — find one that resonates.
collections
dark academia
ambition and guilt
brom
spirit world
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