🌬️ Folklore Reading Challenge #TaylorSwift - hosted by bibilly

my tears ricochet: it killed you just the same
• a (sad) first person narration
• a dramatic lead
• a character trying to bounce back
• a book to read on your worst days
All books added
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers

A Psalm for the Wild-Built

Monk & Robot #1

Becky Chambers

147 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle

One Italian Summer

Rebecca Serle

6 hours, 21 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary magical realism romance emotional reflective medium-paced
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead

The Last Housewife

Ashley Winstead

385 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Until Him by Cora Rose

Until Him

Inevitable #1

Cora Rose

306 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced
From Lukov with Love by Mariana Zapata

From Lukov with Love

Mariana Zapata

485 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance sports emotional slow-paced
Foster by Claire Keegan

Foster

Claire Keegan

88 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction contemporary literary emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Astrid Sees All by Natalie Standiford

Astrid Sees All

Natalie Standiford

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical reflective fast-paced
Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt

Tell Me I'm Worthless

Alison Rumfitt

272 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror lgbtqia+ literary challenging dark tense medium-paced
Leagănul respirației by Herta Müller

Leagănul respirației

Herta Müller

292 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction historical emotional reflective sad slow-paced
O Corvo by Edgar Allan Poe

O Corvo

Edgar Allan Poe

200 pages • first pub 1845 (editions)

fiction classics horror poetry dark mysterious fast-paced