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Book Recommendations

Hot & Hedonistic: A Summer Reading Guide
Embrace an arbitrary digital persona and get a collection of book recommendations
May 29 • Marcus
Weird Girl Literature: Your Definitive Reading List
50+ weird books for every kind of reader (I promise)
May 11 • Marcus
Beach Reads for People Who Hate the Beach
Book recommendations for the sun-soaked days ahead
May 6 • Marcus
Short Books That Leave A Big Impact
The perfect cure for a rotted attention span
Apr 23 • Marcus
Apocalypse in the First Person
Book recommendations about personal reckonings
Mar 30 • Marcus
Books I Liked More Than Anticipated
Admitting I'm wrong is the second hardest thing I've ever done...
Mar 16 • Marcus
15 Excellent Books (That Your Algorithm Missed)
Spotlighting books I love, but rarely see in the wild
Feb 26 • Marcus
A Beginner's Guide to Fiction in Translation
My personal syllabus to getting started
Feb 11 • Marcus
The 50 Best Books I've Ever Read
Defining my literary canon
Jan 19 • Marcus
Books That Feel Like A Haunting
It’s been said before, and I’ll say it again — a good book should feel like a haunting.
Jan 13 • Marcus
My Top Ten Reads of 2024*
*No, that's not a typo. I promise.
Nov 27, 2025 • Marcus
Nine Books I'm Defending Now & Forever
The story of a 29 year-old kid versus the literary world
Sep 10, 2025 • Marcus
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