Diverse Book Recommendations for all the Moods

Hey all, I thought it’s been a hot minute since I hit you all with some recs, and well, I’m feel a lil feminine rage, a lil sad, so I’m going to get you all a nice rounded out post. We’ll start with the angry, go to the sads, then end with cozy. Ya with me? Cool. Let’s gooooo

1.

Picture of Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma book cover

Immortal Dark

2.

Picture of the Cover of The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes

(Now, maybe Lucy Gray isn’t *mad* but if you’ve read this, I’d like to think by a certain point in this book she’d had *enough*)

3.

Cover of The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace

The Witch Doesn’t Burn in This One

4.

Cover of The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

The Poppy War

5.

Cover of We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia

We Set the Dark on Fire

1.

Cover of At the End of the River Styx by Michelle Kulwicki

At the End of the River Styx

2.

Cover of I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy

I’m Glad My Mom Died

3.

Cover of Pet by Akwaeke Emezi

Pet

(Now this could fit Rage or Grief (or even empowerment)…it covers all the things ❤ and has some very dark material, but trigger warnings would be spoilers…I’ll add them if the author has a list of them as some do on Goodreads or their own sites.)

4.

Cover of The Edge of Being by James Brandon

The Edge of Being

5.

Cover of You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao

You’ve Reached Sam

OR

You’ve Reached Sam but make it LGBTQ+

1.

Cover of The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

2.

Cover of Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

Legendborn

3.

Cover of The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker

The Silence of the Girls

4.

Cover of She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

She Who Became the Sun

5.

Cover of The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings

The Ballad of Perilous Graves

Cozy Reads header

1.

Cover of The Witch Boy by Molly Ostertag

The Witch Boy

2.

Cover of Love in Color by Bolu Babalola

Love in Colour

3.

Cover of The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red

The Murderbot Diaries: All Systems Red

4.

Cover of Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley

Sweet & Bitter Magic

5.

Cover of The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

The Prince and the Dressmaker

2 responses to “Diverse Book Recommendations for all the Moods”

  1. That was a fantastic idea, thank you for the recs! There’s a Mood for everybody

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    1. Thanks! And sorry haha I’m so bad about looking at my blog these days, but I appreciate your comment, thanks so much ❤

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