• The best picture books starring not-too-spooky witches
• The best classic children’s books to cheer you up and get you to look around
• The best folktales for children ages 4-8
• The best books to cheer on a competent badass in a fantastical world
• The best graphic novels for reluctant readers
• The most original characters I’ve encountered in fantasy or sci-fi
• The best wellbeing books that will make you feel happier and help you live longer
• The best books for thinking about the meaning of one’s life and work
• The most engaging LitRPG books
• The best books on absurdity (to help you deal with an absurdist world)
• The best non-fiction books about happiness and the choices we try to make in order to get it
• The best picture books destined to be classics but still flying under the radar
• The best books about food catering to the plate, the eye, and the mind