Corporations aren’t the only ones with brands these days. You can be your own brand, curating your style and persona by ascribing to a popular TiKTok aesthetic that evokes a certain mood or feeling. Recently, we matched up a few books that can be associated with some of the more popular subcultures, and we’re back with more.

If you didn’t find yourself represented as a coastal grandmother, cottagecore fairy or dark academia student, maybe you’ll relate more to these vibes that have permeated the mainstream. Like the others, feeling a part of these communities can influence everything from your clothes to your kitchen décor to your reading choices. If you identify with any of these ‘cores,’ find fun recommendations to match in the Libby app.

Y2K reads

Born out of fascination for the early aughts, these books celebrate the late 90s to early 2000s when technology was on the rise, and everything was iridescent, shiny and fresh with optimism for the new millennium.

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Mia Thermopolis stole hearts back in the early 2000s as a shy American teenager who learns she is heir to the throne of a European kingdom. After you read the series, get a dose of more early aughts nostalgia with the film adaptation starring Anne Hathaway and Julie Andrews.

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding

Everyone fell for the devastatingly self-aware, laugh-out-loud account of a year in the life of a thirty-something singleton on a permanent doomed quest for self-improvement. Bridget Jones was everywoman, and the bestselling book was a basis for the films starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Patrick Dempsey and Emma Thompson.

Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar

Serena van der Woodsen is back from boarding school—but is she still the Upper East Side's It Girl? The wickedly funny first book in the bestselling series inspired the original hit CW show and the HBO Max series.

Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham

In this collection of personal essays, the beloved star of Gilmore Girls reveals stories about life, love and working as a woman in Hollywood—along with behind-the-scenes dispatches from the set of the new Gilmore Girls, where she plays the fast-talking Lorelai Gilmore once again.

The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger

This is a gloriously wicked story about the ultimate Boss from Hell, the fabulously successful editor of a fashion magazine, and the deals we make with the devil to get to the top. This iconic novel inspired the movie starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway.

Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb by R. L. Stine

While technically published in the mid 1990s, Stine’s popularity continued into the 2000s and still today, terrifying kids everywhere. For a frightfully fun treat, bring that Y2K magic to present day and enjoy his latest series, Goosebumps Slappyworld.

Ethereal reads

Light, soft and wistful describes the ethereal aesthetic that is both dainty and otherworldly. Often associated with the fantasy romance genre or fairy tales, this style inspires those seeking a dreamy escape to a secret, enchanted forest.

The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill

This magic-filled fantasy is about a young girl named Luna, who was accidentally fed moonlight as a baby, and raised by a witch and a swamp monster in a world filled with wonder. This Newbery Medal winner is a must-read for fans of classic children's literature or timeless fantasy fables.

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Katsa lives in the Seven Kingdoms where selected people are born with a Grace, a special talent that can be anything at all. Katsa's Grace is killing. As the king's niece, she is forced to use her extreme skills as his brutal enforcer, but soon learns a new truth about her own Grace—and a terrible secret that lies hidden far away.

The House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende

In her unforgettable first novel, Allende brings to life the triumphs and tragedies of three generations of the Trueba family. This enthralling epic spans decades and lives, weaving the personal and the political into a universal story of love, magic and fate.

The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Set in the deep, magic winter, this debut novel takes place in medieval Russia where a young girl uses her mystical abilities to confront supernatural forces and protect her village's way of life.

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

A moving YA paranormal tale of love and fate about a teenager who is part angel and must uncover her true purpose, navigate a love triangle with two boys and decide whether to follow the rules or follow her heart.

The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey

In this magical debut set in Alaska in 1920, a couple’s lives are changed forever by the arrival of a little girl, wild and secretive, on their snowy doorstep. As they struggle to understand this child who could have stepped from the pages of a fairy tale, they come to love her as their own daughter. But in this beautiful, violent place things are rarely as they appear, and what they eventually learn will transform all of them.

Spacecore reads

Fans of planets, stars, galaxies, nebulas and everything extraterrestrial can connect to these astronomical adventures that take place in deep space among the celestial bodies and interstellar life.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor and fascinating science—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling.

Out of Orbit by Chris Jones

On February 1, 2003, the nation was stunned to watch the shuttle Columbia disintegrate into a blue-green sky. Despite the numerous new reports surrounding the tragedy, the public remained largely unaware that three men remained orbiting Earth. This is the harrowing, behind-the-scenes chronicle of the efforts of beleaguered Mission Controls who worked frantically against the clock to bring their men safely back to Earth.

Alone Out Here by Riley Redgate

The year is 2072. Soon a volcanic eruption will trigger catastrophic devastation, and the only way out is up. While the world's leaders, scientists, and engineers oversee the frantic production of a space fleet meant to save humankind, their children are brought in for a weekend of touring a high-tech prototype spaceship.

With aching poignancy and tense, heart-in-your-mouth action, this enthralling saga described as “Lord of the Flies set in space, with teens as the last hope for humanity” will stay with readers long after the final page.

Reclaim the Stars by Zoraida Córdova

From stories that take you to the stars, to stories that span into other times and realms, to stories set in the magical now, this collection takes the Latin American diaspora to places fantastical and out of this world. Featuring Isabel Ibañez, Anna-Marie McLemore, Nina Moreno, Mark Oshiro and more.

A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow

In this YA space opera, a reincarnated god and a grumpy pilot are on a mission to save a beloved space DJ and stop an intergalactic war.

Star Splitter by Matthew J. Kirby

Survival and self-determination collide in this haunting, pulse-pounding YA science fiction novel from Edgar Award–winning author Matthew J. Kirby that spans both space and time.

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