Books Recommended to Me by Pinterest (That I Haven’t Already Read) - 2025 Edition

Written By ce feagan

I am easily distracted by ads especially on my favorite social media platforms: Pinterest and Instagram.

It leads me to take social media blackouts. The last one I had was during the summer. During these blackouts, I avoid all social media platforms. Once I feel less obessed with social media, and its closely related friend online shopping, I will log back on.

Recently, I have decided to change my own algorithms. To do this, I started searching books and saving book-related material on my social media accounts. It worked because my ads have changed, but more importantly, so has my social media.

It’s easy to get lost in the world of social media, so it’s nice to go back to “me” in some ways.

I was going through my Pinterest account in Janurary and realized that I had quite a few books I saved to eventually add to my TBR pile, so without further adieu, here’s that list! What books has social media made you read?

Here is a list of books recommended to me by Pinterest throughout the year 2025 that I have happily added to my TBR list.

  • The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross - John M. Allegro

  • Mood Swings - Frankie Barnet

  • Venomous Lumpsucker - Ned Beauman

  • Mary - Nat Cassidy

  • The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler

  • The Amphetamine Manifesto - Harvey Cohen

  • A Helping Hand - Celia Dale

  • Reservoir Bitches - Dahlia de la Cerda

  • Bizarre Plants: Magical, Monstrous, Mythical - William A. Emboden

  • A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories - Mariana Enriquez

  • Saturnalia - Stephanie Feldman

  • Grey Dog - Elliot Gish

  • Eat the Ones You Love - Sarah Maria Griffin

  • Black Sheep - Rachel Harrison

  • The Doors of Perception - Aldous Huxley

  • Asa: The Girl Who Turned Into a Pair of Chopsticks - Natsuko Imamura

  • No Use Escaping Tomie - Junji Ito

  • Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West - Shelia Jefferys

  • The Fungus - Harry Adam Knight

  • The Practice of Not Thinking: A Guide to Mindful Living - Ryunosuke Koike

  • Rabbits for Food - Binnie Kirshenbaum

  • Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke - Eric LaRocca

  • Lost in the Garden - Adam S. Leslie

  • Before There Was a Bible - Lee Martin McDonald

  • Green Fuse Burning - Tiffany Morris

  • The Fishermen - Chigozie Obioma

  • Nefando - Monica Ojeda

  • The Employees - Olga Ravin

  • Beta Vulgaris - Margie Sarsfield

  • Blob: A Love Story - Maggie Su

  • Oldladyvoice - Elisa Victoria

  • How I Photograph Myself - Bunny Yeager

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