Looksmaxxing might be all the rage, but what about booksmaxxing?
If you’ve somehow missed the discourse about this extreme new trend, let us introduce you to looksmaxxing — defined by Wikipedia (yes, it has a Wiki page) as “the process of maximizing one’s physical attractiveness.” But instead of advice for looksmaxxing your appearance, we’re here to maximize your TBRs with a hyper-specific book recs that will optimize and enhance your reading list.
In the mood for a book that will give your thoughts some friction to avoid a smooth brain? What about a read that critiques the toxic beauty standards of today with an unsettling twist? Indulge in a dose of denial, reckon with unreliable narrators, or cure your brain rot with these TBR-enhancing book recs 📚🌟
So, how are you maxxing your reading journey for 2026?
For looks-maxxing:
💅 Sheer by Vanessa Lawrence
💅 New Skin by Sarah Wang
💅 Ravishing by Eshani Surya
For couple-maxxing:
❤️ The Adult by Bronwyn Fischer
❤️ Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Hogwarth
❤️ My Husband by Maud Ventura
For brain-maxxing:
🧠 Screen People: How We Entertained Ourselves Into a State of Emergency by Megan Garber
🧠 A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness by Michael Pollan
🧠 Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff
For delusion-maxxing:
😵💫 A Good Person by Kirsten King
😵💫 Paradise Logic by Sophie Kemp
😵💫 Sky Daddy by Kate Folk
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