Litscriptions

Here are some literary prescriptions ("litscriptions") to meet certain bookish needs & moods.

Here are some recommendations if you're looking for . . . 

A laugh:

My Lady Jane (the Lady Janies #1)

My Plain Jane (the Lady Janies #2)

My Calamity Jane (the Lady Janies #3)

The Grand Sophy
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Anxious People

The Blue Castle

The Thursday Murder Club

A war story:

Fountains of Silence (post-Spanish Civil War)
Code Name Verity (WWII)
Rose Under Fire (WWII)
the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Post-WWII)

Prisoner of Night and Fog (WWII German Perspective)

Rebel Spy (Revolutionary War)

Rilla of Ingleside (Anne of Green Gables #8) (WWI)

The Nightingale (WWII)

Divine Rivals (Fantasy/WWI)
 
A murder mystery:

And Then There Were None
Stalking Jack the Ripper (SJTR #1)
Suitors and Sabotage

House of Salt and Sorrows

Pride and Premeditation

The Thursday Murder Club

A spook:

Home Before Dark

Rebecca
Stalking Jack the Ripper (SJTR #1)
Dracula

House of Salt and Sorrows

Frankenstein

The Devouring Gray

Something Strange and Deadly (SSAD #1)

And Then There Were None

A swoony adventure romance:

Lost Kingdom

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Caraval (Caraval #1)

The Traitor's Kiss (the Traitor's Circle #1)
Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves #1)
Stalking Jack the Ripper (SJTR #1)

Sorcery of Thorns

Traitor Prince (Ravenspire #3)

For Darkness Shows the Stars

A moving romance:

Dearest Josephine
Jane Eyre

Fountains of Silence

Sky in the Deep (Sky in the Deep #1)

Flight of the Raven (Ravenwood Saga #2)
The Siren

The Night Circus

A regency romance:

Suitors and Sabotage

Duels and Deception
The Grand Sophy
Northanger Abbey

Persuasion

Pride and Premeditation

An enemies-to-lovers trope:
Dance of Thieves (Dance of Thieves #1)
Sky in the Deep (Sky in the Deep #1)
Renegades (Renegades #1)

The Blood Spell (Ravenspire #4)

Pride and Premeditation

Divine Rivals

A bold new fantasy world:

The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive #1)

An Ember in the Ashes (Ember in the Ashes #1)

The Fellowship of the Ring (LOTR #1)

The Final Empire (Mistborn #1)

Crown of Feathers (Crown of Feathers #1)
The Kiss of Deception (the Remnant Chronicles #1)
The Queen's Rising (the Queen's Rising #1)

Everless (Everless #1)

A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers #1)

Lost Kingdom

A solid crew:

Between Burning Worlds (System Divine #2)

My Calamity Jane (the Lady Janies #3)

Cress (the Lunar Chronicles #3)

Renegades (Renegades #1)

The Final Empire (Mistborn #1)

The Fellowship of the Ring (LOTR #1)

Dracula

A door to new worlds:
the Ten Thousand Doors of January
The Book Jumper

A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers #1)

An intense dystopian world:

Sky Without Stars (System Divine #1)

Cinder (the Lunar Chronicles #1)
For Darkness Shows the Stars (For Darkness Shows the Stars #1)

Skyward (Skyward #1)

The Hunger Games (the Hunger Games #1)

A book about books:

The Book Jumper

Sorcery of Thorns

Ink and Bone (The Great Library #1)

84 Charing Cross Road

The Jane Austen Society

A story influenced by mythology:

Lore (Greek Mythology)

The Song of Achilles

An action-packed adventure:

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Renegades (Renegades #1)

Skyward (Skyward #1)

The Traitor Prince (Ravenspire #3)

Sky Without Stars (System Divine #1)

Cinder (the Lunar Chronicles #1)

Ink and Bone (the Great Library #1)

A creative retelling:
Sky Without Stars (Retelling of Les Mis)
For Darkness Shows the Stars (Retelling of Persuasion)
Across a Star Swept Sea  (Retelling of The Scarlet Pimpernel)
Cinder (Retelling of Cinderella)
Scarlet (Retelling of Little Red Riding Hood)
Cress (Retelling of Rapunzel)
Winter (Retelling of Snow White)
The Shadow Queen (Retelling of Snow White)

The Wish Granter (Retelling of Rumpelstiltskin)

The Traitor Prince (Retelling of The Prince and the Pauper)

The Blood Spell (Retelling of Cinderella)

House of Salt and Sorrows (Retelling of The Twelve Dancing 

Princesses)

The Afterlife of Holly Chase (Retelling of A Christmas Carol)

Hunted (Retelling of Beauty and the Beast)

A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers #1) (Retelling of Beauty and the Beast)

Pride and Premeditation (Retelling of Pride and Prejudice)