Recs if you like Livonia Chow Mein...
Hey! Who put their leftist politics in my fiction?
Need a gift for your extremist family member, but they already have a red baseball cap AND a Don't Tread on Me shirt? Were you told "Don't bring up politics at family dinner" and need some safe books to discuss instead? Well we have a full menu for you to choose from! Each just for fun book comes with our guarantee: No real world political messages under the 100% fictional plot! π (Taking Recommendations!)
Books for my diaspora heart
Books that illustrate some aspect of the immigrant experience - in fantasy, or in the real world; in childhood, or in old age; in history, or in the modern day. (work in progress - recs welcome!)
How Far Does the Apple Fall?
Intergenerational Stories
Books that take place across and tell the stories of at least two generations, exploring history, politics, culture, generational patterns, and trauma. Mostly focusing on families.
Please give more recs if you have any! (Twenty-three fiction, two non-fiction so far)
Asian Authors
An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.
the things we carry
stories about the things we carry through the generations of a family.
as always welcome to suggestions !
family matters
from multi-generational tales to sibling sagas!
send noods?
do you like noodles? thanks to Lurdo for the list name
LGBTQ+ Stories
Read queer all year with books from Simon & Schuster.
The Seventies
A mix of fiction and nonfiction set in/about the 1970s. Books from the decade too.
concrete jungle where books are made of
books where nyc is integral as a setting/is its own character
