Recs if you like Stay True...
books your pretentious friend has heard of
let me tell you my story
audiobooks where the narrator is the author! any book goes, no matter the genre. there may be multiple versions of the audiobook, but at least one version has the author as narrator. please suggest more in the comments!
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.
MEmoir: me lived, me wrote, and me narrated
Memoirs where the audiobook is narrated by the author
You Should Start a Zine
DIY publishing for the masses β fiction and non. Reject the algorithm and express yourself!
SISTER LISTS: Radical Craft History | When Artists Go to Work | What's In Your Analog Bag?
aanhpi book recs
spotlighting some incredible books by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors
NYT Top 100 Books of the 21st Century
In order from #1 (My Brilliant Friend) to 100 (Tree of Smoke)
Books set in the Bay Area
Fiction, memoirs, and nonfiction set in (or at least partially) the San Francisco Bay Area.
California Dreamin'
I know there are already several lists with a California theme, but I am hoping this acts as a syllabus of sorts for books that deal with the core myth, history, violence, dream, and contradiction of California. Suggestions are welcome!
NYTβs The 100 Best Books of the 21st Century
A list published in 2024 by the New York Times, as voted on by 503 novelists, poets, critics, and other book loversβwith a little help from the staff of The New York Times Book Review
Service95 Book Club
Service95 Book Club Monthly Reads + more and more books from their lists :)
100 Best of the 21st Century
according to the New York Times
On grief, grieving, and loss
Ongoing. Fiction and non-fiction exploration of grief: anticipatory, grieving death of a loved one (including pets), loosing pregnancy, etc, and how to live with it.
yes i chose a book by the cover
graphic design is my passion
New York Times Best Books of the 21st Century
The list of the 100 best books of the 21st century from the New York Times
~asian saddies~
Asian ppl can be edge lords too
Memoirs about Grief
This collection of memoirs all center around grief after losing a loved one and the complex ways it manifests.
Book Riot Darlings
I've listened to every episode of the Book Riot Podcast post-2021. Below are Rebecca & Jeffβs recurring faves, or books that I just associate with them through osmosis. Disclaimer: this list starts once youβve read the complete works of Toni Morrison, Colson Whitehead, Zadie Smith, Kazuo Ishiguro, Percival Everett, and, of course, Marilynne Robinson.
Short Books (<300)
100 short books for when you need to break a reading slump or reach a reading goal.
Taiwanese Authors
Fiction & memoirs written by authors who are Taiwanese. Let me know if you would like me to add any books! (or if I've made a mistake)
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