Recs if you like Nails and Eyes...

Japanese Akutagawa Literary Award Winners that have been translated into English. For the full list of recipients, see the Bungakushinko website or Wikipedia (links in comment).

weird/wicked/gory/gothic/strange/surreal books by women, translated into english.

A list to help those who aspire to read from authors outside the typical areas. I will be creating different list for different regions. I will also list the countries currently found in the list. Be sure to check out the other lists! Note: The countries are not perfect as some countries are classified differently, so I did my best.

Current Countries: China, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan

There are horrors in these homes. (Recommendations appreciated!)

books about weirdos. most of these are psychological thrillers or explore controversial themes.

This is one of my favourite movie genres so I thought I’d make a list for books!