Recs if you like Unravel Me...

SWANA authors are authors from South West Asia and North Africa. They currently make up <1% of the trad publishing industry. This list is here to introduce you to their stories.

NOTE: if you find an author who doesn’t belong on this list, please comment & I will remove the book(s) ASAP.

As always, lists are forever evolving🥰

Lets give our brothers and sisters who write fiction the platform they deserve ☀️

i have an ACUTE condition and this list is the cure ⚠️ you might need pythagoras’ theorem to work out these love triangles so buckle up and enjoy the ride COS things are about to heat up ❤️‍🔥

these characters will get TANgled with their feelings trying to decide which way they will go. who will SINk and who will swim?

🚩CW there is cheating in some of these titles

For all the shatter me lovers

Based on my favorite podcast Rereading the Revolution. The hosts reread and recap popular 2000s-2010s novels from Divergent to Looking for Alaska.

The list is in order of oldest episodes to most recent. I will try and update when new episodes drop.

So take a walk down memory lane with these nostalgic picks, or find something new that sparks your inner teenager! Please give the podcast a listen, I think they’re a great bookish podcast to support

syllabus for the eager scholars of rereading the revolution aka the books that shaped teenagers from 2005 to 2015 (based on the books read & discussed on the podcast by Kellie & Daphne – regular episodes, without bonus )

All things written by Tahereh Mafi. Tahereh is an Iranian-American Author, best known for her YA dystopian series Shatter Me. She has many great books both in YA and middle grade that also spread across multiple genres.

She is also a mom to her young daughter with husband Ransom Riggs, another fellow author.

These are the books I either couldn’t finish or probably should have given up on earlier. Whether it was because they just didn’t click, felt too slow, or didn’t live up to the hype, sometimes books just don’t vibe, and it’s okay to let them go.

All the books in the Shatter Me series

More new republic books coming!

magic systems that are unique (and maybe a bit dangerous) and the ruling class are comparable to a viper's nest.

"Aaron Warner Anderson, Chief Commander and Regent of Sector 45, Son of the Supreme Commander of The Reestablishment. He has a soft spot for fashionnnnn." AKA MY HUZZZZZ

This is a list with fictional dictatorships, that might be placed in the real world or in a fictional world. They all count as long as the regime in power was invented.

Books I loved and can't stop thinking about