Recs if you like An Unnecessary Woman...

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🥰

Fiction books by Arab authors and/or books starring Arab characters (and as always, Free Palestine)

All genres, no teenagers or early 20s heroines. Open to suggestions because we need to read about women of all ages and walks of life.

a comprehensive list of books from each country in asia including books I want to read and have read! some countries have multiple books listed, but for starters each will have at least 1.

As a translation student I live for books that use translation as a plot point or magic system. Give them all to me.

An intentional curation of books whose characters are navigating through the affliction of loneliness. Reading varied perspectives on this theme shows how loneliness can alter lives and the different ways in which people respond to it, endure it, and search for ways to escape (or even give in) to it.

Fiction books set in Lebanon

Open to recs!