Recs if you like The Hollow Half: A Memoir of Bodies and Borders...
SWANA Authors
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🥰
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Anti-Brain Rot Challenge
Book list for the Anti-Brain rot challenge with Boundless press
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Prose that borders on the poetic
For the lovers
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Palestinian Literature
PALESTINIAN AUTHORS & WRITERS (including half-Palestinian or of Palestinian heritage) ❗️includes translated titles ❗️some books are not available on Pagebound; more can be found on my Storygraph & Instagram accounts
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2026 Bookshop.org + James Patterson Prize
The inaugural James Patterson & Bookshop.org Prize winners have been announced! A literary prize celebrating debut authors, hand-selected by independent booksellers, these five titles deserve a spot on your TBR. According to Bookshop.org, "The award honors outstanding full-length debut books published in the United States within the past 12 months. All nominations and selections are made by booksellers working in qualifying independent bookstores."
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