Recs if you like The Woman in the Purple Skirt...
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on ๐ Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listed in the description, or offhandedly said.
๐Akutagawa Prize Winners๐
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).
Kids Can Be Cruel
Name-calling and insults you might hear on the playground and beyond...
Anything can be an insult if you believe it! My kid brother used to get in trouble for calling us "you...you BEAN" with all the spite his little preschool self could manage ๐ฅน
Weird and Unhinged Women 2.0
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women and girls.
This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* fiction expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks (no longer being updated). You can view the original list here: (link) /// As a nonbinary person, I take as broad a view as possible of the "girl" in "weird girl*", hence the asterisk.
Wide open for recommendations!
Japanese Literature Essentials
Essential Japanese novels and short fiction, past and present.
Japanese fiction to read on the train
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
japanese literature
japanese books i've read or been meaning to read
books set in Japan / by Japanese authors
HYCRED 3.0 Colours in the Title
Book ideas for the โRainbow of Wordsโ - Books with colours in the title. I know that not all these colours are in the challenge but Iโm down the rabbit hole now okay and Iโm not leaving you canโt make me!!!
Includes: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Jade, Blue, Purple, Violet, Black, White, Brown, Gold, Silver, Rose & Pink
plus some french, spanish & german titles for colours too
Little Japan
This is my Japanese literature list: Little Japan. Most of these books sit on my bookshelf in my little corner of the world. Enjoy!
BIPoC Weird Girls
"Weird girl literature" by BIPoC authors and/or featuring BIPoC experiences
๐ yarnandbooks
Colors in the Title
Obsessive Women
"Weird girl literature" featuring obsession
๐ yarnandbooks
Translated Lit Essentials
My favorite translated works and books I want to get to!
Color by Book
Literally just books with colors in the title. Fictional books only at this point in time.
Rainbow of Words
Technically for the HRCYED rainbow challenge and the coat of many colors secret challenge but if you just like your color titles then I hope you find something for you!
My HRCYED TBR
Pretty specific to what I have left, but could be useful to you if you're doing HRCYED 3. If you have questions on what prompt something is going to just leave a comment.
Rooting for the anti-hero โก
Pierced through the heart, but never killed ๐ค๐
