Recs if you like In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom...

Writing and voices from outside of the white Western canon. Fiction and Non-fiction with an emphasis in diaspora, decolonization, global history, and resistance narratives from around the world. Features African, Asian, Central American, South American, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern voices.

Began with many recommendations from Jamin Anderson (@jaminanderson__ on Instagram) and has expanded with the help of the Pagebound community.

Memoirs, biographies, and non fiction that have been either proven to be fabricated, or are heavily suspected to be false.

Always open to more suggestions in any category as I’m most familiar with false memoirs!

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.

per a request after I posted a forum!

Dedicated to the stories, testimonies, and research surrounding North Korean defectors. Recs are welcomed.

A list of books set across different countries (mainly for the historical fiction globe trotters)

As the title suggests, these are non-fiction books that are translated into English. Please suggest more books! (WIP)

Read the world! Goal is to read at least one book from each country (the author must be from the country).

I find myself fascinated with the country of North Korea, in terms of its history, its role in global politics, its cruel leaders, its reclusiveness. Here, you'll find non-fiction books I've read related to this blank space on the globe, in all of their horrible glory. These are not happy stories.

Non-fiction books about real dictatorships. Some of them are memoires and some others are history books and essays.

random biographies and real stories of very specific events

There’s something so special about discovering a culture through its stories. I want to explore more Asian literature, from classics to contemporary fiction, and discover different voices, cultures, histories, and perspectives along the way.

I wanna read more diverse books from all around the world. These are mostly books that play in the same country the author is from. This list is here to help you, if you have the same goal. 🥰

Recommendations are more than welcome. 🙂‍↕️

Stories of immigrants or refugees, people who need to accommodate to a new life and a new culture. Some are real stories some are fiction.

Books about communism, both fiction and non-fiction.

Books Written by authors from countries outside the US. In a personal quest to read books from authors from around the world, so I thought I would start this list to help others!

Always adding more! Please leave suggestions!

Books about oppressed women, both fiction and non-fiction.

Books with a strong paternal relationship, no matter if the paternal figure is related to the protagonist or not, if is a father, a grandfather, uncle etc.

Stories of strong and independent women. Non-fiction and fiction. Will add as I find more books or receive recommendations. Many of the fiction books will have elements of real women doing their best.