Recs if you like Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books...

A list of every book Rory Gilmore is seen reading in the series ‘Gilmore Girls’

Books not included on the list

• various biographies by Winston Churchill

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.

Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!

Books don't just sit on shelves and these novels show it. Each one is its own love letter to the importance of stories in every corner of human life, built on the belief that the right book, in the right hands, at the right moment, can change the entire shape of a life. (Always taking recommendations!)

An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.

well, this is all the books read by rory in the gilmore girls tv show.

This list gathers over 300 books mentioned or read on the show so you can sip coffee, order in, and read along with Rory Gilmore and the other Stars Hollow residents.

a list of books to educate yourself on social and political topics

A challenge to read all books mentioned or referenced in the American TV Show, Gilmore Girls. Books are referenced by all characters in the show. The Mojo Collection, dictionaries, instructional books, and travel books will not be included in the list.

Happy reading!

read up on iranian literature. fuck war. fuck theocracies. fuck U.S and israeli intervention.

An alternative to "feminine rage" and "women's wrongs"

Nuanced, intersectional approaches to gender theory

Looking for transfeminine and nonbinary specific recommendations

“All censorships exist to prevent anyone from challenging current conceptions and existing institutions. All progress is initiated by challenging current conceptions, and executed by supplanting existing institutions. Consequently, the first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.” — George Bernard Shaw

Nonfiction about book banning, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Bans off our books!!!

Looking for fiction? Check out my list I ❤️ My Right to Read!

classic & modern classic literature by women. limiting myself to one book per author. please let me know who i've missed!

Rory gilmores reading list

a list of books that catapult you right into a different historical & cultural context and part of the world because of how vivid the writing is.

To getting myself off my jarring Instagram feed, turning the embarrassment at my own naivety into unjudgemental curiosity by taking agency in what I learn about the world (and lowering my anxious resting heart rate); mix of non-fiction and fiction because sometimes novels depict our current world more accurately than a documentary

Persian culture and history, home and abroad

In an attempt to read books from as many countries as possible, i compiled a little list... ❤️

a collection of feminist literature for empowerment and change🫶🏼

let me know if you have any suggestions!