Recs if you like People From My Neighbourhood...
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on ๐ Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because his 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.
Cute-munity Cozy Reads
A list of cozy fiction for when the world is heavy and the Book Club book is too much.
Books are cozy based on other lists or cute-munity reccs. Your milage may vary.
Asian Authors
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.
Low Cortisol Reading List
These are books I am going to start reading before bed, because my regular selection of reading material just really riles me up. Inspired by two posts from the Substack Feeling! Magazine by Jenna O'Brien.
Surreal Short Story Collections
Let's get weird!! ๐ซ
Women in Translation Prize: Complete Longlist
The Warwick Prize for Women in Translation 'aims to address the gender imbalance in translated literature' and is open to works of fiction, poetry, literary non-fiction, and fiction for children or young adults. Only works written by a woman (original authors, not the translators) are eligible. All works longlisted since the prize began in 2017 are collected on this list.
what did I just read
weird books with weird characters and weird plots. sometimes you'll laugh over whatever the hell just happened. sometimes you'll be freaked out over the unexplainable. some are... hair raising. definitely will make the average reader go "what the hell...?" pls proceed with a open mind and get ready for whatever that happens, you're in for a wild ride
Lost in Translation (and Loving It)
Translated fiction
Japanese fiction to read on the train
A long list of short story collections
A long list of short story collections
japanese literature
japanese books i've read or been meaning to read
๐๐๐ฅคPink Drink Books๐ฅค๐๐
Satisfy your reading cravings with books that look just as sweet, refreshing, and perfectly pink as your favorite iced beverage.Perfect matches for cafรฉ reading dates. These cute pink covers are eye candy for your bookshelf and feed. Grab your iced latte and get ready to find your next obsession! ๐โจ Ps. feel free to comment recommendations ๐ซถ P.p.s I will add pretty pink books often so check back for your next pink drink delight ๐
books set in Japan / by Japanese authors
strange lit
Books that are not conventional; whether ergodic, esoteric, weird, before-its-time, fever-dreamy, or any combination of these
yes i chose a book by the cover
graphic design is my passion
Translated Lit Essentials
My favorite translated works and books I want to get to!
Paper Cranes in the Rain.
spring is here ๐ธ๐
springtime books for new beginnings
N3 graded Japanese books!
Books to read in original for a N3 level (talking about grammar, kanji/vocabulary is another story), based on the classification made on the sites โNatively, Tadoku, JLPT sensei, Aozora Bunko, Verasiaโ. A collection of books so we can practice reading without too much difficulty! PS. Some books canโt be found in Japanese here, so I put the English version of the book๐ซ
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