Recs if you like If I Had Your Face...

a collection of inventive, incisive, and invigorating works of contemporary and speculative fiction by women writers of East Asia and its diaspora.

spotlighting some incredible books by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors

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.

a favourite niche of mine, partly inspired by 4 years spent living there ✨

All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.

for those who want a color specific reading challenge

Books from the Florence and the Machine book club @betweentwobooks on IG

(I am not the book club admin, just a fan, and these are not all the books but I will add them all in soon, I promise)

Explorations of identity, vanity, the fragility of beauty, and mental decay through a dark lens. A multi-genre list that includes literary, contemporary, horror, etc.

i am an odd gross sad silly girl, and maybe you are too

weird books where there's a focus on beauty, betterment, and the horror of both

These Diverse Baseline Challenge was created by @bookish.millennial & @themargherita.s (on instagram). In 2025, the goal is to read 1 book by a racialized author each month. This challenge is meant to encourage readers to try genres they historically don’t reach for, find new-to-them racialized authors, and to encourage reflection on our reading habits.

This is a mix of recommendations by the challenge organizers and myself.

In line with Han Kang winning the Nobel Prize in Literature 2024. This is a list of popular Korean fiction translated to English.

Books that feel like a warm cup of chamomile tea.

florence welch’s book club

*not a complete list

These were translated for a reason

Everything in this list I have read

various genres nyehehe