Recs if you like Love in the Big City...
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.
Translated Korean Literature
HRCYED 3.0 x Pagebound Quests (Covers Edition)
If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that I think matches at least one of these cover prompts: craft, food, motion, biomes/landscapes, animals, weather.
Q&A: Queer & Asian
Fiction books with at least one main character identifying as Asian and LGBTQ (queer and/or trans) — continuously updated!
Romance Quest Books that aren't M/F
I went through all the books in the romance quest tab and here are all the ones where at least one of leads is in a relationship that is not "man and woman falling in love with each other." F/F, M/M, F/NBi, M/NBi, NBi/NBi, etc. Largely motivated by wanting to figure out which romance book quests I had a chance of getting the badges for. If I missed any, let me know. Quest specific info in the pinned comment.
books set in South Korea / by Korean authors
a favourite niche of mine, partly inspired by 4 years spent living there ✨
international booker - all books
winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026
translated korean lit.
a non-exhaustive list.
🎶i want to hold your hand🎶
wave em, shake em, jazz hands-em
always accepting suggestions for books with hands on the cover
Queer In Translation
Queer books from across the globe, translated into English from their original language.
korean literature in translation
literature that transcends borders and often breaks my heart
Read the Queer World: Asia
Mix of genres by queer authors from nations in Asia set in the nation. Not every nation is represented yet—I'm still researching them! Keeping it at maximum 3 books per nation, but please leave recommendations if you have them!
China: In the Face of Death We Are Equal; Beijing Comrades India: How to Date a Fanatic Indonesia: Not a Virgin Iran: Medusa of the Roses; Disoriental Japan: The Night of Baba Yaga Lebanon: The True True Story of Raja the Gullible Malaysia: Black Water Sister Pakistan: Other Names for Love South Korea: Violets; Love in the Big City Sri Lanka: Swimming in the Monsoon Sea; The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Syria: The Foghorn Echoes; The Last Syrian Taiwan: Notes of a Crocodile; The Membranes
Translation in the Spotlight
A list with ALL longlisted titles from the National Book Award for Translated Literature (USA) and the International Booker prize (UK) .
Updated once new nominees are announced.
Currently updated with: • NBA 2018-2025 • International Booker 2016-2026
Tilted Axis Bibliography
every book published in the UK by tilted axis press, a publishing house focusing on contemporary asian literature. collecting all their publications for my own reference
Queer Korean Lit
Queer around the world
Queer books from around the world.
Unabashedly Queer for the Yearning
Absolutely just a mix of different queer-centric stories that can fit any occasion. Gothic and dark? Summertime first loves? Angsty and heartbreaking? It’s all here!
International Booker Prize
longlists of every year from 2016 onwards
Set in South Korea
Fiction books set in South Korea
Open to recs!
Translated queer literature
Books with main characters from the LGBT community from all over the world.
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