Recs if you like The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida...

queer/trans south asian books! this list is multi-genre, and so includes queer rep from fantasy, romance, memoirs/non-fiction, poetry, etc.! recs are always welcome :)

A list with (your!) recs ✍🏻📚, because i am tired of searching on social media and finding nothing. We have to solve that.

no matter where you live, we all see the same moon, even if it’s day, the moon is still there saying 🌝 so here is a list of a bunch of books with the word “moon” in the title

taking suggestions!

tangled narratives and re-formed genres sprouting from the toxic ground of colonialism

Books written in or featuring 2nd person POV

Fiction stories about Haunted houses and other locations. Maybe it’s ghosts, maybe it’s cursed, maybe it’s ancient gods or creatures? All kinda of supernatural haunts and creatures attached to homes, objects, or locations.

fiction books taking place after death

Creepy books made better because there are queer characters

book recs for purple readers according to read your color on substack | updated periodically

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.

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.

Trying to support indie publishers and read more diverse fiction! I’m starting with the Booker Prize and hopefully adding more when I can. Add your recs in the comments!

Qwordy's Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 Numerical Titles Prompt You must find titles with the words one through ten, plus one more of a random number 11 books total This is an on going list and always open for recommendations

(Non)fictional books about revolutions, where the people have enough and overthrow the system. It's not just "evil emperor", it's a broken system that suffocates people.

This is not Star Wars: A New Hope ✨️, this is Star Wars: Andor ✊🏽

I realized that in Asia, magical and supernatural beliefs are steeped in our day-to-day lives. It’s so normalized that we or I, didn’t even think about it. So, I wanted to read more books in this category where magic occurs in everyday life

writers exploring life under war or dictatorship often explore these themes through the image of the desecrated corpse or perverted burial rite. the dead body is front and centre in these works, mostly from writers in the global south.

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

Novels with intriguing titles (that I read or that sound interesting) in English (either originally or translated); a mix of genres. Mostly 4+ words in the title, with some select 3-word-titles but no shorter ones. No parts of series except for the first book.