Recs if you like Taiwan Travelogue...

litfic and historical fiction with the sapphic yearning turned allll the way up!

suggestions welcome 🫡

Books that play with the "book" as a medium or are otherwise self-reflexive/meta.

My current criteria for this list are (1) does the book highlight its own textuality consistently or (2) do the metafictional elements add significantly to the themes explored or (3) does the book's use of discourse and form (e.g., narrative situation, layout) significantly differ from the norm?

Make sure to comment your suggestions with a small explanation even if you're not 100 % sure if they fit!

the bittersweet power of food // food and its relationship with memory, culture, identity, family, and love

Historical fiction and non-fiction set in and/or are about countries that were under Japanese occupation.

Recommendations are welcome. 🙏🏻

Books about food, either non-fiction or foodie fiction

novels where reality bends and distorts, both narrators and memories deceive, and the truth becomes slippery. these stories blur the line between what is real and what is imagined, between fact and fiction, until we are unable to distinguish truth from the author’s own fabrication. a blend of autofiction, historical fiction, and “non-fiction fiction.”

as always welcome to suggestions !

Fiction books with at least one main character identifying as Asian and LGBTQ (queer and/or trans) — continuously updated!

A selection of books by queer authors and/or containing queer themes not originally written in English but since translated. Suggestions very welcome!

winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026

Long list for International booker prize 2026

Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.

books by sapphic authors and/or with sapphic main characters

Non-fiction, memoirs, historical fiction, political books about Taiwan and Taiwanese folks in the diaspora.

The shortlist of six books was chosen by the 2026 judging panel

the longlist for the international booker prize

all longlisted books from 2018-2026

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