Recs if you like Taiwan Travelogue...
literary sapphics who YEARN
litfic and historical fiction with the sapphic yearning turned allll the way up!
suggestions welcome ๐ซก
Metafiction & playing with form
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!
Under the Rising Sun
Historical fiction and non-fiction set in and/or are about countries that were under Japanese occupation.
Recommendations are welcome. ๐๐ป
recipes for remembering
the bittersweet power of food // food and its relationship with memory, culture, identity, family, and love
Books that make you hungry
Books about food, either non-fiction or foodie fiction
the ultimate baihe list
Every baihe I've ever stumbled across, the good and the not so good, all in one list. Also check out my danmei list! Note: many are missing because there are no goodreads pages for them!!
![Female General and Eldest Princess [ๅฅณๅฐๅๅ้ฟๅ
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![ๆ็ๆธธ้ญๅฐๅง [Wว De Yรณuhรบn Xiวojiฤ]](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1591817884i/53940104.jpg)
![่ฐๅจไบๆ็้ชจ็ฐๅ[้็] [Who Moved My Ashes]](https://cdn.pagebound.co/books/fc5c95df-2df5-4e3d-abd5-5606670e5dca/large.webp)
Q&A: Queer & Asian
Fiction books with at least one main character identifying as Asian and LGBTQ (queer and/or trans) โ continuously updated!
nothing here is entirely true
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 authorโs own fabrication. a blend of autofiction, historical fiction, and โnon-fiction fiction.โ
as always welcome to suggestions !
Queer Literature in Translation
A selection of books by queer authors and/or containing queer themes not originally written in English but since translated. Suggestions very welcome!
International Booker Prize 2026 - long list
Long list for International booker prize 2026
international booker - all books
winners, shortlist and longlist (this will be a very long list indeed). complete from 2016-2026
alphabet soup group
Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.
sapphic summer
books by sapphic authors and/or with sapphic main characters
Taiwanese + Taiwanese Diaspora History
Non-fiction, memoirs, historical fiction, political books about Taiwan and Taiwanese folks in the diaspora.
Writers Writing Writers
The International Booker Shortlist
The shortlist of six books was chosen by the 2026 judging panel
2026 International Booker Prize Shortlist
international booker 2026
the longlist for the international booker prize
national book award for translated literature
all longlisted books from 2018-2026
lgbt+ ficion
These books have lgbt+ representation in them even if sometimes it's not the main focus or the leading couple. It's important to me to have a list that has variety and of not just stories about love but also those exploring gender identity and about those who don't experience love the same way like asexuals and aromatics. So far thare's a lot of sapphic books as well as quite a few books w/transgender mc's.
