Recs if you like Concerning My Daughter...
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on ๐ Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because their taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listed in the description, or offhandedly said.
audiobooks 5 hours & under!
as we approach the end of the year, i thought of compiling a collection of short audiobooks for anyone trying to sneak more books onto their read list or for those trying to complete reading challenges! best of luck! ๐
the feminine imagination in east asian literature
a collection of inventive, incisive, and invigorating works of contemporary and speculative fiction by women writers of East Asia and its diaspora.
Translated Korean Literature
Sapphic Literary Pseudo-Quest
Because there's no quest to suit this genre and a girls got specific interests
korean literature by women
discover korean literature through women's writtings.
Q&A: Queer & Asian
Fiction books with at least one main character identifying as Asian and LGBTQ (queer and/or trans) โ continuously updated!
books set in South Korea / by Korean authors
a favourite niche of mine, partly inspired by 4 years spent living there โจ
translated korean lit.
a non-exhaustive list.
queer novellas
queer books under 200 pages because sometimes you just want to read something short (and queer)
queer books by non-white authors
a lot of what i read is what i see talked about, books at the top of search results, books face out at bookshops, etc. i never really stopped to consider how many of those books were written by white authors, so i have set a task to be more conscious of the cultural and ethnic diversity in my reading and thought to make a list to keep track of what iโve read and what i want to read.
please feel free to comment any recommendations!
micro reads, mega impact
short books that pack a punch (less than 200 pages)
Queer Korean Lit
Women in Translation
Celebrate women in translation month all year round with this list of fabulous books
Women in Translation You Need to Read
Stories by women from across the world, brought to us through translation.
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.
Recent Translations - Korean
The University of Rochester found that only 3 percent of books published in the US are in translation. I want to create lists of recently published (fiction) literature (2022-2025) in translation from different languages, out of curiosity. Will mostly be sourced from the university's database, which goes up to 2024, and then sourced from publishers for 2025 (won't be comprehensive for 2025). Feel free to suggest titles, from the last 5/10 years if you like them, or other languages of interest!
Booktok Recommendations
Books I came across on tiktok All genres
All in the Family ๐ก
Family stories! The tragic, the comedic, the heartwarming, the heartbreaking, and everything in between.
ยฉ 2025 Pagebound