Recs if you like The Republic of Memory...
The Extra-Planetary Majority
sci-fi visions of BIPOC cultures on other planets or in space. recommendations always welcome!
SWANA Authors
SWANA authors are authors from South West Asia and North Africa. They currently make up <1% of the trad publishing industry. This list is here to introduce you to their stories.
NOTE: if you find an author who doesn’t belong on this list, please comment & I will remove the book(s) ASAP.
As always, lists are forever evolving🥰
Sci-fi mysteries set in space!
This is is for mysteries (with a dash of thriller or horror) set on spaceships, space cruise ships, space hotels, generation ships, and sometimes even a colony...a niche sub-genre that I love and want more people to discover. Will update as I find more!
2026 Release by SWANA (decolonial MENA) Authors
This includes books coming out by SWANA* authors in Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Lit-Fic and more!
*SWANA: South West Asia or North Africa (decolonial term for MENA or Middle East & North Africa)
why do linguists make great bartenders?
answer: they know their IPAs—————————————————— fiction books where the field of linguistics is mentioned or part of the plot (suggestions always welcome)
