Recs if you like I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban...
Literature of the Global South
Writing and voices from outside of the white Western canon. Fiction and Non-fiction with an emphasis in diaspora, decolonization, global history, and resistance narratives from around the world. Features African, Asian, Central American, South American, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern voices.
Began with many recommendations from Jamin Anderson (@jaminanderson__ on Instagram) and has expanded with the help of the Pagebound community.
girls just want to have rights
Feminine rage, female empowerment, emotional validation. Women supporting women. Men being men. Feminism. Feminist reads.
Pretty in Pink
Books with pink covers!
reading around the world: asia
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.
Feed the zombies: Anti-Brainrot Reads
Don't let the poor zombies starve, feed your brain, make it plump and ripe with knowledge and critical thinking skills. It might also be useful if the zombies never come, who knows. You better be ready.
Children's Liberation
On the liberation of youth. Children are an oppressed class - these books discuss various facets of how children are oppressed, their own experiences, and their liberation.
VIW: Very Important Women
(Auto)Biographies, memoirs, and stories of influential women, both well and lesser known
Women's Memoirs and (Auto)biographies
I have been collecting (and reading) a long list of memoirs, autobiographies and biographies about women who had fascinating lives. I thought I might as well make it a list! A lot of them I have read and enjoyed, some are from my TBR. I am especially fascinated by 18th-19th century women's stories, so there will be a lot of those. And women from diverse backgrounds. Open to suggestions!
south asian memoirs
memoirs, anthologies, or essays from or about south asia or south asians
Powerful Women Who Lead
Diverse voices, from trailblazers to storytellers, that illuminate leadership, resilience, and the messy realities of influence.
Conversations That Matter
This reading list brings together books that explore how ideas, history, and storytelling shape the world we live in. Each selection invites readers to think critically about society, leadership, and change. If you have more recommendations that should be on this list please let me know.
Goodreads The Best Books of the Decade: The 2010βs
The top 100 best books of the 2010βs as voted for by Goodreads members
Top five: 5) The Martian 4) Gone Girl 3) Divergent 2) Mockingjay
- The Fault in Our Stars
Secret Histories
These are history books about less acknowledged history, of course this tends to happen most with history from non-white, colonised places but has happened in many others too. It is important to draw attention to these issues so that they are not forgotten (non-fiction only)
books ex-president bolsonaro has to read in jail!
after being sentenced to 27 years in jail, brazil's ex-president, jair bolsonaro can read these books to shorten his sentence
Diverse Baseline Challenge
These Diverse Baseline Challenge was created by @bookish.millennial & @themargherita.s (on instagram). In 2025, the goal is to read 1 book by a racialized author each month. This challenge is meant to encourage readers to try genres they historically donβt reach for, find new-to-them racialized authors, and to encourage reflection on our reading habits.
This is a mix of recommendations by the challenge organizers and myself.
Girlie pops that survive the horrors
They're cute, they're smart, they're surviving this sh!t
Truth is Stranger than Fiction
True stories of several people (and one cat) who overcame hardship, followed their dreams, and made an impact. A mix of memoirs and true stories about history, sports, war, civil rights and music.
Real theocracies - real stories
Books about real autocracies and how affect people's life. Most of them are memories, but the list is open for other books as well, as long as they are non-fiction.
Someone Else's Story
A collection Autobiographies, Memoirs, Biographies and True crime stories ranging from everyday people to names we all know. Because sometimes it helps to see the world from another perspective.
The first draft of this list is based on books I have read but feel free to comment with suggestions. π€
f-ck the patriarchy
female centered books by female authors, for when you just can't handle the patriarchy anymore. Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments
