Recs if you like I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban...

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.

Feminine rage, female empowerment, emotional validation. Women supporting women. Men being men. Feminism. Feminist reads.

Books with pink covers!

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.

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.

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.

(Auto)Biographies, memoirs, and stories of influential women, both well and lesser known

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!

memoirs, anthologies, or essays from or about south asia or south asians

Diverse voices, from trailblazers to storytellers, that illuminate leadership, resilience, and the messy realities of influence.

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.

The top 100 best books of the 2010’s as voted for by Goodreads members

Top five: 5) The Martian 4) Gone Girl 3) Divergent 2) Mockingjay

1. The Fault in Our Stars

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)

after being sentenced to 27 years in jail, brazil's ex-president, jair bolsonaro can read these books to shorten his sentence

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 don’t 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.

They're cute, they're smart, they're surviving this sh!t

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.

female centered books by female authors, for when you just can't handle the patriarchy anymore. Feel free to leave suggestions in the comments

books for when you forget it and need some academical motivation 🫶🏻

any genre.