Recs if you like The Bridge Over the River Kwai...

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.

all the books, plays, and authors mentioned in we didn’t start the fire by Billy Joel, which is also my go-to karaoke song 🙂‍↕️

note: the books are in the same order as the lyrics!

These books have been turned into movies that went on to win an Oscar

books that have been adapted into successful movies and have also won an oscar for their screenplay