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We love books with a verbose title, and this list celebrates them! Suggestions welcome 🤗

An on-going attempt to track Asian authors in my Interested/TBR (and hopefully Finished) categories. Books are generally fiction/lit fic/fantasy with some memoirs. Authors span West to East Asia, the Asian diaspora, and mixed-race folx.

books that span a single day (or less!)

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.

Weird, gory, and or disturbing. We support women's wrongs here.

for when you’re craving an emotional hangover.

a list of books that catapult you right into a different historical & cultural context and part of the world because of how vivid the writing is.

literary fiction/general fiction books with a speculative twist some lean more on the literary side, some more speculative. these books are more likely to be marketed as lit fic than speculative/sci-fi/fantasy.

Books with Muslim characters/ settings or by Muslims from across the globe.

This list features one book from each country in Europe. I put the focus on women authors, with additional queer and BIPoC representation throughout. Happy reading!

✨You’ve met me at a very time time of my life ✨

Inspired by @erintripsey’s list “what a week, huh?”, these book titles all reference different times of day or ways to calculate the passing of time, in non-specific terms (no Thursdays or Julys, etc.)

Begging for suggestions if you have any!

Inspired by Maisie Peters' song "History of Man", this list includes novels and nonfiction books that deal in some way with themes surrounding the subjugation of women and misogyny, such as unequal power dynamics in romantic relationships, subversion of stereotypes and societal expectations of motherhood. May prompt female rage.

A list of books set across different countries (mainly for the historical fiction globe trotters)

Books from every country for reading around the world challenge (no particular order, I might have missed some, will be updating) Feel free to suggest!

Turkish books available in english translation recommended by fellow pb community members

Women reshaping modern literature across continents and cultures.

The Dayton Literary Peace Prize, inaugurated in 2006, is the first and only annual U.S. literary award recognizing the power of the written word to promote peace. The Dayton Literary Peace Prize invites nominations in adult fiction and nonfiction books published within the past year that have led readers to a better understanding of other cultures, peoples, religions, and political points of view.

fiction edition finalists

books that would terrify calendars and stupefy maps

Books about oppressed women, both fiction and non-fiction.