Recs if you like The Island of Sea Women...

Goodreads 80 of the Past Decade’s Very Popular Fiction from 2016 - 2025

2025 Broken Country - Isola 2024 The Women - Real Americans 2023 Tom Lake - Weyward 2022 Demon Copperhead - Diamond Eye 2021 Reading List - Cloud Cuckoo Land 2020 My Dark Vanessa - Vanishing Half 2019 Giver of Stars - Girl, Woman, Other 2018 Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell - Where the Crawdads Sing 2017 Stay with Me - 7 Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 2016 Lilac Girls - Behold the Dreamers

Haenyeo (also spelled haenyo) (Hangul: 해녀; lit. "sea women") are female divers in the South Korean province of Jeju, whose livelihood consists of harvesting a variety of mollusks, seaweed, and other sea life from the ocean. Known for their independent spirit, iron will and determination, haenyeo are representative of the semi-matriarchal family structure of Jeju. (Wikipedia)

All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.

Books set on islands or written by native islanders from around the world for the days you want to be surrounded by nothing but waves. Please comment missing books :)

historical fiction books that don’t take place during WWII! I learned so much from these books

books about the unique and universal experience of growing up as a girl and being a woman

Sometimes when you feel like you're going crazy, you need a good book to tell you you're not. You need an author who will validate your rage, fuel your opinion, and make you contemplate life. Be the dragon; bask in your fire.

some fav fic & nonfic political/historical reads

Asian ppl can be edge lords too

These are all books set on the sea!

Non-fiction or fiction stories based on historically accurate happenings in Korea (will update when find more - have not read all books added, but a bunch of them)

like if you had to read this for school but actually enjoyed it

Multigenerational sagas that will make you want to deep dive into your family history, or at least call your Grandma.

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Books that were suggested for our book club.