Recs if you like The Book Censor's Library...

Book covers with typography oriented in non-standard alignments, instead of the typical horizontal + left to right text alignment. Or: graphic design is my passion, and today we are learning about text paths 🙂‍↕️. This is an immensely silly List, and always open to suggestions—vertical text, circular, upside down, anything goes!

Bibliophilia at its best - books about books, readers, libraries, bookstores!

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.

SWANA authors are authors from South West Asia and North Africa. They currently make up <1% of the trad publishing industry. This list is here to introduce you to their stories.

NOTE: if you find an author who doesn’t belong on this list, please comment & I will remove the book(s) ASAP.

As always, lists are forever evolving🥰

Fiction books by Arab authors and/or books starring Arab characters (and as always, Free Palestine)

“Censorship is telling a man he can’t have a steak just because a baby can’t chew it.” — Mark Twain

Fiction about book banning, censorship, and intellectual freedom. Bans off our books!!!

Looking for nonfiction? Check out my list The First Condition of Progress!

I'm working on curating a list of fiction and nonfiction that deals with topics of censorship, propaganda, and the spread of misinformation as part of a personal curriculum, and I invite you all to join me on this journey. Feel free to leave more recommendations!

Books with a rabbit on the cover, of course. Or a hare.

Books with bunnies on the cover.

nonfiction and fiction list. context on today. everything you do is political, give yourself a voice in that

@celinewyp helped me with this list!!!

23 books of all genres by non-white non-male authors for the anti-brainrot challenge by thisstoryaintover

all longlisted books from 2018-2026

A list with ALL longlisted titles from the National Book Award for Translated Literature (USA) and the International Booker prize (UK) .

Updated once new nominees are announced.

Currently updated with: • NBA 2018-2025 • International Booker 2016-2026

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.

Books about authors, literature, or with books as a general theme

Books that aren't set in the US or UK, as those books dominate reading lists. I'm trying to collect as many different countries as possible, but sometimes there will be 2-3 books from one country.

A list of books in translation that have been picked for Skunk Cabbage Books' Airplane Mode subscription! (I am not affiliated with Skunk Cabbage, I just like how they've curated this subscription so far!)

from fiction to non-fiction, spanning across all genres

Libros leídos en los clubes de lectura de la librería El Rehilete. Texcoco, Estado de México.

A combination of dystopian fiction and historical nonfiction that are very much a comment on our current situations.