Recs if you like Strange Weather in Tokyo...
apart / a part
literary (or literary-leaning) fiction focused specifically on isolation, disconnection, loneliness โ and what they teach us about life and humanity.
ft. recs from the community!
sad girl litfic starter pack
the warm, fragmented interiors of women navigating emotional turmoil, relational dysfunction, identity crises, and existential malaise. intense, immersive, atmospheric, and deeply felt. stories of mundanity and despair, but also of a different beauty, some subtler strength. let's wallow freely and without shame.
note: open to recs, but those focused on interiority rather than romance (e.g. not Normal People)
Sheโs spiraling
Books where the protagonist loses their grip on reality, has strange, unsettling, and/or surreal experiences
Cute-munity Cozy Reads
A list of cozy fiction for when the world is heavy and the Book Club book is too much.
Books are cozy based on other lists or cute-munity reccs. Your milage may vary.
Asian Authors
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.
Low Cortisol Reading List
These are books I am going to start reading before bed, because my regular selection of reading material just really riles me up. Inspired by two posts from the Substack Feeling! Magazine by Jenna O'Brien.
Women vs The Void
Japanese fiction to read on the train
books set in Japan / by Japanese authors
japanese literature
japanese books i've read or been meaning to read
women living their lives without children
kids are great. however as a person who doesnโt want kids, I have fatigue around how many novels position motherhood as the epicenter of womenโs lives. iโm gathering books here about women in their late twenties and older that donโt focus on motherhood or children. I havenโt read all these fyi!! plz share recs; iโm mostly looking for lit fic.
HYCRED 3.0 Colours in the Title
Book ideas for the โRainbow of Wordsโ - Books with colours in the title. I know that not all these colours are in the challenge but Iโm down the rabbit hole now okay and Iโm not leaving you canโt make me!!!
Includes: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Jade, Blue, Purple, Violet, Black, White, Brown, Gold, Silver, Rose & Pink
plus some french, spanish & german titles for colours too
Essential Japanese Literature
Japanese literary fiction by prestigious authors who have proved themselves through the Akutagawa and Naoki prizes. I've included significant historical fiction as well.
japanese literature by women
japanese literature written by women
Little Japan
This is my Japanese literature list: Little Japan. Most of these books sit on my bookshelf in my little corner of the world. Enjoy!
Japanese Feminist Literature
Japanese books that fight against the social and governmental pressures to reproduce and/or challenges what it means to be a woman and their role in society. Prioritizing books written by women with a few notable exceptions.
Short Books for a Slump
Shorter books (around 200 pages) to get out of a reading slump or to help pad your stats. Comment if you want recommendations, Iโve read a lot of these.
Short nโ (not necessarily) Sweet
Books under 250 pages
studio ghibli-esque worlds
books that capture the whimsical charm of beloved studio ghibli films, while grounding you in the beauty and reality of the world around us. note: These books are not necessarily cozy, much like the films themselves are not always comforting.
Women in Translation You Need to Read
Stories by women from across the world, brought to us through translation.
