Recs if you like Evil Eye...

in honor of disability pride month, here is a series on the colours of the flag! our second colour on the disability pride flag is blue, which represents psychiatric disabilities and mental illnesses. numerous examples of those include bipolar disorder, depression, general anxiety disorder, PTSD, PMDD, selective mutism, dissociative identity disorder, and many more. books within this list series will be both fiction and non-fiction literature. as always, feel free to recommend any books!

Here's every book so far from BOTM's monthly shortlist since February 2015 for anyone who wants to read them all like I do!

lit fic featuring dysfunctional families

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

spotlighting some incredible books by Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander authors

these books look back 👀

always accepting suggestions for books with eyes featured prominently on the cover

A reading list celebrating books by Arab American authors and the many stories, histories, cultures, and imagined worlds they bring to the page. This list was created as a way to expand my own reading beyond the perspectives and experiences most familiar to me.

I am not Arab American, and I do not intend this list to speak for the Arab American community or define the full range of Arab American literature. I welcome recommendations, corrections, and notes from Arab American readers and authors, especially if there are books that should be added or removed.

Fiction by Palestinian authors. Important reads by important people with wonderful creativity.

some book recs that involve the complexities of motherhood: the tough and tender, chaotic and beautiful, exhausting and full of purpose.

Reading is resistance. Palestine WILL be free!

These Diverse Baseline Challenge was created by @bookish.millennial & @themargherita.s (on instagram). In 2025, the goal is to read 1 book by a racialized author each month. This challenge is meant to encourage readers to try genres they historically don’t reach for, find new-to-them racialized authors, and to encourage reflection on our reading habits.

This is a mix of recommendations by the challenge organizers and myself.

Talking about books at the wine bar

Riveting, serious, sometimes playful books about the immigrant experience in America that do not delude, sanitize, pander, or play into stereotypes.