Recs if you like How We Disappeared...

Writing and voices from outside of the white Western canon. Fiction and Non-fiction with an emphasis in diaspora, decolonization, global history, and resistance narratives from around the world. Features African, Asian, Central American, South American, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern voices.

Began with many recommendations from Jamin Anderson (@jaminanderson__ on Instagram) and has expanded with the help of the Pagebound community.

Historical fiction and non-fiction set in and/or are about countries that were under Japanese occupation.

Recommendations are 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.

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.

Great historical fiction books - learn about the past and places with a dramatic and meaningful personal tale.

classics and must-read fiction from singapore

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

2019-2026

Fictions and first-hand testimonies of various international wars, civil wars, colonizations, insurrections, and crimes against humanity. We must not forget. Recs more than welcome!

to broaden one’s horizons

Books set in/written by authors from the Lion City of Singapore.

A list of 70 books by Commonwealth authors, 10 from each decade of Elizabeth II's reign, was selected by a panel of experts and announced by the BBC and The Reading Agency on 18 April 2022.