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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.

it's giving cunt

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

MUNA wrote the song it gets so hot. And these are books that feel like that song. Literally and metaphorically.

The sun or summer or heatwave is a character or an oppressive force. Or the city of LA is a character or an oppressive force or a key setting. Or a combo of both. Or it’s a book MUNA have recommended. Or it’s just a bit steamy 🥵

Small independent presses rule

Books I came across on tiktok All genres

i discovered these when i was identifying as a cishet woman in college and have realized EVERY literary sad girl reads these

Books about 18 to 30-year-olds navigating the transition from adolescence to adulthood 🫶

books where the main characters chase pleasure in their lives - where they fight to feel through heartbreak, violence, disappointment and more. hoping to read these as summer inspiration to chase my dreams and my own pleasure!

credit: @ismeneormonde on substack, ‘books where women have FUN’

books that feel good to read during the summer. sunny, refreshing, sweaty, adventurous perhaps.

Where intimacy is labour and feelings are billable. Therapists, streamers, friends-for-hire, trauma influencers - the new side hustles of the soul.

Behold: yet another of my 2 a.m. deep dives - this time into epistolary literature! The list starts with some of the earliest examples of the form and follows it into the present day, from stories told through letters and diaries to those built from emails, texts, transcripts, and other documents. Whether you’re a longtime fan or completely new to this genre, what interests you most about it?

(A quick note: I put this list together using Wikipedia, blog posts, and Reddit threads. I did my best to keep everything in chronological order, but a few mistakes may have slipped through - it was 2 a.m., after all. If you have any suggestions on what else I should add, I’d love to hear it!)

books i think stephanie brown // aka spoiler from dc comics // would read while stitching up her suit after patrol.