Recs if you like Idol, Burning...
the feminine imagination in east asian literature
a collection of inventive, incisive, and invigorating works of contemporary and speculative fiction by women writers of East Asia and its diaspora.
๐Akutagawa Prize Winners๐
Japanese Akutagawa Literary Award Winners that have been translated into English. For the full list of recipients, see the Bungakushinko website or Wikipedia (links in comment).
iโm obsessedโฆ with this list!
books centering on characters obsessed with a certain thing, ambition, or goal! one of my favorite types of charactersโฆ you could say Iโm obsessed with them
Japanese fiction to read on the train
Grief works in strange ways
Grief and its many forms of manifestations (across genres)
Weird and Unhinged Women
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women. Mostly litfic, some horror.
japanese literature by women
japanese literature written by women
Weird and Unhinged Women 2.0
All sorts of stories about all sorts of women and girls.
This is a genre-agnostic mega-list of weird girl* lit expanding on an original list by @yarnandbooks, who is no longer on Pagebound. You can view the original list here: (link) /// As a nonbinary person, I take as broad a view as possible of the "girl" in "weird girl*", hence the asterisk.
Wide open for recommendations!
Women in Translation You Need to Read
Stories by women from across the world, brought to us through translation.
may this love never find me
Books where there's a relationship that's codependent/obsessive, even to a small degree.
Japan Booksellersโ Award
Winners and nominees of the Japan Booksellersโ Award (Honya Taisho) translated into English
*Not listed in year or sequence
fame, fandom, & fanaticism
fiction exploring fan-celebrity dynamics, influencer culture, and parasocial relationships
girlhood
the messiness and chaos of growing up as a teenage girl/young woman
"I'll be your idol" (KPDH)
Inspired by "Your Idol" from Kpop demon hunters. These books highlight the dark side of idol/fan culture and social media (or other things if find more suited)
If you like this list, check out my other KPDH inspired lists and comment there too.
Books about *obsession*
We are one of a Kind ๐
Emotional reads
"I'm empty, you feed me" (KPDH)
You know you can't resist the urge to fall for the Saja Boys from their song "Soda Pop", but they aren't what they seem
The idol industry seems so perfect, how could it be so cruel? Or love that seems too good to be true...
If you like this list, check out my other KPDH inspired lists and comment there too.
