A little bit of gothic, mistery and horror vibes. With a mix of forestry settings.

Pirate books I’ve come across— both good and bad

…sell them to us instead.

Books that feature characters being sold by their parents as a premise or important character background. Your options include but are not limited to: the yakuza, cults, a literal demon. Your rewards: money, status, getting rid of children you don’t want.

This is NOT a serious list about child trafficking.

Suggestions welcome, as always! I’m playing fast and loose with the definition of selling.

Books that feel so real that it's easy to forget what you're reading about didn't actually happen.

A self curated list of english language books from Vietnam, by Vietnamese authors or about Vietnam to read before visiting the country. Intended to focus on native writers but some diaspora and non-Viet authors are included.

Check this list for when you want to binge a new series.

genuinely just a shameless list of the books on my shelves that I snapped up after they were recommended by public figures 📚

I have not read all this books, please tell me if I got something wrong

Book that i run over again

Books about our mundane jobs. We'll explore: our role in society, conformity, routine, labor, and more. Leave your recs!

classics from South West Asia and North Africa

At least one book by each author attending the event!!!

Fiction books with or about plants, both real and magical, healing or dangerous (will continue to add to this—feel free to make suggestions/recommendations!)

I never had the opportunity to take a dedicated literature class, so I'm building my own personal curriculums! The technical goal of this list is to help me learn how to analyze prose style at the sentence level - diction, syntax, figuration, narrative distance, etc. The more practical goal of this is to help me understand the what an author is doing and have the language to properly describe it.

books written by Native authors

Books about falling in love with specifically lucifer/satan/the devil

So many books featuring cheating and about adultery. How they start, why they start, and how they inevitably end.

Books that are confirmed to be getting a movie/tv adaptation in the future.