i've returned to being extremely normal about sidestep
hello fellow non-Black tumblr users. welcome to my saw trap. if you'd like to leave, please name one (1) Black woman author who is not Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, or N.K. Jemisin. bonus points if she's published a book in the last five years.
talk to me about joyce please. ama
City of Last Chances β’ Adrian Tchaikovsky πππππ
The Brides of High Hill β’ Nghi Vo βοΈβοΈβοΈ
The Traitor Baru Cormorant β’ Seth Dickinson βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
ππ· Klara & the Sun β’ Kazuo Ishiguro βοΈβοΈβοΈ
Thornhedge β’ T. Kingfisher βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
Heavenly Tyrant β’ Xiran Jay Zhao βοΈ
π· Violeta β’ Isabel Allende βοΈβοΈβοΈ
π· The Fox Wife β’ Yangsze Choo πππππ
The Raven King β’ Maggie Stiefvater βοΈβοΈβοΈ
π Fairy Haven and the Quest for the Wand β’ Gail Carson Levine πππππ
Howlβs Moving Castle β’ Diana Wynne Jones πππππ
π· James β’ Percival Everett πππππ
Bloom β’ Delilah S. Dawson βοΈ
Sour Cherry β’ Natalia Theodoridou βοΈβοΈβοΈ
Besaydoo β’ Yalie Saweda Kamara βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
ππ· The Frozen River β’ Ariel Lawhon
π The Monster Baru Cormorant β’ Seth Dickinson
π The Female Eunuch β’ Germaine Greer
Key:
π Currently reading
π DNF
π Reread
π· For book club
sessi do you have a tag you put to readβs/ref in? or any book recs off the top of your head? I trust your judgement <3 kisses!
ohh I donβt sorry!! but I always recommend anything donna tartt, susan sontagβs on photography is a classic, the lonely city by olivia laing is one of my all time favorites, trick mirror by jia tolentino, if i survive you by jonathan escoffery, on freedom by timothy snyder, and currently Iβm on the years by annie ernaux <3
Invisible Cities β’ Italo Calvino πππππ
Severance β’ Ling Ma βοΈβοΈβοΈ
The Tombs of Atuan β’ Ursula LeGuin πππππ
π Fallen Hero: Rebirth (IF) β’ Malin RydΓ©n @fallenhero-rebirth βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
Fallen Hero: Retribution (IF) β’ Malin RydΓ©n @fallenhero-rebirth βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
π The Amulet of Samarkand β’ Jonathan Stroud βοΈβοΈβοΈβ¨
The Golden Compass β’ Phillip Pullman πππππ
Powers β’ Ursula LeGuin βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
Gideon the Ninth β’ Tamsyn Muir π DNF.
The Subtle Knife β’ Phillip Pullman βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
Here There Be Dragons (Webcomic) β’ Steve Horton & co-creators @htbdcomic πππππ
The Farthest Shore β’ Ursula LeGuin βοΈβοΈβοΈ
Nimona β’ Nate Stevenson πππππ
Moon of the Crusted Snow β’ Waubgeshig Rice π DNF.
Ainβt I A Woman β’ Bell Hooks βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈ
Ship of Magic β’ Robin Hobb πππππ
The Empress of Salt & Fortune β’ Nghi Vo πππππ
The Pillars of the Earth β’ Ken Follett πππππ
Braiding Sweetgrass β’ Robin Wall Kimmerer βοΈβοΈβοΈβοΈβ¨
π Harry Potter & the Sorcererβs Stone β’ JK Rowling βοΈβοΈ
Mad Ship β’ Robin Hobb πππππ