What we read: 5 historical fiction books to read this fall
What we read: 5 historical fiction books to read this fall

I wanted to share my passion for history and the many stories that can be created from it with you all. This reading list features a few new books and others that have been out for a couple of years. Read through and add them to your TBR piles, and leave me a comment with any titles you would add to the list!

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Our bookshelvesMolli Sébrierhistorical fiction, reading list, reading, currently reading, what we read, Lost Souls of Leningrad, Suzanna Parry, She Writes Press, small press, independent press, Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, The Mercies, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, 'Til All These Things Be Done, Suzanne Moyers, The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Sara Collins, our bookshelves, Molli Sébrier
What we listened to: 4 bookish podcasts to check out now
What we listened to: 4 bookish podcasts to check out now

I’m a huge podcast listener, and I’m into bookish podcasts almost as much as I’m into reading the books themselves. But there is such an abundance of podcasts out there (book-themed and otherwise) that it’s hard to know where to begin, so here are some of my favourites that I return to again and again to help you get started.

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What we read: 5 spooky reads to cosy up with for fall
What we read: 5 spooky reads to cosy up with for fall

Though the horror and thriller genres are typically dominated by men, there are plenty of brilliant books by female authors. I decided to curate a list of some of my favourite eerie books as well as ones that I can’t wait to read, to get us into the fall mood.

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What we read: 5 epistolary novels to dip into this summer
What we read: 5 epistolary novels to dip into this summer

I love letters. I believe that they are the purest form of communication. There is an intimacy to this medium that invites the readers to glimpse aspects of the writer’s character that they may otherwise never be privy to. It’s no surprise then that epistolary novels have remained one of my go-to genres. Here are some of my favourite reads within it.

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Our bookshelvesDiya KatyalDiya Katyal, what we read, reading list, reading, currently reading, female authors, Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs, An American Marriage, Tayari Jones, Talking about Jane Austen in Baghdad, Bee Rowlatt, May Witwit, 84 Charing Cross Road, Helene Hanff, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer
What we read: 5 books from Asian American and Pacific Islander authors
What we read: 5 books from Asian American and Pacific Islander authors

May is the month where we celebrate Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders! This list consists only of five books, a baby ripple in the sea of literature from AAPI authors. We hope that this list inspires you to pick up one of these books or any written by an AAPI author. Do you have any titles to suggest to us? Reach out and let us know!

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What we read: 6 historical fiction titles to travel back in time
What we read: 6 historical fiction titles to travel back in time

Looking for something to transport you out of the current moment and into the past? I’ve got six books here that are as close to time travel as you can get.

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Our bookshelvesMaggiewhat we read, historical fiction, Maggie, feminism, feminist, female authors, Libertie, Kaitlyn Greenidge, The Weight of Ink, Rachel Kadish, Pachinko, Min Jin Lee, The Once and Future Witches, Alix E. Harrow, The Final Revival of Opal and Nev, Dawnie Walton, Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi, Hamnet, Maggie O'Farrell, our bookshelves, reading list, reading
What we read: Beyond chick lit
What we read: Beyond chick lit

I took some steps out of my literary comfort zone and discovered some great reads that give you all the feels and none of the FOMO. Here is a list of books with strong female protagonists who create their own happy endings, often despite difficult circumstances.

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What we read: Travel around the world with women writers in 2021
What we read: Travel around the world with women writers in 2021

Books provide a way to voyage around the world and to hold onto the humanity of our sisters. Hence I’ve put together a list of fun, beautiful and thought-provoking books beyond the white Anglo-Saxon literary world, some of which are more celebrated, whilst others are classics which have stood the test of time.

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Our bookshelvesDr Sharon ZinkAmericanah, Chimamanda Ngozi, Brick Lane, Monica Ali, The Night Tiger, Yangsze Choo, Dominicana, Angie Cruz, The Girl With The Louding Voice, Abi Daré, Nervous Conditions, Tsitsi Dangaremgba, The Memory of Love, Aminatta Forna, The House Without Windows, Nadia Hashimi, Silver Sparrow, Tayari Jones, Breasts and Eggs, Mieko Kawakami, Girl in Translation, Jean Kwok, A Tale for the time Being, Ruth Ozeki, The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy, A Woman is No Man, Etaf Rum, Ten Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World, Elif Shafak, Everyone Knows You Go Home, Natalia Sylvester, The Door, Magda Szabo, Kitchen, Banana Yoshimoto, feminism, feminist, female authors, travel, women writers, women author, women authors, what we read, our bookshelves, Dr. Sharon Zink
What we read: 6 titles about sex work
What we read: 6 titles about sex work

Within fictional media there’s certainly a repetitive depiction of sex workers, especially women, often reducing them to damsels in distress, shrouded in tragedy, living in extreme poverty or the perpetual victim of serial killers who we only meet when they’re a corpse. Here are some titles that break the mold.

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What we read: Women in Translation month
What we read: Women in Translation month

Women in Translation month takes place in August of every year and started in 2014 as an initiative by U.S. book blogger Meytal Radzinski, who grew up in a bilingual household. When you consider that female, and female-identifying, authors are often relegated to the second shelf in their native language, it strongly suggests that there is also a barrier firmly in place when it comes to translating their work.

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