another incredible novella by nadiah zakaria about 6 orphaned girls in a chilling, islolated manor with secrets
Bane of Widuri by Nadiah Zakaria
two lighthearted and reflective novellas about a tea monk and a robot seeking answers about humanity in a futuristic world
Monk & Robot Series by Becky Chambers
a romance set in the gaming world between two competing video game developers
Two Can Play by Ali Hazelwood
two novellas set in the secret shanghai series following my favourite main characters having domestic moments and solving murder mysteries together
Last Violent Call (Secret Shanghai, #3.5) by Chloe Gong
a queer coming of age novel about a girl who falls in love with her friend in a conservative town
Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Howarth
another queer coming of age novel about a boy who travels down to south to visit a farm his family inherited after their grandfather's passing.
The South by Tash Aw
three novellas about three (scientist) friends who have their individual romantic encounters with the person they claim to hate
Loathe to Love You (The STEMinist Novellas, #1-3) by Ali Hazelwood
an emotional queer coming of age novel set in post-military nigeria about a teenage boy who gets banished to a religious boarding school after being caught in an intimate moment with his family's apprentice
Blessings by Chukwuebuka Ibeh
a novella set after i hope this doesnt find you about sadie and julius travelling together in san francisco
I Hope This Finds You by Ann Liang
a short story about a servant girl who is saved by the saint, only to be subject to forced resurrections and deaths in a brutal war. also the foundation of the book, ‘the everlasting’
The Six Deaths of the Saint (Into Shadow)
a reflective and vivid epilostary novel about a son writing to his mother who cannot read or write
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
a devastating epilostary novel about a group of misfits in taiwan during the late 80s and early 90s
Notes of a Crocodile by Qiu Miaojin
an epilostary fantasy, sci-fi, and romance novel about two time travel agents risk treason with their correspondance as they fall in love
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar
a vampire slayer who lost their memories, and a vampire (aka their #1 enemy) who helps get them back
Hot for Slayer by Ali Hazelwood
an book about a labyrinthine, magical house and the man who lives to explore it
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
a chilling story set in a post apocalyptic world about thirty nine women who live in a cage without knowledge of time or memory how they got here
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
a lyrical story about the powerful bond between sisters, and a magical river
The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
a story about a woman who falls in love with a vampire
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
a memoir about grief, the complex relationship between mother and daughter, and identity
