Just like last year, I aim to read outside of my cis-white-European-male bubble. I really enjoyed it last year. And I believe it's quite important for my personal development to better understand the world. Because before, I was mostly just reading the classics. But what are classics really? They have all been written in patriarchal societies. Run by cis-white-European men. Just like myself. So it's a pretty homogeneous collection of books. Even though I still love the classics, I don't want to diminish their value, I think it's cool to have a bit more diversity on my bookshelves.
Click on the links below to read my reviews.
Non-cis-male writers ✅ 18/10
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✅ Eileen - Ottessa Moshfegh (3/5)
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✅ Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (4/5)
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✅ Hallo witte mensen - Anousha Nzume (2/5)
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✅ Everyone in the room will someday be dead - Emily R. Austin (4/5)
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✅ Lapvona - Ottessa Moshfegh (3/5)
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✅ Half leven - Aya Sabi (2/5)
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✅ Katya - Easy on the tonic - Ramona Depares (4/5)
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✅ Milk fed - Melissa Broder (2/5)
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✅ Earthlings - Sayaka Murata (5/5)
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✅ Normal People - Sally Rooney (5/5)
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✅ Conversations with Friends - Sally Rooney (4/5)
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✅ The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath (4/5)
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✅ Het internet is stuk - Marleen Stikker (3/5)
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✅ My body - Emily Ratajkowski (4/5)
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✅ The Dictionary of Lost Words - Pip Williams (3/5)
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✅ The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enríquez (3/5)
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✅ Little Eyes - Samanta Schweblin (3/5)
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✅ Down the drain - Julia Fox (4/5)
Asian writers ✅ 5/5
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✅ Convenience Store Woman - Sayaka Murata (4/5)
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✅ Earthlings - Sayaka Murata (5/5)
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✅ Love in the Big City - Sang Young Park (2/5)
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✅ Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World - Haruki Murakami (4/5)
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✅ Make me one-dimensional - Sang Young Park (2/5)
African writers ⚪ 0/5
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South American writers ✅ 5/5
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✅ The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas - Machado de Assis (3/5)
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✅ Ficciones - Jorge Luis Borges (4/5)
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✅ The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey - Ernesto Che Guevara (3/5)
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✅ The Dangers of Smoking in Bed - Mariana Enríquez (3/5)
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✅ Little Eyes - Samanta Schweblin (3/5)