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

  1. ✅ Eileen – Ottessa Moshfegh (3/5)
  2. ✅ Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (4/5)
  3. ✅ Hallo witte mensen – Anousha Nzume (2/5)
  4. ✅ Everyone in the room will someday be dead – Emily R. Austin (4/5)
  5. ✅ Lapvona – Ottessa Moshfegh (3/5)
  6. ✅ Half leven – Aya Sabi (2/5)
  7. ✅ Katya – Easy on the tonic – Ramona Depares (4/5)
  8. ✅ Milk fed – Melissa Broder (2/5)
  9. ✅ Earthlings – Sayaka Murata (5/5)
  10. ✅ Normal People – Sally Rooney (5/5)
  11. ✅ Conversations with Friends – Sally Rooney (4/5)
  12. ✅ The Bell Jar – Sylvia Plath (4/5)
  13. ✅ Het internet is stuk – Marleen Stikker (3/5)
  14. ✅ My body – Emily Ratajkowski (4/5)
  15. ✅ The Dictionary of Lost Words – Pip Williams (3/5)
  16. ✅ The Dangers of Smoking in Bed – Mariana Enríquez (3/5)
  17. ✅ Little Eyes – Samanta Schweblin (3/5)
  18. ✅ Down the drain – Julia Fox (4/5)

Asian writers ✅ 5/5

  1. ✅ Convenience Store Woman – Sayaka Murata (4/5)
  2. ✅ Earthlings – Sayaka Murata (5/5)
  3. ✅ Love in the Big City – Sang Young Park (2/5)
  4. ✅ Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World – Haruki Murakami (4/5)
  5. ✅ Make me one-dimensional – Sang Young Park (2/5)

African writers ⚪ 0/5

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South American writers ✅ 5/5

  1. ✅ The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas – Machado de Assis (3/5)
  2. ✅ Ficciones – Jorge Luis Borges (4/5)
  3. ✅ The Motorcycle Diaries: Notes on a Latin American Journey – Ernesto Che Guevara (3/5)
  4. ✅ The Dangers of Smoking in Bed – Mariana Enríquez (3/5)
  5. ✅ Little Eyes – Samanta Schweblin (3/5)