Thread by @bogiperson

I want to do this too!! So many cool threads!

📚 1 like = 1 book in my TBR for 2018 📚

I will try to do it with Amazon links (US Amazon affiliate links as usual) so you can preempt me and read the books even faster :D

1: Juniper Leaves: The Otherworldly Tale of a Lonesome Magical Girl by @JazJoyner

* I love magical-girl stories
* Black nonbinary author
* Fabulous-looking cover!!
* I just got a copy

amzn.to/2CsdD6o

2: Margins and Murmurations by Otter Lieffe.

* #ownvoices SFF by trans woman author
* Set in near future dystopian Europe (European author)!
* Sex worker characters and community organizing
* I have a reviewer copyyy

amzn.to/2CzPDMe

3: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon @cyborgyndroid

* #ownvoices SFF with neuroatypical intersex protagonist!! I MIGHT CRY
* Far future setting on a generation ship
* Slavery and race themes
* Black author
* Hungarian translation coming too!!

amzn.to/2DLckfQ

4: Rebel Seoul by @axieoh

* YA science fiction w. Korean setting and robots
* Recently got from the library, already read the beginning (on the bus home :D ) and it was fabulous
* Very vivid imagery

amzn.to/2qcyjug

5: The Read Threads of Fortune / The Black Tides of Heaven by @halleluyang

* Novellas I love novellas
* QUILTBAG fantasy with cool worldbuilding
* I read an early draft of one of these and it was fascinating
* Just got signed copies!! Eee

amzn.to/2EvURci

6: Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure by Eli Clare

* I just got this as a birthday present from @D_Libris!
* Nonfiction about disability and queerness
* Examines cures as a theme
* I already glanced into it and it looks wonderfully clueful

amzn.to/2EvwBHu

7: Collective Brightness - LGBTIQ Poets on Faith, Religion and Spirituality

* Birthday present from @xasymptote & friends!
* OH MY G-D this is like the best anthology theme ever
* The lineup looks racially/ethnically diverse too (has some of my favs!)

amzn.to/2lCWtZl

8: A Country of Ghosts by Margaret Killjoy @magpiekilljoy

* Political fantasy!!! Social transitions!!
* Transfeminine NB author
* I have a copyyyyy
* Recently read her first @TorDotComPub novella and that was great

amzn.to/2DJWmTg

9: Death's End by Cixin Liu (tr. @kyliu99)

* Final book of a fascinating trilogy
* The first 2 books were not perfect but *jaw-droppingly* imaginative & scary
* I got a reviewer copy in the middle of our housing disaster so just getting to it

amzn.to/2lF0QTV

10: This Narrow Space: A Pediatric Oncologist, His Jewish, Muslim and Christian Patients, and a Hospital in Jerusalem by Elisha Waldman

* Combines TWO of my beloved topics: medical memoirs and Jewish books
* Israel/Palestine
* @RoseLemberg got me an ARC!

amzn.to/2C7MJgI

11: Reinventing the Enemy's Language: Contemporary Native Women's Writings of North America, ed. Gloria Bird & Joy Harjo

* Classic anthology I recently bought
* Joy Harjo is an awesome poet, I want to see how she edits too
* Wonderful lineup!!

amzn.to/2DLB4EK

12: Failure to Communicate by @KaiaSonderby

* SFF with aliens + #ownvoices autistic protagonist!!
* So many of my friends loved this one
* Synesthesia as a theme, too (I think??)

amzn.to/2C7zqwX

13: The Old Axolotl by Jacek Dukaj

* #SFinTranslation, Polish author
* Read three other books by him recently in Hungarian...
* ...and they were all strikingly imaginative
* This is his only book in English so far AFAIK?

amzn.to/2CrkT2h

14: Sunshine Patriots by @RosariumBill

* Black SFF classic
* Looks jam-packed with all the stuff I enjoy
* Got a reviewer copy of the 15th anniversary rerelease
* DID YOU SEE THAT COVER

amzn.to/2EvLvh4

15: Small Beauty by jia qing wilson-yang

* Quiet & beautiful short literary novel from Canada
* #ownvoices mixed race trans woman protagonist
* This book was also popular in my friends circle :)

amzn.to/2ConvyX

16: Sunbolt by Intisar Khanani @BooksByIntisar

* Novella AND the first part of a series. Best of both worlds!
* Diverse fantasy by a hijaabi author :)
* Recently got it as a present from my wishlist!

amzn.to/2CqeYL7

17. Susurrus on Mars by @Hal_Duncan

* Novella. On Mars! (I just read @silviamg's Mars novella too, so maybe I can do a Mars week?!)
* Absolutely exuberant language
* Very multifaceted, very gay
* It just came out and I got a copy from @lethepress

amzn.to/2A2OoCx

18. Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite by @liannesimon

* Intersex #ownvoices contemporary YA (remember I was looking for some?)
* Just reviewed a short story by the author too!
* I have a review copy of this + another book of the author's!

amzn.to/2lGhz9

19. Lonely Stardust by Angela Hairston

* SFF essays and PLAYS. I want to read more SFF plays!
* I asked for my @AqueductPress poem payment in books bc I usually don't regret it :D Already reviewed the other recent one.
* Black woman author!

amzn.to/2Ca34kZ

20: The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington

* Stories originally in English, French & Spanish
* One of the major women Surrealists
* Collection for the 100th anniversary of her birth
* @RoseLemberg Spouseperson bought this
* Dorothy Project is a yay!

amzn.to/2Cb3cRv

21: Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee @motomaratai

* Second volume in a series, I *loved* the first
* Military space opera with mathemagic
* Massive vast conspiracy
* Got it as a present from @xasymptote & friends!

amzn.to/2CpyCqD

22: Five Twelfths of Heaven by Melissa Scott @blueterraplane

* Magical spaceflight with ALCHEMY
* Polyamourous queer relationships
* Rec by @quartzen!
* The print bks are out of print (ebooks are on Amazon) but I found a beautiful omnibus hardcover

amzn.to/2CczCuO

23: The Fifth Season by @nkjemisin

* I know I'm very late to the party...
* BUT NOW I CAN READ THE ENTIRE TRILOGY
* Magic that changes the environment
* Won Allll the awards

amzn.to/2CsZbv4

24: Dancing on Tisha B'Av by Lev Raphael

* One of the classics of gay Jewish literature
* and I somehow haven't read it yet
* Loved the author's other work!
* Short story collectionnnnn

amzn.to/2Cd1KOc

25: Beyond the Rice Fields by Naivo (trans. Allison M. Charette)

* The first novel from Madagascar translated to English!
* Sweeping historical fiction
* I just got the notice that it is waiting for me in the library!! Aaa

amzn.to/2qeEVrR

26: Season of Storms by Andrzej Sapkowski

* Polish medieval fantasy
* I want to do a readthrough of the Witcher series in 2018
* I read the first 3 books & now to read the rest too!
* I'm reading this in Hungarian and there's 1 more book than in English?

amzn.to/2CEE4Ds

27: Ride the Star Wind short story anthology by @BrokenEyeBooks

* Weird fiction + space opera, two of my beloved genres
* Cool lineup!!
* ILLUSTRATED
* I got a contributor copy, but this is one of those books I'd get regardless :D

amzn.to/2CwNinQ

28: Dirty River - A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

* LOVE their poetry so I want to read their memoirs
* Memoir from disabled mixed-race author
* Pls read their poetry too ok?

amzn.to/2EzLkkG

Twitter stopped loading my notifications, so this is a clear sign I need to take a small break :D

But keep the likes coming, I read 250ish books a year :)

(Though a lot of them are always impulse library borrows which I can't really list ahead of time...)

29: The Fortunate Fall by Raphael Carter

* Classic cyberpunk mystery
* Intersex trans author!!
* Sadly out of print...
* ...but an Anonymous Benefactor bought me a used copy!

amzn.to/2Cy1BbM

30: A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar

* Need to catch up both on this and the sequel!
* Beautifully written secondary-world fantasy
* Love her work!! (Short story collection Tender was amazing)
* Somali & Mennonite American woman author

amzn.to/2CxpLmy

31: The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

* About 943284932748 people told me I should read this book
* Secondary world fantasy
* Kindness + political intrigue + kindness?
* Got it as a present from my brother :)

amzn.to/2Ce7TtE

32: Luminescent Threads - Connections to Octavia E. Butler

* Nonfiction with a lot of personal essays by many many SFF writers
* I want to read everything Butler-related!!
* Another of those books I got as a contrib copy but would have bought regardless

amzn.to/2lIg4Y8

33: Passage by Gwen Benaway

* Poetry collection
* Anishinaabe / Métis trans woman author
* I read the beginning of this book and it was WONDERFUL
* She also writes great fiction

amzn.to/2CvL87T

34: The Steerswoman by Rosemary Kirstein

* Fantasy that is actually science fiction? One of my weaknesses ;)
* Many ppl told me to read this
* Don't spoil me pls!!
* I've been meaning to read this series since forever
* I have the first 2 books at hand

amzn.to/2lLvniN

35: Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root - Caribbean Fabulist Fiction ed. @Nalo_Hopkinson

* Nalo is such an awesome and thoughtful writer / editor
* I just found this book while unpacking!! Now I can read it!!
* Bought it in @BookshopGhost. Best of Iowa!

amzn.to/2lK7gB6

(Yes, we moved in Aug. Yes, we are still unpacking and doing repairs so that we can unpack more. Moving while disabled is pretty awful)

36: Mother of Souls (Alpennia 3.) by @heatherosejones

* Lesbian quasi-historical fantasy with cool magic system
* I got a reviewer copy but during our housing chaos
* Now I can actually read and review this too!
* Enjoyed the first two books

amzn.to/2CfwsWW

37: Zinky Boys by Svetlana Alexievich

* Nonfiction, edited oral history interviews about the Afghanistan war of the Soviet Union
* She has amazing oral history books
* Potential ugly-crying and I MEAN it!!
* Just got the new, expanded Hungarian edition

amzn.to/2CI1Mi5

38: Looking For Group by Alexis Hall @quicunquevult

* #ownvoices gay YA gamer romance
* SERIOUSLY a gamer book
* Read the first chapter and loved the voice, want more!
* Spouseperson has the book (cool cover too!)

amzn.to/2EPpV76

39: The Birchbark House by Louise Erdrich

* #ownvoices Ojibwa historical middle grade book
* Got it to read together with Mati!
* Loved the author's adult fiction
* First book of a series!

amzn.to/2ENRP3t

40: The Unintentional Time Traveler by @EverettMaroon

* YA trans SFF by trans man author!
* Loved his memoir (Bumbling Into Body Hair) and short fiction
* Small press YA has some of my biggest YA favorites

amzn.to/2CiA4HQ

41: Under the Pendulum Sun by @jeannette_ng

* Dark fantasy with religious themes! Missionaries versus the Fae? Yespls
* People say it is terrifying :D
* Recent debut novel by Asian author living in the UK
* Just got it as a gift from @TJaneBerry !

amzn.to/2CjXZ9O

42: Self-Reference Engine by Toh EnJoe (trans. Terry Gallagher)

* Japanese #SFinTranslation
* Supposedly very nonconventional
* And it has science and things
* It has been compared to Lem and Borges?!

amzn.to/2qjmFh9

43: The German Mujahid by Boualem Sansal (trans. Frank Wynne)

* He has more SFnal works, but this is a contemporary literary book
* (And also this is the one I have)
* Migration, mixed race characters, aftermath of the Holocaust (!)
* Algerian author

amzn.to/2ENLTYe

44: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

* #ownvoices + semi-autobiographic literary novel!
* About migration from Zimbabwe to America
* Sounds both multifaceted and dynamic
* That title, I had to get it! (Thank you uni bookstore massive sale!)

amzn.to/2qkNzFn

45: Wilde Stories 2008: Year's Best Gay SF ed. @thesteveberman

* I'm trying to read *alll* the Wilde Stories books & this one is next on my bookshelf!
* This volume has both @Hal_Duncan and Peter Dubé, among others
* It's on $0.99 Kindle sale right now?!

amzn.to/2Akhnll

46: Oneiron by Laura Lindstedt (tr. Owen Witesman)

* Speculative novel that was a massive literary hit in Finland. #SFintranslation
* Life after death
* En translation is up for preorders but I have it in Hu already! (Thanks Mom :) )
* Jewish themes too!

amzn.to/2CpEo8n

47: Exit West by Mohsin Hamid

* Migration-themed + #ownvoices
* Got *Many* literary awards but it is a speculative book!
* One of the big hits of last year
* Just got the message it's waiting for me in the library :)

amzn.to/2lUMEGh

48: Contact and Ideology in a Multilingual Community: Yiddish and Hebrew Among the Ultra-Orthodox by Dalit Assouline

* Nonfiction abt bilingualism & code-switching
* Spouseperson has this for work, but it looks good for free time reading, so I'll try! :D

amzn.to/2EXgvGU

49: Peripheral People by Reesa Herberth & Michelle Moore

* Queer science-fantasy mystery, and there aren't many of those!
* Got it at a library sale
* Psychic people working in pairs - yes please
* There's more in this continuity if I like this one :)

amzn.to/2EW90Qv

50: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi

* Ghanaian-American author, #ownvoices massive historical family saga!
* Was a really big hit in 2016
* A lot of my friends liked it!
* Cool sale on the hardcover on Amazon rn (almost half off)

amzn.to/2Cr0HdG

51: Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim

* Short novel with superheroes + young Asian-American people in the US Midwest!
* Literary author writing speculative
* Dismantles comic book tropes?
* THE MIDWEST CAN I SAY THAT AGAIN
* Just got from the library!

amzn.to/2CLPKXC

52: Six Months, Three Days, Five Others by @CharlieJane Anders

* Mini SFF short story collection - looks cute & giftable too :)
* Loved All the Birds in the Sky!
* Trans woman author
* ALSO just got from the library (fruitful visit!)

amzn.to/2CN3vGi

53: Out of Joint: A Private and Public Story of Arthritis by Mary Felstiner

* Arthritis memoir! There aren't many of these!
* Jewish author, too :)
* I have arthritis but a different kind than the author, so this will be both relatable and educational?

amzn.to/2D5foo9

54: Jade City by @FondaJLee

* First adult book by a YA author whose work I really enjoy
* Historical-ish fantasy, but in the near past!
* Gangsters!! Bike gangs?!
* Just got my library hold notification :)

amzn.to/2D0yFqH

55: Viral Airwaves by Claudie Arseneault @ClH2OArs

* Solarpunk novel! I want to read ALLL the solarpunk!
* Arospec Francophone Canadian author
* Recently rereleased book!

amzn.to/2qyosiI

56: Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation @sunvaultantho

* While we're at solarpunk... :)
* I had a poem and some line art in this but I still need to read the whole book!!
* Awesome lineup + cover (THAT COVER)

amzn.to/2CQnp2u

57: The Man Who Spoke Snakish by Andrus Kivirähk

* Estonian (!!!) quasi-medieval pagan fantasy
* Literally talking snakes
* Planning on reading it in Hungarian...
* But the American paperback edition is half off rn!

amzn.to/2CABsWr

58: My Soul to Keep (African Immortals #1) by Tananarive Due

* Been meaning to read this series forever!
* Love her work and she writes so good horror
* Contemporary dark fantasy / horror + Suddenly Immortals
* 3 more books if I liked this one!

amzn.to/2m42b6Q

AND here is the first book review from my TBR, it was #15 above:

Small Beauty by jia qing wilson-yang

bogireadstheworld.com/novel-small-be…

59: Reading the Hebrew Bible with Animal Studies by Ken Stone

* Bc sometimes I just need to read some Bible studies
* Gay author but this bk probably has nothing to do with that
* Sounds thought-provoking!
* Couldn't resist on uni library recent shelf :D

amzn.to/2ADOrov

60: Nine Continents by Xiaolu Guo

* ALSO couldn't resist on the uni library recent shelf
* Love her fiction; this is her memoir!
* Migration-related
* FIRST GEN MIGRANT BOOK, YES PLEASE

amzn.to/2CPqijX

61: The Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde

* The classic poetry collection
* No, I haven't read it yet. Now is the time!!!
* Black lesbian author

amzn.to/2CGkYw5

62: Pedal Zombies: Thirteen Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories ed. Elly Blue

* Sometimes you go to the library booksale and find stuff like this
* Seriously this is an anthology of FEMINIST ZOMBIE BICYCLE STORIES.
* Like. This is an actual thing

amzn.to/2Fep6F0

(I'm not a fan of zombies bc of the appropriation angle. But of course stories can engage with that. As for this book, I am sufficiently perplexed to try.)

63: Heiresses of Russ 2016: Year's Best Lesbian SFF ed. @AlyxDellamonica + @thesteveberman

* Another series of anthologies I collect, like Wilde Stories
* It was canceled, so this is the last volume? :~(
* Spouseperson's contributor copy!
* #translit too

amzn.to/2FbDrCa

64: The Bloodprint by Ausma Zehanat Khan @AusmaZehanat

* Epic fantasy + feminist + religion-themed!
* All queued up for it at the library
* First fantasy novel of experienced mystery author
* Start of a new series!
* #MuslimShelfSpace :)

amzn.to/2FccTkp

Continuing w more #MuslimShelfSpace!

65: Arab in America by Toufic El Rassi

* Nonfiction graphic novel!
* Recommended by the awesome @OmarjSakr (who is a great poet and editor!)
* Looks like a book not pulling any punches
* Just got from the libraryyyy

amzn.to/2mcddXs

66: Horizon by @fran_wilde

* Secondary world fantasy with cool worldbuilding
* Finale of a trilogy! I need to know how it ends!!
* Disability #ownvoices book
* YA/Adult crossover appeal :)

amzn.to/2FigcXi

67: The Woman Who Loved the Moon by Elizabeth A. Lynn

* Classic lesbian SFF short story collection!
* World Fantasy Award winner
* Out of print but available in ebook (I got print for $1 and I will savor it!)
* #DiverseClassics forever
* Rec by @quartzen

amzn.to/2FeilmV

68: Where the Stars Rise: Asian Science Fiction and Fantasy

* SUPER cool lineup both with big names and my short story author favs!
* It is TAUNTING me in the library so I'll probably read it fast :D
* Need to read the other Laksa anthologies too!

amzn.to/2CVF0WL

69: My Life in Jewish Renewal: A Memoir by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi

* Hippie counterculture stuff!
* He left Lubavitch to be unorthodox but still observant, which is basically me?
* Maybe MORE unorthodox?
* Pricyy but I got it from the uni library

amzn.to/2CFNE8n

70: Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Gay & Harvey & Martinez & Coates

* Superhero comics + afrofuturism + queerness!
* Loved the first issue (present from @ninocipri!) and @D_Libris got me the entire book just now!
* Will probably read this VERY soon

amzn.to/2CIT3f7

71: A Mind Apart: Travels in a Neurodiverse World by Susanne Antonetta

* Nonfiction, #ownvoices, AND it is from 2007!!
* I picked it up in @BookshopGhost back in Iowa & it's a SIGNED copy O.O
* It looked SUPER inclusive when I browsed it in the bookshop!

amzn.to/2FokRXS

72: Serpent's Reach by CJ Cherryh

* I really want to read more Cherryh this year
* I was possibly the last person on earth to find out she's queer!! (She's out!)
* This one is a standalone set in her Alliance/Union universe
* AND HAS AN INSECT GROUPMIND

amzn.to/2CWyuis

73: Flesh and Gold by Phyllis Gotlieb

* Looks like the kind of totally surreal 1980s-90s science fantasy that I love
* AND a mystery plot to add?!
* Canadian Jewish author
* TELEPATHIC SAUROPODS
* Got it as a present from Mitchell Hart of @blossomry :)

amzn.to/2CMQsk2

74: @capricioussf Diverse Pronouns issue!

* Book-length special issue!
* Trans editor!
* My print contributor copy is in the mail, but I already have the ebook ARC
* I developed this strategy of submitting to anthologies I want to read anyway :D

amzn.to/2r67fgE

75: Dead Boys by Gabrielle Squailia

* Bizarre genre-breaking book!
* Loved "Viscera" by the same author
* OMG wait I actually have a copy of this
* @bookdeviant is also reading it right now :) so I was reminded!
* More #translit!

amzn.to/2D2qLMH

76: Lily by Michael Thomas Ford (illos Staven Andersen)

* Grim queer fairytale for adults
* Absolutely beautifully illustrated!
* Got +1 extra copy from the publisher for a giveaway!

amzn.to/2D19rrh

77: Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar

* #ownvoices autobiographic YA with Cuban Jewish immigrant protagonist...
* ...who is hospitalized after a major injury
* Part of my library book hoarding. um. LIBRARY BOOK HOARDING
* Nice sale on the hardcover rn!

amzn.to/2D1Ltw2

78: Hurricane Heels by @visyap

* Novella about a team of magical girls!!
* Making this TBR list made me realize I had an ebook reviewer copy of this!
* @ClowderofTwo recommended this to me and he both has great taste and also knows what I tend to like :)

amzn.to/2DhRUP8

79: Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki, tr. Polly Barton

* Impulse library borrow because I love novellas :D
* AND it is the first book of a Japanese novella series!
* I had no idea, but that is such a yay
* It is about a sky-blue house. INTRIGUED

amzn.to/2ELiIEu

80: Frontier by Can Xue

* Multi-PoV novel #SFintranslation
* OMG I super wanted this and the library bought it for meeee (well, for everyone? :D )
* Chinese woman author!
* This was one of my most anticipated books of 2017

amzn.to/2GiYnYs

81: Orbital Cloud by Taiyo Fujii, tr. Timothy Silver

* Translated Japanese SF novel, near future hard SF (I think??)
* Loved his novel Gene Mapper (cool disabled character too)
* Also one of the "Must read before 2017 SFF awards voting" books for me :)

amzn.to/2DLZ2TY

82: Black Panther & The Crew: We Are the Streets by Coates, Harvey, Guice

* OK I know I already had a BP book on the list but this is written by different people
* I got this as a birthday present from @D_Libris!!
* I just want to read everything BP ok?

amzn.to/2rIalb0

83: The Gray House by Mariam Petrosian

* OMG I bought this back in Hungary and just getting around to reading it!
* A MASSIVE TOME by an Armenian woman writer
* Alllll my Russian friends who read it loved it
* Just came out in English! #SFinTranslation

amzn.to/2DTDPrf

84: Unquenchable Fire by Rachel Pollack

* Surreal contemporary fantasy classic from the early 1990s
* Trans woman author #translit
* All the occult things!!!
* Now also reprinted in SF Masterworks (I have an old hardcover)

amzn.to/2DGG9i4

85: Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid

* I loved her nonfiction "A Small Place" and this is her first novel!
* #ownvoices coming of age story set on Antigua
* I want to read ALllll of her books
* Black Jewish writer

amzn.to/2FolZK4

86: Regeneration: New Zealand Speculative Fiction II ed. Caro & Buchanan

* Short story anthology from Aotearoa New Zealand
* I got this as a present from my brother! (!)
* There are a bunch of authors from the region I follow & now to find more of them!

amzn.to/2BAgjdy

87: Sleeping Under the Tree of Life by Sheree Renée Thomas @blackpotmojo

* I started reading this collection and it was awesome and then it went into the moving boxes and...
* IT JUST CAME OUT OF THE MOVING BOXES!!
* I am a big fan!
* Black woman author

amzn.to/2EjGZlY

(Here I should probably say that I published some of the tiny poems in it in inkscrawl. :) )

I am unpacking more boxes and will add books in breaks :)

88: Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue

* #Ownvoices Cameroonian migrant story!!! (to the US)
* Was a huge hit when it came out
* Has the 2008-2009 financial crisis as its backdrop. Blurb - "Trapdoors in the American dream" sounds fascinating!

amzn.to/2DV7xsz

89: Swordspoint by @EllenKushner

* Bisexual swordspeople?!
* One of the big classics of queer fantasy
* No, I haven't read it yet (I read some of the tie-in stories). BUT NOW *rubs hands together*

amzn.to/2GF6Q8P

Sorry, I had to delete some tweets because of an issue with the thread! Reposting them now.

90: Nantais by @danialexis AKA Verity Reynolds

* #ActuallyAutistic ownvoices book
* Space opera + linguistics + aliens :)
* I just got a reviewer copy \O/

amzn.to/2GEVW2A

(Have you noticed that this is the THIRD #ownvoices #ActuallyAutistic adult SFF book in my 2018 TBR? So happy about this!)

91: One More Year by Sana Krasikov

* #ownvoices post-Soviet migration stories
* Jewish author from Ukraine
* Super well-received critically, but I did not see much conversation around it in the diverse lit community
* Her first novel just came out too!

amzn.to/2Fzq0vu

92: Veil by Rafia Zakaria

* Small nonfiction book
* Detailed #ownvoices explorations of different Muslim headcoverings and their cultural role
* Pakistani woman author
* Library impulse borrow :D
* I cover my head too (Jewish) so I like to read abt it!

amzn.to/2DWfimt

93: They Know Not What They Do by Jussi Valtonen

* Near-future Finnish hard SF written by a cognitive scientist!!
* #SFinTranslation came out recently both in EN & HU
* This is a massive tome :O
* Got it as a birthday present from my mom :)

amzn.to/2DSkqnu

I lose track of what I have included in the thread. @threadreaderapp please unroll :)