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book list

a list of books (and book-related things) i like and (would) recommend to people. it's sorted alphabetically by the author's last name, most are in english but there migt be a few german ones, and comments are (in brackets and italic)

symbols and their meaning:

• ⚠ - i would recommend checking the content notes
• ⚠ ⚠ - seriously, content notes
• ☆ - on books: one of my favorites; on authors: when i see their name on it, i'll probably read the book, or at least i'll really, really want to read it.
• ✑ - quotes from this are in the quote collection

a

• Nour Abi-Nakhoul ☆
  • Supplication ⚠ ✑
• Mona Awad
  • Bunny

b

• Agustina Bazterrica
  • Tender Is The Flesh ⚠ ⚠ ✑
• Lexie Bean (as editor)
  • Written On The Body ⚠ ⚠ (non-fiction)

c

• Chugong
  • Solo Leveling (web and light novel series, webtoon)

d

• Osamu Dazai
  • No Longer Human ⚠

e

• Akwaeke Emezi ☆
  • Freshwater ⚠

f

• Gretchen Felker-Martin ☆
  • Black Flame ⚠ ✑
• Joseph Fink
  • with Jeffrey Cranor: Welcome To Night Vale
• Mark Fisher ☆

g

• Lor Gislason ☆
• Mira Grant ☆
• Sierra Greer
  • Annie Bot

h

• Caroline Hardaker
  • Mothtown ⚠
• Eve Harms
  • Transmuted ⚠
• Henry Hoke
  • Open Throat

k

• Cassandra Khaw ☆
  • The Library At Hellbore ⚠
• T. Kingfisher ☆
  • The Twisted Ones
  • What Moves The Dead
  • A House With Good Bones
  • The Hollow Places
• TK Klune
  • The House In The Cerulean Sea
• R. F. Kuang ☆
  • The Poppy War ⚠
  • Babel

l

• Derek Landy ☆
• Laura Leupi
  • Das Alphabet der sexualisierten Gewalt ⚠ (non-fiction)

m

• Katie Mack
  • The End Of Everything (non-fiction)
• Martin M. Mächler
  • i left my body behind ⚠
• Lee Mandelo
  • The Woods All Black ⚠
• Madeline Miller
  • The Song Of Achilles
• Lottie Mills ☆
  • Monstrum (short story collection)
• Ottessa Moshfegh
  • My Year Of Rest And Relaxation
• Tamsyn Muir ☆
  • Gideon the Ninth
  • Harrow the Ninth
  • Nona the Ninth
• Sayaka Murata
  • Earthlings

n

• Sylvain Neuvel
  • Sleeping Giants
  • Waking Gods

p

• Max Porter
  • Grief Is The Thing With Feathers
• Hailey Piper ☆
• Dr. Devon Price
  • Unmasking Autism (non-fiction)

r

• Rick Riordan
  • with Mark Oshiro: The Sun And The Star
• Alison Rumfitt ☆
  • tell me i'm worthless ⚠ ⚠
  • brainwyrms ⚠ ⚠

s

• V. E. Schwab ☆
  • Vicious
  • Vengeful
• Jordan Shiveley
  • Hot Singles In Your Area
• Jonathan Sims ☆
  • Thirteen Storeys (short story collection)
  • Family Business
• Lucy A. Snyder
  • Sister, Maiden, Monster

t

• Chuck Tingle ☆
  • Straight
  • Camp Damascus
  • Lucky Day

v

• Jeff VanderMeer ☆
  • Annihilation
• Brendon Vidito ☆
  • Pornography For The End Of The World ⚠ ⚠ (short story collection)

w

• Martha Wells
  • The Murderbot Diaries
• Andrew Joseph White ☆
  • Hell Followed With Us ⚠
  • The Spirit Bares Its Teeth ⚠
  • Compound Fracture ⚠
  • You Were Never Meant To Be Human ⚠ ⚠
• Won-pyung Sohn
  • Almond
• Alex Wrekk
  • Stolen Sharpie Revolution (non-fiction, other format)