Books 55 & 56 of 2026: Horatio Archibald Marmaduke: What My Father Wanted to Call Me, by Pauline Gan; Philippine Metrical Romances, eds. Rosita Ventura Castro, Antolina T Antonio, Patricia Melendez-Cruz, Josefina T Mariano & Rosella Jean Makasiar-Puno. #yishreads #singlit #philippineliterature

Books 53 & 54 of 2026: Emperor Shaka the Great, by Mazisi Kunene; The Missing Anthology: Stories from Singapore's Sex Workers, eds. Vanessa Ho, Raksha Mahtani & nor. #yishreads #southafricanliterature #singlit

I'm assured by writer friends that one good thing you can do to support them is to buy not just new releases but explore their backlists. Read SF/fantasy? Like queer stuff? I am part way through a project looking at great queer SFF from the 2020s. 2021 is here, and... 1/2

Books 51 & 52 of 2026: The Sibyl, by Hamant Singh; Babad Tanah Jawa: The Chronicles of Java, trans & ed. Willem Remmelink. #yishreads #singlit #indonesianliterature #indonesianhistory

Books 49 & 50 of 2026: Slow Boat to China & Other Stories, by Ng Kim Chew; Hexwood, by Diana Wynne Jones. #yishreads #malaysianliterature #britishliterature

Books 47 & 48 of 2026: How We've Already Forgotten, by Gwee Li Sui; Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global, by Laura Spinney. #yishreads #singlit #worldhistory #linguistics

Books 45 & 46 of 2026: Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore, 1819-1942, by Timothy P Barnard; The Tale of Khun Chang Khun Phaen. #yishreads #singaporehistory #thailiterature

Books 43 & 44 of 2026: Ghost Hunters of Geylang, by Xie Shi Min; Jumpnauts, by Hao Jingfang. #yishreads #singlit #chineseliterature

Books 41 & 42 of 2026: Banaag at Sikat (Radiance and Sunrise), by Lope K Santos; Revathi: a Life in Trans Activism, by A Revathi. #yishreads #philippineliterature #indianliterature #queerliterature

Books 39 & 40 of 2026: Fragile Magics, by Ryo Alfar; Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, by @doctorow.pluralistic.net . #yishreads #philippineliterature #americanstudies

Books 37 & 38 of 2026: Atang, by Benj Gabun Sumabat; Culture: A New World History, by Martin Puchner. #yishreads #philippineliterature #worldhistory

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Books 35 & 36 of 2026: The Intercession, by Juno Pongan, Isa Lozada & Gwenevie Quambao Bayaua; Tablay, the Graphic Novel: Phase 00, by Katrina Olan & Paul Medalla. #yishreads #philippineliterature

Books 33 & 34 of 2026: The Legend of Mariang Makiling, by José Rizal; Lost Goddesses, Missing Monstresses, by Michellan Sarile-Alagao. ##yishreads #philippineliterature

Books 31 & 32 of 2026: Closet Queeries, by J. Neil C. Garcia; Indonesia and Not, by Max Lane. #yishreads #philippineliterature #indonesianliterature #australianliterature

Books 29 & 30 of 2026: Bakokak, by Gerry Alanguilan & Kevin Ray Valentino; Vanishing World, by Sayaka Murata. #yishreads #philippineliterature #japaneseliterature

Books 27 & 28 of 2026: The Old Cat & The Mystery of the Golden Sphere, by Ni Kuang & Wee Tian Beng. #yishreads #hongkongliterature #sgart

Books 25 & 26 of 2026: We Saw Mountains, by Diana Rahim; Heavenly Tyrant, by @xiranjayzhao.bsky.social. #yishreads #singlit #canadianliterature

Books 23 & 24 of 2026: The Unrepentant, By Sharmini Aphrodite; Ren Hang, ed. Dian Hanson. #yishreads #malaysianliterature #chineseart

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Books 21 & 22 of 2026: dream girl, loading, by Adeline Loh; Your Utopia, by Bora Chung. #yishreads #singlit #koreanliterature

Books 19 & 20 of 2026: Bubble G.U.M., by Happy Smiley; Writing the Other, by @nisishawl.bsky.social & @cynthiaward.bsky.social . #yishreads #singlit #americanliterature

Books 17 & 18 of 2026: Escape from Reality, eds. Maisarah Abu Samah & Joelyn Yep; Dictionary of Philippine Mythology, by Ferdinand Blumentritt. #yishreads #singlit #malaysianliterature #philippinestudies

Books 15 & 16 of 2026: 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, by Eric H Cline; Happiness at the End of the World, by Happy Smiley & Friends. #yishreads #worldhistory #singlit

Books 13 & 14 of 2026: Zoo City, by @laurenbeukes.com ; The Joy of a Left Hand, by Liang Wern Fook. #yishreads #southafricanliterature #singlit

Books 11 & 12 of 2026: Things That Are Beautiful Do Not Always Speak to You, by Bella Stoddart; Small Droll Things, by Zhang Ruihe. #yishreads #singlit

Books 9 & 10 of 2026: Invitation to a Banquet: The Story of Chinese Food, by Fuchsia Dunlop; How to Love the Sun, by Justina Lim. #yishreads #Chinesestudies #singlit

Books 7 & 8 of 2026: The Poems of Hamzah Fansuri, eds. GWJ Drewes & LF Brakel; The Seed from the Tree, by Rosemary Lim. #yishreads #indonesianliterature #singlit

Books 5 & 6 of 2026: Ponniyin Selvan Volume 2: Whirlwinds, by Kalki; The Mystical Mister Kay, by Meihan Boey. #yishreads #indianliterature #singlit

Books 3 & 4 of 2026: Speculative Insight December 2025, ed. Alexandria Pierce; Waves Rising: Collected Works of Ho Poh Fun & Responses, ed. Ann Ang. #yishreads #criticism #singlit

Books 1 & 2 of 2026: The Railway Children, by E. Nesbit; Socialist Realism, by Trisha Low. #yishreads #britishliterature #singlit #americanliterature

Books 184 & 185 of 2025: Mapping New Stars: A Sourcebook on Philippine Speculative Fiction, eds. Gabriela Lee, Anna Felicia Sanchez & Sydney Paige Guerrero; Ginsberg, Sing Me a Jiwang Song, by nor. #yishreads #philippineliterature #singlit

Books 182 & 183 of 2025: Fearfully & Wonderfully Made: Stories from Conversion Therapy Survivors in Singapore, by Koh An Ting; Delay: a Comics Anthology, eds. Charis Loke & Paolo Chikiamco. #yishreads #singlit #southeastasianliterature

This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I didn't bother reading it (thank you for doing the unpleasant work, Kate!) but what bothers me most about this, I think, is the smug implication by the 'writer' that her time is so much more important than the reader's. "I use AI because I have better things to do than write for you!"

Books 180 & 181 of 2025: All That Is Left of the Sea, by Alvin Pang; Lords of Earth and Sea: A History of the Chola Empire, by Anirudh Kanisetti. #yishreads #singlit #indianhistory

I have been chewing on this nutshell discussion of solarpunk for days now. youtu.be/hHI61GHNGJM?...

Books 178 & 179 of 2025: An Ordinary Tale About Women, by Fatimah Busu; The Silk Roads, by Peter Frankopan. #yishreads #malaysianliterature #worldhistory

Books 176 & 177 of 2025: Bandits of Batavia, Issues 1 & 2, by Bryan Valenza et al. #yishreads #indonesianliterature

Books 174 & 175 of 2025: Shubeik Lubeik, by Deena Mohamed; Woman on Top, by Loretta Chen. #yishreads #Egyptianliterature #singlit

Books 171, 172 & 173 of 2025: Classical Poems by Arab Women, ed. Abdullah al-Udhari; Six Plays & Student Plays, by Desmond Sim. #yishreads #arabicliterature #singlit

Books 169 & 170 of 2025: Undine's Blessing, by Tessa Hastjarjanto; Amok, by Anna Tan. #yishreads #dutchliterature #malaysianliterature

Books 167 & 168 of 2025: Why Palestine?, by Walid Jumblatt Abdullah; 98 Wounds, by Justin Chin. #yishreads #singlit #malaysianliterature #americanliterature

Books 163 & 164 of 2025: Maharlika, Volumes 1 & 2, by Rexy Dorado & John Ray. #yishreads #philippineliterature

Books 161 & 162 of 2025: Fantasies of the Six Dynasties, by Tsai Chih Chung; Twin Cities, eds. Joshua Ip & Tammy Ho Lai-Ming. #yishreads #chineseliterature #taiwaneseart #singlit #hongkongliterature

Books 159 & 160 of 2025: The Phantom of the Opera, by Gaston Leroux; Of Jade & Dragons, by Amber Chen. #yishreads #frenchliterature #singlit

Books 157 & 158 of 2025: Brighton Sorrow, by Jonathan Chan; The Making of Ubud, by Richard Mann. #yishreads #singlit #indonesianhistory

Books 155 & 156 of 2025: Finding Chopin, by Rachel Tey; The Homeward Bounders, by Diana Wynne Jones. #yishreads #singlit #britishliterature

Books 153 & 154 of 2025: Geungsi Volume 1: Geungsi in the House, by Sean Lam; Katabasis, by RF Kuang. #yishreads #singlit #americanliterature

Books 151 & 152 of 2025: You Don't See the Sky: Life Behind Bars in Singapore, by Transformative Justice Collective; The Story of Leyla & Majnun, by Nizami. #yishreads #singaporestudies # #persianliterature #azerbaijaniliterature