Books 100 & 101 of 2026: Of Princes and Beauties: Adult Erotic Faerie Tales, ed. Cecilia Tan; The Hungry Ghosts, by Shyam Selvadurai. #yishreads #americanliterature #srilankanliterature #canadianliterature

Books 98 & 99: We Met in Beijing, by Antony Tao; Lieutenant Kurosawa’s Errand Boy, by Warran Kulasegaran. #yishreads #chineseliterature #singlit

Books 96 & 97: Carnal: Banahaw, by Bambi Eloriaga-Amago, Roland Amago & BK Pena; Hot Girls Have Stomach Issues, by Kimberley Chia Qin. #yishreads #philippineliterature #singlit

Books 94 & 95 of 2026: It Would Be Night in Caracas, by Karina Sainz Borgo; Gossamer Years, by Michitsuna's Mother. #yishreads #venezuelanliterature #japaneseliterature

Books 92 & 93 of 2026: Sololand, by Hassan Blasim; Revenge, by Yoko Ogawa. #yishreads #iraqiliterature #japaneseliterature

Books 90 & 91 of 2026: The Mountains Sing, by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai; The Sarashina Diary, by Sugawara no Takasue no Musue. #yishreads #vietnameseliterature #japaneseliterature

Books 88 & 89 of 2026: Two Tails, by Kifurai; The Reason I Jump, by Naoki Higashida. #yishreads #indonesianliterature #japaneseliterature #bookstagram

Books 86 & 87 of 2026: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, by @silviamg.bsky.social; Voices from the Underworld: Chinese Hell deity worship in contemporary Singapore and Malaysia, by Fabian Graham. #yishreads #mexicanliterature #canadianliterature #singaporestudies #malaysianstudies #taoiststudies

Books 84 & 85 of 2026: Sailors, by Iffah Rostam; The In-Betweens and Other Stories, by Anna Griffin. #yishreads #singlit

Books 82 & 83 of 2026: Diné bahane': The Navajo Creation Story, by Paul G Zolbrod; Sublimation is Strange, by Koh Faith. #yishreads #americanliterature #singlit

I'm not doing so great right now. I've had horrible back pain for almost a week, but the meds are barely working & I don't have the funds to do more tests to help figure out what's wrong. If you could help me out so I could get some scans done, I'd appreciate it. www.gofundme.com/f/help-r-s-a...

My story "The Three Bussy Problem" is included in this bundle! (It's in the I Want That Twink Obliterated anthology.)

Books 80 & 81 of 2026: Reimagining Singapore's History: Essays on Pre-Colonial Roots and Modern Identity, ed. Matthew Oey; Reputations Live On: An Early Malay Autobiography, by Mohamed Salleh bin Perang. #yishreads #singaporehistory #malaysianliterature

Books 78 & 79 of 2026: In the Mirror: New and Selected Poems of Wong Phui Nam; They Flew: A History of the Impossible, by Carlos Eire. #yishreads #malaysianliterature #Christianhistory #europeanhistory

My May 2026 #YISHREADS column looks at Caribbean & Southeast Asian sci-fi, in line w Suspect journal's theme of Archipelagic Entanglements! Feat. works by @nalohop.bsky.social , @elianeboey.bsky.social , @boriscrito.bsky.social , Rexy Dorado & Karen Lord. singaporeunbound.org/suspect-jour...

Books 78 & 79 of 2026: The Earnest Mask, by Xi Ni Er; The Mythology Class, by Arnold Arre. #yishreads #singlit #philippineliterature

Books 76 & 77 of 2026: Club Contango, by @elianeboey.bsky.social ; The Oceans of Cruelty: Twenty-Five Tales of a Corpse Spirit, by Douglas J Penick. #yishreads #singlit #indianliterature

Books 74 & 75 of 2026: 1000 Character Classic, ed. Evelyn Lip; Midnight Robber, by @nalohop.bsky.social . #yishreads #chineseliterature #jamaicanliterature

Books 72 & 73 of 2026: The Story of Han Xiangzi, by Yang Erzeng; The Blue, Beautiful World, by Karen Lord. #yishreads #chineseliterature #barbadianliterature

Books 70 & 71 of 2026: Loong's Tales, ed. Lynn Sun; Sordidez, by E. G. Condé. #yishreads #chineseliterature #puertoricanliterature

Books 67, 68 & 69 of 2026: Wijaya Kusuma & Reyog by Akhmad Fadly; Elska: Singapore, ed. Liam Campbell. #yishreads #indonesianliterature #singlit (kinda)

Books 65 & 66 of 2026: A Tale of Two Tigers, by Hafidz Yakob; Perompak Antariksa Malin, by Jagad Raya. #yisheads #bruneianliterature #indonesianliterature

Books 63 & 64 of 2026: Tarsilah Brunei II: Period of Splendour and Fame, by Dr. Haji Awang Mohd; Singasisa, by Calvin Karim & Zaki Ragman. #yishreads #bruneianhistory #singlit

Books 61 & 62 of 2026: Tarsilah Brunei: The Early History of Brunei Up to 1432 AD, by Dr. Haji Awang Mohd; Staging the Supernatural: Ghosts and the Theater in Japanese Prints, by Kit Brooks & Frank Feltens. #yishreads #bruneianhistory #japaneseart

Books 59 & 60 of 2026: Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings, by Abolqasem Ferdowsi; Iban Woman, by Golda Mowe. #yishreads #iranianliterature #malaysianliterature

Books 57 & 58 of 2026: The 16 Dreams of King Pasenadi, by Bhante Suvanno; The Faggots & Their Friends Between Revolutions, by Larry Mitchell. #yishreads #malaysianliterature #buddhistliterature #americanliterature #queerliterature

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

Until 5 March!

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