Read / Currently Reading
π―: I loved this!
π³οΈβπ: contains LGBTQ+ characters
π§πΎ: written by authors of color
β οΈ: started but not finished, will come back to it at some point
memoirs / nonfiction / essays
- A Brief History of Time, Stephen Hawking
- A Moveable Feast, Ernest Hemingway
- Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India, Sujatha Gidla π§πΎ
- Bad Feminist, Roxane Gay π³οΈβπ π§πΎ
- Becoming, Michelle Obama π― π§πΎ
- Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood, Trevor Noah π§πΎ
- Cosmos, Carl Sagan
- Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life, Ali Wong π§πΎ
- Educated, Tara Westover
- How We Fight For Our Lives, Saeed Jones π³οΈβπ π§πΎ β οΈ
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou π§πΎ
- I’m Afraid of Men, Vivek Shraya π³οΈβπ π§πΎ
- In the Dream House, Carmen Maria Machado π³οΈβπ π§πΎ
- It’s Not About the Burqa, Mariam Khan π§πΎ
- Long Walk To Freedom, Nelson Mandela π§πΎ
- Malevolent Republic: A Short History of New India, K.S. Komireddi π§πΎ
- Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit
- Small Acts of Freedom, Gurmehar Kaur π§πΎ
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm X and Alex Haley π§πΎ
- The Diary of a Young Girl, Anne Frank π―
- The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, Siddhartha Mukherjee π§πΎ
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot
- Thick: And Other Essays, Tressie McMillan Cottom π§πΎ
- We Should All Be Feminists, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie π§πΎ
sci-fi / fantasy
- A Series of Unfortunate Events, Lemony Snicket
- A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin β οΈ
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
- American Gods, Neil Gaiman
- Artemis Fowl series, Eoin Colfer
- Black Sun (Between Earth and Sky #1), Rebecca Roanhorse π³οΈβππ§πΎπ―
- Fevered Star (Between Earth and Sky #2), Rebecca Roanhorse π§πΎ
- Tread of Angels, Rebecca Roanhorse π§πΎ
- Dune, Frank Herbert
- Earthsea Cycle, Ursula K. Le Guin
- Exhalation: Stories, Ted Chiang π§πΎ
- Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
- Gods of Jade and Shadow, Silvia Moreno-Garcia π§πΎπ―
- Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno-Garcia π§πΎπ―
- Good Omens, Neil Gaiman
- Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke
- Kindred, Octavia E. Butler π§πΎ
- Lockwood & Co. Series, Jonathan Stroud π―
- Norse Mythology, Neil Gaiman
- Peter Pan, J.M. Barrie
- Remembrance of Earth’s Past Series, Liu Cixin π§πΎ
- Stardust, Neil Gaiman β οΈ
- The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Jonathan Stroud π―
- The Ring of Solomon, Jonathan Stroud π―(prequel)
- The Broken Earth Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin π―π³οΈβππ§πΎ
- The Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis
- The City We Became, N. K. Jemisin π§πΎπ―
- The World We Make, N. K. Jemisin π§πΎ
- The Dark Tower series, Stephen King
- The Empress of Salt and Fortune, Nghi Vo π§πΎ
- The Faraway Tree Series, Enid Blyton π―
- The Harry Potter Series, J. K. Rowling
- The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins π―
- The Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini
- The Inheritance Trilogy, N. K. Jemisin π³οΈβππ§πΎ
- The Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien π―
- The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkie π―(prequel)
- The Silmarillion, J. R. R. Tolkien (Prequel)
- The Children of HΓΊrin, J. R. R. Tolkien / Christopher Tolkien (Prequel) β οΈ
- The Lunar Chronicles, Marissa Meyer
- The Mortal Instruments series, Cassandra Clarke
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane, Neil Gaiman β οΈ
- The Time Travelers Wife, Audrey Niffenegger
- This Is How You Lose the Time War, Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone π§πΎ
- Wild Seed, Octavia E. Butler π§πΎ
graphic novels
- Batman: Knightfall
- Batman: The Killing Joke, Alan Moore
- Batman: The Long Halloween, Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale π―
- Batman Dark Victory, Jeph Loeb and Tim SaleΒ (sequel) π―
- Batman Arkham Asylum,Β Grant Morrison and Dave McKean
- Batman Year One, Frank Miller andΒ David Mazzucchelli π―
- Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, Frank Miller & John Romita Jr. Β π―
- Daredevil: Born Again, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli
- Kingdom Come, Mark Waid and Alex Ross
- Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi π§πΎπ―
- Saga, Brian K. Vaughan andΒ Fiona Staples π³οΈβπ
- The Complete Maus, Art Spiegelman π―
- The Sandman Series, Neil Gaiman
- Thor: The God of Thunder, Jason Aaron and Esad RibiΔ
- Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader?, by Neil Gaiman π―
- Watchmen, Alan Moore
- Gotham by Gaslight,Β Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola
- V for Vendetta, Alan Moore and David Lloyd
- Injustice: Gods Among Us
- Year One π―
- Year Two π―
- Year Three
- Year Four
- Year Five
young adult
- A Wrinkle in Time, Madeleine L’Engle
- Charlie And The Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
- Charlotte’s Web, E.B. White
- Eleanor & Park, Rainbow Rowell
- Looking For Alaska, John Green
- Matilda, Roald Dahl
- Paper Towns, John Green
- The Book Thief, Markus Zusak π―
- The Call of the Wild, Jack London
- The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
- The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas π§πΎ
- The Perks of being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky π³οΈβπ
- They Both Die at the End, Adam Silvera π³οΈβπ
classics
- 1984, George Orwell
- Animal Farm, George Orwell
- Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy
- Anne Of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery
- Black Beauty, Anna Sewell
- Catch-22, Joseph Heller
- Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
- Gulliver’s Travels, Jonathan Swift
- Jane Eyre, Charlotte BrontΓ«
- Kafka on the Shore, Haruki Murakami
- Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
- Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
- Lord Of The Flies, William Golding
- Love In The Time Of Cholera, Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez
- Monday or Tuesday, Virginia Woolf
- Murder on the Orient Express, Agatha Christie
- Norwegian Wood, Haruki Murakami
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Ken Kesey
- One Hundred Years Of Solitude, Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez
- Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen
- Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain
- The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
- The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
- The Color Purple, Alice Walker π§πΎ
- The Count Of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas π§πΎ
- The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo
- The Jungle Book, Rudyard Kipling
- The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-ExupΓ©ry π―
- The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde π³οΈβπ
- This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald β οΈ
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee π―
- Treasure Island, Robert Louis Stevenson
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
poetry
- Ariel, Sylvia Plath
- Collected Poems, W. B. Yeats
- Crush, Richard Siken π― π³οΈβπ
- Clap When You Land, Elizabeth Acevedo π§πΎ
- Even This Page Is White, Vivek Shraya π³οΈβπ π§πΎ
- Femme in Public, Alok Vaid-Menon π³οΈβπ π§πΎ
- If They Come for Us, Fatimah Asghar π§πΎπ―
- Songs of Innocence and Experience, William Blake
- Teaching My Mother How to Give Birth, Warsan Shire π§πΎ
- The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson
- The Iliad, Homer
- The Odyssey, Homer
- The Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
- The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo π§πΎ
- The Prelude, William Wordsworth
- The Princess Saves Herself in This One, Amanda Lovelace
- Night Sky with Exit Wounds, Ocean Vuong π³οΈβππ§πΎ
fiction / contemporary
- A Fine Balance, Rohinton Mistry π―π§πΎ
- A Place for Us, Fatima Farheen Mirza π§πΎ
- A Suitable Boy, Vikram Seth π§πΎ
- A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini π― π§πΎ
- All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
- And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini π§πΎ
- Angels & Demons, Dan Brown
- Beloved, Toni Morrison π§πΎ
- Chowringhee, Sankar π§πΎ
- Circe, Madeline Miller π― π³οΈβπ
- Crying in H-Mart, Michelle Zauner π§πΎ
- Coyote Songs, Gabino Iglesias π§πΎ
- Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Gail Honeyman
- Em and the big Hoom, Jerry Pinto π§πΎ β οΈ TW
- English, August, Upamanyu Chatterjee π§πΎ
- Everything I Never Told You, Celeste Ng π§πΎ
- Family Matters, Rohinton Mistry π§πΎ
- Friday Black, Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah π§πΎ
- Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
- Homegoing, Yaa Gyasi π§πΎ
- Interpreter of Maladies, Jhumpa Lahiri π§πΎ
- Istanbul: Memories and the City, Orhan Pamuk
- Life of Pi, Yann Martel
- Little Fires Everywhere, Celeste Ng π§πΎ
- Love Story, Erich SegalΒ
- Malgudi Days, R.K. Narayanan π§πΎ
- Maurice, E.M. Forster π³οΈβπ
- Maximum City, Suketu Mehta π§πΎ
- Memoirs Of A Geisha, Arthur Golden
- Midnight’s Children, Salman Rushdie π§πΎ β οΈ
- Nefertiti, Michelle MoranΒ
- Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro π§πΎ
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong π³οΈβπ π§πΎ β οΈ
- Pachinko, Min Jin Lee π― π§πΎ
- Red Clocks, Leni Zumas
- Shantaram, Gregory David Roberts
- Tales from Firozsha Baag, Rohinton Mistry π― π§πΎ
- Thackeray Mansion, Sankar β οΈ π§πΎ
- The Blue Umbrella, Ruskin Bond π§πΎ
- The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown
- The God Of Small Things, Arundhati Roy π―π§πΎ
- The Great Alone, Kristin Hannah
- The Heretic Queen, Michelle Moran
- The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams
- The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai π§πΎ
- The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini π― π§πΎ
- The Lives of Others, Neel Mukherjee π§πΎ
- The Lowland, Jhumpa Lahiri
- The Midnight Library, Matt Haig
- The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri π§πΎ
- The Nickel Boys, Colson Whitehead π§πΎ
- The Other Americans, Laila Lalami π§πΎ
- The Other One: Stories, Hasanthika Sirisena π§πΎ
- The Quilt and other stories, Ismat Chugtai π―π³οΈβππ§πΎ
- The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taylor Jenkins Reid
- The Song of Achilles, Madeline Miller π― π³οΈβπ
- The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera
- The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead π§πΎ
- The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett π―π§πΎ
- The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga π§πΎ
- There There, Tommy Orange π§πΎβ οΈ
- Train to Pakistan, Khushwant Singh π§πΎ
- Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri π―π§πΎ
- Untouchable, Mulk Raj Anand
- When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife, Meena Kandasamy π§πΎ
- Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens