The 2022 Reading The Other Challenge - hosted by readingtheother

queer author who isn't from the west
pick a book by a queer author who isn't from north america or europe
All books added
Confessions of a Mask by Yukio Mishima

Confessions of a Mask

Yukio Mishima

224 pages • first pub 1949 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ reflective slow-paced
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty

Akwaeke Emezi

279 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
If They Come for Us: Poems by Fatimah Asghar

If They Come for Us: Poems

Fatimah Asghar

1 hour, 22 minutes • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction feminism poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Boys Run the Riot, Volume 1 by Keito Gaku

Boys Run the Riot, Volume 1

Boys Run the Riot #1

Keito Gaku

244 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ manga young adult emotional hopeful inspiring fast-paced
X-Gender Vol. 1 by Asuka Miyazaki

X-Gender Vol. 1

X-Gender #1

Asuka Miyazaki

157 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ manga memoir emotional funny reflective medium-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

394 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
The Genesis of Misery by Neon Yang

The Genesis of Misery

Neon Yang

417 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous medium-paced
The Tower of the Antilles by Achy Obejas

The Tower of the Antilles

Achy Obejas

150 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ short stories emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

248 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo

The Chosen and the Beautiful

Nghi Vo

8 hours, 52 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary magical realism emotional reflective slow-paced