Reading is Political

fluctusque Host

48 participants (337 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 9 works of fiction or nonfiction that are political in nature.

potential topics:

- feminism
- racism
- classism
- political systems
- utopia/dystopia
- political allegory and satire
- revolution and war
- history
- invisibilization
- political ideology and philosophy
- relationships and power
- colonialism
- migration
- lgbtqia+
- censorship
- justice system
- identity
- disillusionment
etc.

Reading is Political

fluctusque Host

48 participants (337 books)

STARTS: 01 Jan 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read at least 9 works of fiction or nonfiction that are political in nature.

potential topics:

- feminism
- racism
- classism
- political systems
- utopia/dystopia
- political allegory and satire
- revolution and war
- history
- invisibilization
- political ideology and philosophy
- relationships and power
- colonialism
- migration
- lgbtqia+
- censorship
- justice system
- identity
- disillusionment
etc.

Challenge Books

All books added

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 8 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 8
The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Seven Seas Edition) #8

Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou with Jun (Translator), Rui (Translator), Yu (Translator), St (Illustrator)

364 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional sad medium-paced

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 8 by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 8

The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Seven Seas Edition) #8

Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou with Jun (Translator), Rui (Translator), Yu (Translator), St (Illustrator)

364 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional sad medium-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance dark emotional sad medium-paced

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
Roxane Gay with Roxane Gay (Narrator)

5 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2017 (editions)

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body

Roxane Gay with Roxane Gay (Narrator)

5 hours, 57 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction feminism memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule

Desert of the Heart
Jane Rule with Traci Odom (Narrator)

7 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 1964 (editions)

fiction classics lgbtqia+ romance reflective slow-paced

fiction classics lgbtqia+ romance reflective slow-paced

Desert of the Heart by Jane Rule

Desert of the Heart

Jane Rule with Traci Odom (Narrator)

7 hours, 46 minutes • audio • 1964

fiction classics lgbtqia+ romance reflective slow-paced

fiction classics lgbtqia+ romance reflective slow-paced

Men in the Off Hours by Anne Carson

Men in the Off Hours
Anne Carson

166 pages • paperback • 2000 (editions)

nonfiction essays poetry challenging reflective slow-paced

nonfiction essays poetry challenging reflective slow-paced

Men in the Off Hours by Anne Carson

Men in the Off Hours

166 pages • paperback • 2000

nonfiction essays poetry challenging reflective slow-paced

nonfiction essays poetry challenging reflective slow-paced

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This is How You Lose the Time War
Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • paperback • 2019 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

This is How You Lose the Time War by Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

This is How You Lose the Time War

Max Gladstone, Amal El-Mohtar

198 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Cemetery Boys
Cemetery Boys #1

Aiden Thomas

352 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Cemetery Boys

Cemetery Boys #1

352 pages • hardcover • 2020

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

George Orwell: Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell, Series Classics In New Editions

George Orwell: Notes on Nationalism
George Orwell, Series Classics In New Editions

missing page info • digital (editions)

dark informative reflective slow-paced

dark informative reflective slow-paced

George Orwell: Notes on Nationalism by George Orwell, Series Classics In New Editions

George Orwell: Notes on Nationalism

George Orwell, Series Classics In New Editions

missing page info • digital

dark informative reflective slow-paced

dark informative reflective slow-paced

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney

338 pages • paperback • 2017 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney

Conversations with Friends

338 pages • paperback • 2017

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary romance emotional reflective medium-paced

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • paperback • 2019 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

1Q84
1Q84 #1-3

Haruki Murakami with Jay Rubin (Translator), Philip Gabriel (Translator)

1318 pages • paperback • 2009 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism adventurous mysterious slow-paced

fiction literary magical realism adventurous mysterious slow-paced

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

1Q84

Haruki Murakami with Jay Rubin (Translator), Philip Gabriel (Translator)

1318 pages • paperback • 2009

fiction literary magical realism adventurous mysterious slow-paced

fiction literary magical realism adventurous mysterious slow-paced

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