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the complete maya angelou
don't call us dead by danez smith
all the flowers kneeling by paul tran
time is a mother by ocean vuong
madness by sam sax
mayakovsky's revolver by matthew dickman
soft science by franny choi
thief in the interior by phillip b williams
ariel by sylvia plath
calling a wolf a wolf by kaveh akbar
together and by ourselves by alex dimitrov
not here by hieu minh nguyen
brute by emily skaja
post colonial love poem by natalie diaz
unaccompanied by javier zamora
prelude to bruise by saeed jones
howl & other poems by allen ginsberg
the big book of exit strategies by jamaal may
look by solmaz sharif
the crown ain't worth much by hanif abdurraqib
eyes bottle dark with a mouthful of flowers by jake skeets
finna by nate marshall
autopsy by donte collins
a place called no homeland by kai cheng thom
lunch poems by frank o'hara
lessons on expulsion by erika l sanchez
the new testament by jericho brown
said the manic to the muse by jeanann verlee
space struck by paige lewis
safe houses i have known by steve healey
the wound is a world by billy-ray belcourt
nature poem by tommy pico
owed by josua bennett
felon by reginald dwayne betts
come on all you ghosts by matthew zapruder
bluets by maggie nelson
life of the poetry by olivia gatwood
perennial by kelly forsythe
contradictions in the design by matthew olzmann
the big smoke by adrian matejka
peluda by melissa lozada-oliva
american sonnets for my past & future assassins by terrance hayes
king me by roger reeves
in a dream you saw a way to survive by clementine von radics
an ever-updating masterpost of books i've recommended. please check these before you ask for recommendations in case they've been covered —
fiction
"the tragedy still happened, but it was important that the love was there"
japanese literature
korean literature [1], [2]
gothic writing
spooky adult horror gothic
some favourites
marathi books
some ruskin bond
indian fiction [1], [2], historical fiction, stories, [3], [4]
non-fiction
general assorted ones i like
some favourites
about people living through crises
on geopolitics, foreign policy, international affairs
on political philsophy
vaguely sociology
biographies
on economic history
on the silk route
on prisons, convict labour
on afghanistan, soviet invasion, terror
capitalism
on language and linguistics
on the ancient and prehistoric world
just a bunch on india
the indus valley
indian aestheticism, art
gupta empire
sangam literature
on the northeast
india and southeast asia
nur jahan, mughal women | more
islamic conquest and state-making
on kashmir
assorted nonfiction
colonisation and aftereffects
on nationalism
on cities
on mumbai
on bollywood in bombay
on cities
on delhi
on kolkata
essays
history, migration, labour
art, reading, travel, gender, sports
nature, climate, some history
political economy, environmental and urban history, cartography and space
my comfort books
light reading
books that have got me out of my slumps
on art, photography, aesthetics, design [1], [2], [3]
on the environment
just some story and essay collections
I have seen many videos of this tag on Youtube and to ne honest, it looked like fun so I have decided to do although no has tagged me.
1. A popular book or series you didn’t like. For me, I would go with A Darker Shade of Magic. The book felt quite plain and I didn’t enjoy the writing style at all. I was extremely disappointed with this book and it was this book that gelped me to realise that I didn’t have to read the hyped up books all the time.
2. A popular book or series that you love but everyone else hates. For this, I’m going with The Maze Runner series. Almost everyone of my friends has read some of the first book and told be that that they didn’t like it and it was really bad. When asked why I like it, I always say that it’s because of the interesting story and the charcaters and their reactions in different situations.
3. An Otp that you hate. Clace. I am being completely honest when I say that I hated them from the beginning and will always hate them. When I first read City of Bones, I loved it and its characters. All of them except for Clary and Jace. I found Clary to be an annoyingly rude teenager who was always making stupid decisions without thinking of the consquences for others. Jace was a stupid teenager who thought he was better than everyone ( And yes, I do know why he does this but its still annoying) and thinks that he’s cool with all of his one liners. They both hurt my brain and when they got together, I rolled my eyes, closed the book and went to watched some TV because i knew that were a big thing in the next 3 books. I had to prepare myself.
4. A popular genre that you hardly reach for. Historical Fiction. I only own one book in the genre and I haven’t read it yet. It’s not that I’m not interested but rather I’m trying to focus on finishing the series i own instead of buying starter books to series. Most of the series on my book shelf and unfinished and the ones that aren’t, I haven’t even gotten midway through.
5. A popular character that you didn’t like
Clary. I won’t repeat myself. I dont want to break my new phone.
6. A popular author you can’t get into. John Green. A friend of mine recommended Paper Towns to me but when I picked it up, I just didn’t it. The book was uninteresting to me and I didn’t enjoy reading it so I DNF’D it. I tried again with Looking for Alaska and had the same result. John Green isn’t for me.
7. A popular trope you’re tired of seeing. A love triangle between a bad boy and best friend who has had a crush on them the entire time. I have read many stories with love triangles but I have not found a single one that hasn’t annoyed me in one way or another.
8. A popular book or series you have no interest in reading. Any Colleen Hoover book. I have only read one contemporary and while I liked it, it made me realised that I was someone who only really had a great time reading when it was fantasy.
9. A movie or Tv show you liked better than the book. For this, I don’t have anything. I’ve NEVER liked an adaptation more than the source material.
So that was the unpopular opinions book tag. I hope you enjoyed this post!! ☺
“She stands out in a way no rambunctious crowd or stuffy room could hold back.
She is the room.
She’s the diamond chandelier people awe at.”