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jjkeverlastreads · 1 year

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my reading list 2022/23

✎ here's my on-going reading list of fics i'm either gonna read or are reading at this moment throughout 2022/23! a huge thanks and praise to all the amazing authors on this platform that continue to write wonderful stories and share them with the world! <3

ON-GOING SERIES

CARVED by @haliiimede [3/?] ≫ pairing demon!jungkook x angel!reader ≫ genre/aus urban fantasy!au, dystopian, smut ≫ trope enemies to semi-lovers ≫ rating 18+

LOOK DOWN ON ME LIKE THAT by @here2bbtstrash [8/?] ≫ pairing yoongi x reader ≫ genre/aus angst, office!au, smut ≫ trope slow burn enemies to lovers/hatefucking coworkers ≫ rating 18+

TWIRL FOR ME by @gimmethatagustd [3/?] ≫ pairing dad!yoongi x f.reader (ft. jungkook) ≫ genre/aus slow burn, angst, fluff, smut ≫ trope strangers to lovers ≫ rating 18+

FEELING IN CHAOS by @here4btsfics [3/7] ≫ pairing jungkook x f.reader ≫ genre/aus angst, fluff, smut, college!au, best friend's brother!au ≫ trope friends to lovers ≫ rating 18+

DANGER ZONE by @jeonjcngkook [1/5] ≫ pairing boxer!jungkook x f.reader ≫ genre/aus fluff, smut, boxing!au, sex bans ≫ trope established relationship ≫ rating 18+

BUNNY by @btssmutgalore [4/6] ≫ pairing camboy!jungkook x reader ≫ genre/aus camboy!au, smut, angst ≫ trope friends to lovers ≫ rating 18+

BICKER by @btssmutgalore [6/?] ≫ pairing taehyung x reader ≫ genre/aus cabin trip!au, smut, angst ≫ trope enemies to lovers ≫ rating 18+

ALL I WANT by @sxtaep [5/6] ≫ pairing fuckboy!jungkook x best friend!f.reader ≫ genre/aus fluff, smut, college!au ≫ trope best friends to lovers ≫ rating 18+

BLACKOUT by @jjungxkook [2/3] ≫ pairing jungkook x reader ≫ genre/aus smut, fluff, angst, roommate!au, college!au, ≫ trope best friends to lovers ≫ rating 18+

SUGA'S HOW-TO GUIDE by @haliiimede [4/?] ≫ pairing camboy!yoongi x f.reader ≫ genre/aus camboy!au, pwp, drabble series!! ≫ trope friends to lovers ≫ rating 18+

AS WE WERE by @archivedkookie [9/?] ≫ pairing jungkook x f.reader ≫ genre/aus infidelity!au, divorce!au, eventual smut, heavy angst ≫ trope none! (it's hard to know if they'll get back together or not) ≫ rating 18+

COLLATERAL by @nabiolive [12/20] ≫ pairing min yoongi x reader ≫ genre/aus mafia au, smut, angst, fluff ≫ trope strangers to lovers ≫ rating 21+ [read the warnings for better understanding!]

FINISHED SERIES

INTERSECT by @shina913 [10/10] ≫ pairing kim namjoon x f.reader (ft. yoongi & OT7) ≫ genre/aus office!au, fluff, angst, smut ≫ trope enemies to lovers ≫ rating 18+

COMPLETE FAITH by @daechwitatamic [10/10] ≫ pairing taehyung x f.reader ≫ genre/aus angst, office!au ≫ trope coworkers to lovers to idiots to lovers again ≫ rating 18+

ONLY HERE TO SIN by @gimmethatagustd [4/4] ≫ pairing fuckboy!taehyung x f.reader (ft. namjoon) ≫ genre/aus infidelity!au, angst, smut ≫ trope enemies to lovers ≫ rating 18+

ONE SHOTS

ROCKSTAR 101 by @jeonjcngkook ≫ pairing jungkook x f.reader ≫ genre/aus rockstar!au, pwp, smut ≫ trope established relationship ≫ rating 18+

THE WEDDING DATE by @jjungkookislife ≫ pairing jungkook x f.reader ≫ genre/aus fake dating!au, angst, fluff, smut ≫ trope fake dating to lovers ≫ rating 18+

THE AUCTION by @jjungkookislife ≫ pairing hoseok x f.reader ≫ genre/aus college!au, smut ≫ trope strangers to lovers (sorta) ≫ rating 18+

HE SO CUTE by @gimmethatagustd ≫ pairing manager!hoseok x idol!reader ≫ genre/aus idol au, pwp, smut ≫ trope coworkers to lovers ≫ rating 18+

YOU MAKE ME NERVOUS by @gimmethatagustd ≫ pairing jimin x reader ≫ genre/aus grad school!au, smut ≫ trope friends-ish to lovers ≫ rating 18+

DIVINE FEMININE by @gimmethatagustd ≫ pairing jungkook x f.reader ≫ genre/aus college!au, smut, fluff ≫ trope friends with benefits ≫ rating 18+

''HEY YOU.'' by @ratedbangtann ≫ pairing jungkook x reader ≫ genre/aus college!au, smut ≫ trope friends to lovers ≫ rating 18+

WANNA MAKE A MOVIE by @gimmethatagustd ≫ pairing taehyung x reader ≫ genre/aus smut, a bit of fluff ≫ trope frenemies to lovers ≫ rating 18+

this list is mostly so i keep track of what i am reading currently but feel free to read what's on the list and remember to show love to these authors by reblogging!

#my reading list #jjkeverlastreads

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bridgeportbritt · 2 months

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BridgeportBritt's Reading List - March

Okay as I mentioned yesterday, I've had this idea of posting what stories I'm reading. One to help keep me accountable because I really want to catch up on all my stories eventually (Currently caught up on 17/45 omg lol) and also to shine a light on other amazing storytellers. We'll see how this goes!

Recently Caught Up (In the last few weeks)

@the-lancasters (just finished this one!)

@warwickroyals (took me a minute to catch up but it's green!)

@nexility-sims (beautiful story!)

@cinamun (stay stressing me out but I'm caught up again!)

@trentonsimblr (thanks also to @ardeney-sims for making the collab easy to catch up on!)

@ladybugsimblr (caught up finally after I went back to posts I missed!)

@storiesbyjes2g (one of the few stories I try to keep up with daily but eventually end up spamming lol)

@trumpets0ng (a pace I can keep up with! lol)

@armoricaroyalty (just had a few posts to read up on)

@covingtons (just a few posts here as well!)

In Progress This Week

@rebouks - 13/54 pages of Somnium (So Good! Can't wait to catch up because I have so many comments to spam lol)

@xldkx 31/55 pages of Papercuts (These characters are keeping me hooked lol)

@digital-deluxe - Started Erudition and Public Enemies this week finally! I've been wanting to read this one for a while and I'm caught up on @atreanroyals!

What's Next

In Progress - @ellemant, @theroyalthornoliachronicles, @simgerale (So behind on all of these but I know I'm somewhere in the middle lol)

Not started - @shesthespinstersimmer, @aristocraticvision, @theroyalthrones, @renaldiroyals, @mysimsloveaffair, @sirianasims, @lynzishell, @madebysimblr (Excited to start all of these soon!)

This is not the full list of stories I'm reading, but the ones I've recently read or have up on my list next. For reference, I keep a spreadsheet and its color-coded green for caught up, yellow for in progress, and red for not started yet. Let's see how much progress you girl can make in a week, shall we?

#my reading list #blog stuff #maybe will do this monthly or biweekly or weekly #we'll see #probably not much change week over week lol #yes i'm a read from the beginning girly #that's why i'm sturggling and need this lol #but this is the year for your girl #also helped me realize a lot of stories are gone #so my list is a little shorter #yay!#but I also add more like every week lol #no more until I get some more of these in green!!!

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itsjustinyourwildestdreams · 4 months

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Books I have read in 2024

"Wiersze Wszystkie" - Wislawa Szymborska (3/5) (Book in Polish that includes collection of all the poems written by Polish Nobel Prize winner, extraordinary poet, Wislawa Szymborska.)

"The Cat Who Saved Books" - Sosuke Natsukawa (4/5)

“Three” - Valérie Perrin (3/5)

"Searching for Stars and other stories" - Marek Hlasko (3/5)

"Other Birds" - Sarah Addison Allen (4/5)

"Wiersze Wszystkie" - Czeslaw Milosz (4/5) (Book in Polish that includes collection of all the poems written by Polish Nobelist, amazing poet, Czeslaw Milosz)

“The Song of Achilles” - Madeline Miller (2/5)

“The Passage Trough Time: Paradises Lost” - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (3/5)

"The Passage Trough Time: Heaven's Gate" - Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (3/5)

"Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" - Gabrielle Zevin (3/5)

"The Memory Police" - Yōko Ogawa (3/5)

"The Best Years Of Our Lives" - Marek Hlasko (2/5)

"I, I'm Going Alone" - Chisako Wakatake (3/5)

"Lessons in Chemistry" - Bonnie Garmus (5/5)

"Vow of Faith" - S.Y Agnon (2/5)

#my reading list #books I have read in 2024 #to be continued

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deadpresidents · 6 days

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What books have you been reading since your last update?

I don't remember what I shared with my last update, so apologies if I repeat anything, but these are some of the books I've read over the past couple months:

•An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns Goodwin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) I'm actually still reading this new book by the legendary Doris Kearns Goodwin, so I still have a couple of chapters to go, but I can definitely recommend it. This is undoubtedly the most personal book that DKG has ever written, and it's a fascinating story.

•Charging a Tyrant: The Arraignment of Saddam Hussein by Greg Slavonic (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Life: My Story Through History by Pope Francis with Fabio Marchese Ragona (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy by Sally Bedell Smith (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•Byron: A Life in Ten Letters by Andrew Stauffer (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Emperor: Downfall of an Autocrat by Ryszard Kapuscinski

•Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism by Jeffrey Toobin (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•The Making of a Leader: The Formative Years of George C. Marshall by Josiah Bunting III (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Year of the Three Kaisers: Bismarck and the German Succession, 1887-88 by J. Alden Nichols

•God Is Ever New: Meditations on Life, Love, and Freedom by Pope Benedict XVI (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Paul VI: The Divided Pope by Yves Chiron (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Buffalo Bill and the Mormons by Brent M. Rogers (BOOK | KINDLE)

•The Great Abolitionist: Charles Sumner and the Fight for a More Perfect Union by Stephen Puleo (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•Macho Man: The Untamed, Unbelievable Life of Randy Savage by Jon Finkel (BOOK | KINDLE)

•Business Is About to Pick Up!: 50 Years of Wrestling in 50 Unforgettable Calls by Jim Ross with Paul O'Brien (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO)

•Zanzibar Was a Country: Exile and Citizenship Between East Africa and the Gulf by Nathaniel Mathews (BOOK | KINDLE)

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rigelmejo · 3 months

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Things Read 2023

I thought it'd be kind of fun to do a little collage of some of the things read in 2023. Because pictures entice and maybe one of these will look interesting to you, and maybe I'll just feel slightly more motivated the next time I try to read something.

First row: Easiest novels to read, I highly recommend if you're a beginner. 秃秃大王, 大林和小林, and 笑猫日记 (any book in this series).

Second row: also fairly easy, though maybe not for total beginners? (Unless you want). 小王子 (which was the first non-graded reader novel I read in chinese, and in retrospect I wish I'd started with the books above instead... but this was still readable as a beginner, I read it in paper form to stop myself from looking words up and it was still a doable read), 盗墓笔记重启（幽默漫画）a very cute domestic side stories for dmbj set during chongqi, extremely easy to read if you know the character names. 他们的故事/Their Story by Tan Jiu, a cute slice of life girls falling in love story, it's setting makes it quite easy to read.

Third row: manhua that are a bit harder, but still probably very readable if you're not looking to work hard and sink into a novel. 19天, bl and funny af, set in school so common vocab but the jokes land better as u understand more, I also love the art. 破云 1 and 2, they're kind of hard to read in that this manhua has a page just for niche word definitions in the front, but it's easier to read than the novel it's based on. I thought it was a fun way to enjoy the story while I waded much more slowly through the novel version. Similarly, I've been reading the 烈火浇愁 manhua (not pictured) on and off since I can get further in the manhua than the novel before running out of steam. There's a lot of manhua on the Bilibili Comics app, and that's definitely an option if you're into manhua too if you like a novel premise but aren't quite ready to tackle the novel (or want to check out the manhua too). Also, sometimes on bilibili.com you can find videos of manhua with voice acting and music, which can be nice.

Fourth row: some novels I'm still in progress with lol. I read 盗墓笔记 books 1, 2, and half of 3 in 2023. I'm continuing along, and maybe eventually I'll get to sha hai. If you plan to read/watch more in the tomb raiding or supernatural genre anyway, I highly recommend reading. dmbj is not that hard to read, new words usually pop up early and then are repeated enough that you learn them within a few chapters, which makes the following chapters easier and easier. By the time I was through book 1, I switched from looking up unknown words to looking up no words and just guessing from context and it went fine. npss also writes in an easy style to read once you get used to a few wordings/slang. A lot of the words I learned from dmbj were helpful with other supernatural genre stuff I read, since I like to read that kind of stuff. 撒野, both harder than I thought it'd be and easier. It is very doable of a read as far as following the main idea of the plot, after you've read a few other novels (like row 1) or gotten comfortable with daily life words. It does some beautiful stuff though with the writing style, and detail, that's more noticeable upon re-reads. I've restarted this novel like 4 times because each time I picked it up again my reading skill had improved, and the writing felt different upon reading. If you can watch chinese shows with chinese subtitles you can read this without looking words up, but if you do encounter unknown words this was a novel I found the unknown words were frequently useful and worth learning. I'd say it's very approachable, it's just the chapters are quite long so it's always a painful reminder of how slow my reading speed is. It's about two teenage guys who meet and fall for each other, and it's also about their families and personal struggles and very character focused which I love. After this novel, I plan to check out the other novels by this author. And of course, still, 镇魂. Look, I keep reading the whole first arc, then taking a break, then re-reading the whole first arc. I need to stop being a perfectionist about understanding and catching every detail, and just move forward. I've read my print version about 2 times to the end of the sundial arc, and the web version about 2 times. I've yet again reached the end of the sundial arc as of December 2023, and hopefully I just move forward at this point. I wont say it's an 'easy' read, but I will say I picked up so much of my initial reading vocabulary from this and Tian Ya Ke, that priest's preferred writing vocabulary and particular way of phrasing sentences is more familiar to me than any other author's. So now I have a much easier time reading priest's other novels. And in the case of Zhen Hun, I know 98% of the words more or less on any given page. So yes, it's a bit silly I keep combing over to try and understand more details. (In my defense, I've been combing over the AUDIO my last read through, to try and get my listening vocabulary comprehension closer to my reading vocabulary level - I figured it was a good novel to do this with since I know nearly every word reading-wise in the sundial arc at this point). Anyway... when will I finish reading Zhen hun? Ask me when the last official english translation book is published. Because I'm waiting to read the english until I finish it in chinese first. So no doubt when the english is totally out I'll probably rush through anything I didn't finish so it's easier for me to compare. (You'd think I'd do that for Sha Po Lang and... lol you're not wrong... that's why I haven't started reading SPLs official english translation yet... I want to dig out my chinese print book and compare). Tldr: Zhen hun is one of the easier priest books to start with, all things considered. Or Tian Ya Ke. I started with both, and they're still easier reads to me than Dage and Sha Po Lang and Can Ci Pin.

Special mention:

I also read 2 pingxie fanfictions, 半夜衣寒 and 寒舍 by 夏灬安兰. The first story is shorter by far, both are around as easy to read as dmbj or a bit easier, and they're supernatural au in everyday life so a lot of the words are applicable to either the real world, or to books in genres like dmbj.

I also read/watched many a voice-acted manhua video on bilibili over the last year. Bilibili algorithm recommends me tons of bl, and supernatural mystery stuff, so I'd click on manhua compilation videos when bored and use the voice acting speed to get myself to read faster than I would if I were just reading the manhua in silence. I found a pretty cool horror manhua, but upon making this post I checked bilibili and the compilation I saved was deleted. If I find it again I'll post a link. It was a college student who just moved to the city, and he meets this ancient guy who may be a demon/guardian sort of thing, and the city is just full of haunting and awful deaths and misfortune going on. It was both scary and full of comedy, which was fun.

#reading list #my reading list #my reading list 2023 #chinese reading list #2023 #rant

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warrenwoodhouse · 2 months

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Assassin’s Creed® Books

Great books from the @assassinscreed franchise, all of which are published by @penguinrandomhouse.

#bookmark #bookmarks #link #links #.lnk #.url #2024 #gaming #assassinscreed #assassins creed #assassin’s creed #booksblog #my favourite books #my reading list #reading #reading list #books and reading #warrenwoodhouse

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tristanaef · 9 months

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We have always been here: A review of Queer City

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day by Peter Ackroyd Year published: 2017 My rating: 4/5

Queer City: Gay London from the Romans to the Present Day is a history of exactly what the title states. It is surprisingly short, at around 230 pages. That is not for lack of material: Peter Ackroyd has packed his book with anecdotes about queer people throughout history, from kings to infamous figures and common people whose names we will never know. Rather than attempting to write an exhaustive history, Ackroyd has assembled a sampling plate of queer life in London and beyond.

Despite the title, London is the axis around which the book revolves rather than its sole locale. Ackroyd is not afraid to pull in context from outside the titular location of his history as needed. These provide some delightful color: I feel a certain kinship with the queer Romans who preferred purple and light green to the standard white clothes of the day. Neither does Ackroyd discriminate in his sources, pulling in both public testimony and rumors mentioned in personal letters. The result is a vibrant panorama of the queer culture that Londoners would have been familiar with as well as their day-to-day lived experiences.

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#queer history #queer books #queer london #history of london #queer city #my writing #my reading list

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aquitainequeen · 6 months

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As preparation for my latest pipedream, I'm doing some research.

Which includes reading this:

And this:

Also trying to find a way to get hold of Neil Sharpson's Knock Knock, Open Wide:

#my reading list

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thelonelybrilliance · 1 year

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2022 Booklist

Rainer Maria Rilke - The Poetry of Rilke

David Lehman (ed.) - Best of American Poetry 2021

Dorothy Sayers - Clouds of Witness

Dorothy Dunnett - Niccolo Rising

Louise Glück - Faithful and Virtuous Night (RR)

Richard Siken - Crush (RR)

Louise Glück - Winter Recipes from the Collective

Kevin Young (ed.) - The Art of Losing: Poems of Grief and Healing

Lana Del Rey - Violet Bent Backwards over Grass

Lorna Crozier - Whetstone

Maggie Smith - Goldenrod

Joan Didion - The White Album

Joan Didion - Blue Nights

John Knowles - A Separate Peace

Louise Glück - Winter Recipes from the Collective (RR)

Richard Siken - War of the Foxes (RR)

Joan Didion - Let Me Tell You What I Mean

Pablo Neruda - Love Poems

Joan Didion - South and West

Barbara Kingsolver - How to Fly (In 10,000 Easy Lessons)

Elizabeth Wein - Rose Under Fire

Michelle Filgate (ed.) - What My Mother and I Don't Talk About

Joan Didion - After Henry

André Leon Talley - The Chiffon Trenches

Dorothy Sayers - Unnatural Death

Nina Garcia - The Little Black Book of Style

Martha Wells - All Systems Red (The Murderbot Diaries)

Louise Glück - Faithful and Virtuous Night (RR)

Sam Kashner & Nancy Schoenberger - Furious Love: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and the Marriage of the Century

Margaret Atwood - Dearly

Louise Glück - Wild Iris (RR)

Louise Glück - Winter Recipes from the Collective (RR)

Gregory Orr - The Book Which Is the Body of the Beloved

Jane Austen - Emma (RR)

L.M. Montgomery - Anne of the Island (RR)

Amy Odell - Tales from the Back Row

Jane Austen - Persuasion (RR)

Louise Glück - Vita Nova (RR)

Rosemary Sutcliff - The Eagle of the Ninth

Jennette McCurdy - I'm Glad My Mom Died

The above list is in order I read them--favorites are bolded. If I reread something (RR), you can assume it's a favorite. Red is fiction, blue is non-fiction, purple is poetry.

My favorite books of the year were nonfiction--The Chiffon Trenches, Furious Love, The White Album, and I'm Glad My Mom Died all made a real impact on me. But a special shout-out to the delight of rereading Emma, picking up Sutcliff for the first time since my mom read them aloud to us years ago, the haunting Rose Under Fire (set during the Holocaust), the surprisingly excellent All Systems Red, and Gregory Orr's incredibly moving poetry collection. Louise Glück remains the author of my heart.

Here's to making it to 50 in 2023. Or 52. A book a week. :)

#my reading list #booklist #2022 reading list #2022 recap

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timeguardiansarchive · 10 months

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#My reading list #Ooc #if you can't tell these books are well loved well XDDD idk what to tell you

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jjkeverlastreads · 1 year

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mem x mem fics 🤍

read [ ✓ ] not read [ ✘ ] still reading [〥]

mostly for myself to keep track, but feel free to read these if any are of interest to u! <3

make sure to check the tags before indulging in a fic! also all of these fics are from ao3!

if u have any mem x mem recs, don't feel afraid to recommend them in my inbox! i'd love to read them wuup wuup

YOONMIN

one shots

4 a.m is the worst [the one where yoongi keeps coming back at 4 a.m. making jimin fall in love with him just a little more.] ✘

we make the perfect blend [it’s been months since it started, yoongi and jimin winding up in bed together, half naked and half drunk, every other weekend with their hands and mouths connected. they don’t talk about it, pretend it isn’t happening, and jimin suffers in secret. the sweet messages yoongi writes on jimin’s coffee cups don’t mean anything, none of it does, he’s just a good hyung.] ✘

teach me the way to your heart [after taking jimin’s first kiss in a game of truth or dare, yoongi finds himself agreeing to help jimin practice. maybe things wouldn’t be so difficult, if jimin wasn’t so cute, or if his lips didn’t taste like peaches, or if he only wanted to practice kissing.] ✓

in vinos veritas [jimin and yoongi make a deal to get married at 30 if they're both still single.] ✘

indelible ink [of course he’s stuck in a supply closet on new year’s eve at nearly midnight. and, of course, the only other person in the office for him to get stuck with is park jimin. being stuck with jimin would be fine, if yoongi didn’t have a massive crush on him.] ✓

cupcakes of forgiveness [jimin's roommate likes to have loud, obnoxious, raunchy sex. so he camps out on the neighbor's couch.] ✓

double ended [coworkers yoongi and jimin are always competing for sales and trying to outdo each other. they’re enemies, rivals. no matter what anyone thinks, it’s absolutely not sexual tension.] ✓

we're just lost stars [it's hard growing up, seeing your imperfections and having to face that you're in the spotlight 24/7, for jimin it's even harder when you're falling in love with the only person who makes you feel perfect. someone that probably just sees you as a kid anyways. (or, that one where jimin grows up, yoongi takes notice, and basically all of bangtan ship yoonmin)] ✘

series

you're worth more than gold (medals) [the only thing on jimin's mind before his first olympic games on the figure skating team is potential glory. his teammate hoseok is very eager to inform him of other possible perks. like the free condoms for all athletes. jimin isn’t interested in any of that - until he meets min yoongi.] ✓ chapters in total: 6/6

break my heart and start again [jimin has been hiding his unrequited love for his best friend for years. but when yoongi is getting married, a trip away for his bachelor party crumbles all of jimin’s carefully held control.] 〥 chapters in total: 8/8

TAEKOOK

one shots

eyes on me baby [taehyung loses a bet and ends up nude modeling for legendary painter jeon jeongguk. he soon finds out that jeongguk fucks just as good as he paints.] ✘

read between your lines [jungkook is thrilled when his crush asks to borrow his textbook in class. but when taehyung leaves without returning it, jungkook feels like taehyung's stolen more than just his book.] ✓

bullet with butterfly wings [jeongguk hires taehyung to teach his son how to play the guitar, but taehyung ends up teaching jeongguk something about himself.] ✓

just two dudes being bros [shortly said: jungkook and taehyung are in denial over being in love with another, shown in a hilarious way..] ✓

no nut november ft. sope [jungkook bets hoseok that he can't go a month without sex. jungkook thinks it will be a piece of cake, but he's unaware that taehyung and yoongi have a bet of their own.] ✓

(even at my worst) i'm best with you [the one where taekook are ross and rachel.] ✘

a candlelight or two [taekook being whipped and having soft fluffy sex] ✘

bendy rulers [based on an article titled "STRAIGHT GUY WORRIES HE'S BEING HOMOPHOBIC TO GAY ROOMMATE, REALIZES HE'S FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HIM."] ✓

oh, boy [after suffering for a year to meet his rent every month, taehyung's best friend jimin suggests he get a roommate. enter jeon jungkook, the prettiest boy he's ever seen.] ✓

oh, you're gonna take me home (tonight) [having sex for the first time is something jeongguk had always dreamt of; made fantasies about it and, with shaking hands, had looked forward to since he was thirteen and had an orgasm for the first time. but then, when it finally happens, he's a little underwhelmed. and when taehyung finds out about that, he gently takes on the job himself to show jeongguk how it can be as well.] ✓

three weddings and a love story [jeongguk and taehyung crash weddings. they get in a little over their heads.] ✓

chronicles of jeon jeongguk's gay love story [jeongguk writes straight romance and sex for a living. taehyung edits them. until, jeongguk get his horny self together and sends a rough draft of a gay love story to taehyung.] ✓

get me out of my mind (get you out of those clothes) [taehyung never thought he'd fall in love with his roommate. then again, he never thought his roommate would have been a literal gift from god either.] ✘

the butterfly effect [jeongguk and taehyung play an innocent game of ‘never have I ever.’ how it ends up with jeongguk choking on taehyung’s cock, well, that’s a whole other story.] ✓

maybe we're fireproof [for as long as jeongguk can remember (and even before that too), his body has been on fire.] ✓

couldn't care more [so. yeah. jeongguk flashed his abs to the entire world. and taehyung needs to put him in his place.] ✓

i'll love you out loud [taehyung accidentally reveals to the whole group that he's in love with jeongguk while filming an episode of run BTS] ✓

stocking up on oxygen [just days in the life of taehyung and jeongguk getting through lockdown together.] ✘

tenacious d in the dick of destiny [in the midst of struggling with debts and empty plastic packets of instant ramyeon, taehyung and jeongguk joined forces to put the phrase "sex sells" to good use.] ✓

for a good time, call [kim taehyung, a well-known phone sex operator who specializes in providing anything and everything his clients ask, gets more than he bargained for when goldenboy books one of his sessions.] ✓

fever started a long time ago [in which taehyung eats a magical fortune cookie and wakes up physically dependent on jeongguk’s body heat.] ✓

make you mine (i can fuck you better) [it's one of life's greatest moral quandaries— if your roommate is the most gorgeous boy you've ever seen in your entire life and said gorgeous roommate already has a boyfriend, should you try and seduce him anyways? well, if you're jeon jungkook and the roommate in question is kim taehyung, the answer is...FUCK YES.] ✘

double tap [upon a dare, taehyung has to wear a vibrator to class. however, he accidentally drops his remote and the guy whom he was having sexual tension with for the last few months, jeon jeongguk, ends being the one to pick it up.] ✓

maybe [mutual pining between taekook, jungkook is in deniaaaal, canon compliant] ✓

try hard [with years of rivalry at hand, one can clearly point out that rebellious prodigy kim taehyung and golden boy jeon jeongguk simply can’t stand each other. and then suddenly comes out a rumor about said jeongguk being fucking hung and taehyung wants to punch him in the face even more than before (he also kind of wants to suck his dick, but that’s beside the point).] ✓

don't bother knocking [taehyung can't sleep without hugging something, but when he's especially anxious his pillows aren’t quite enough. on those occasions taehyung bribes his very cute neighbour jeongguk to let him sleep in his bed and use him as a body pillow. and jeongguk is totally fine with that. the only problem is that he's pretty sure taehyung thinks he's straight and he has no idea how to tell him that he's most definitely not. he's gay, so very gay and all the platonic cuddling and non-dates are slowly killing him on the inside.] ✓

eat fess love [the one where shitty elevators serve as the one thing standing between jeongguk and his three step plan to win taehyung over.] ✓

anger is a secondary emotion [taehyung is spending time with someone. jungkook is irritated. the two have nothing to do with each other.] ✓

like a moon (i revolve around you) [the point of being friends with benefits is to do it no strings attached - no getting attached.] ✘

look around [“jungkook?”. her voice comes out a little hoarse and broken as she stares across the table at the boy that she had, no less than two nights ago, walked in on in the middle of getting fucked. there’s no mistaking it. she’d recognize him anywhere. (mostly because she’d spent those last couple of days thinking about the muscled line of his shoulders and the pretty, pretty noises he’d made riding that dude’s cock, but — whatever.)] ✘

something to do with hands [“it’s a lot like falling in love with a city you’ve never been to.”] ✘

series

cuz in a sky full of stars (i think i saw you) [taehyung always has bad ideas. and jeongguk thinks this might be the best.] ✓ chapters in total: 9/9

(before you) i thought i had it all [jeon jungkook has it all. the business, the money, the power. anyone he meets falls to their knees for him, but it's not like he gives a shit. that is, until a certain silver haired boy crashes into his life. maybe he doesn't have it all. . . yet.] ✓ chapters in total: 14/14

chemistry [jungkook just wants to get his tutoring sessions with the president's son over with. taehyung just wants to get his cute tutor under him.] 〥 chapters in total: 11/11

long road to ruin [jungkook accidentally texting taehyung instead of jimin regarding how badly he wants him.] ✘ chapters in total: 4/4

let's pretend for real [jeon jungkook and kim taehyung are best friends who are secretly in love with each other. they thought their feelings will forever be unrequited until jungkook ask taehyung to be his fake boyfriend for his brother’s wedding. confusion and chaos ensue as they try to navigate their ‘pretend’ relationship.] ✘ chapters in total: 7/?

just say "yes" (i'd rather have everything than nothing at all) [it all starts with a tweet: KTH is giving me serious creeper vibes.against his better judgement, taehyung clicks.] ✓ chapters in total: 3/3

fade into you [it’s been almost a decade since taehyung walked out of jungkook’s life for good. now, two of their best friends from college are getting married. will they be able to overcome their messy past and find a way to move forward? or will spending a week together in a place full of memories only serve to reopen old wounds? whether jungkook likes it or not, he’s about to find out.] ✓ chapters in total: 26/26

realms between us [jeongguk doesn’t know how spirit magic or ouija boards work. he assumes it takes something a lot more complicated than a drunk man asking for a sex demon to show up for it to actually happen. something like cutting your hand and letting your blood drip onto the petals of a rare flower. or saying something religious into a mirror while doing the macarena. that's how jeongguk knows that this is a prank. that's how he knows that the boy sitting on his bed claiming to be an incubus is lying.] ✓ chapters in total: 8/8

maybe we can be (each other's company) [in which jeongguk is an idol, and taehyung is a dedicated fan account.] ✘ chapters in total: 10/10

new (newer) rules [step #1: don't get involved with the guy your girlfriend cheats with. failed step 1.] ✓ chapters in total: 6/6

how to top [in which the school's resident badboy helps a seemingly unattractive loser win the heart of his best friend. it sounds like a good idea at first, however, it's all fun and fake dates until somebody accidentally falls in love.] 〥 chapters in total: 38/38

loving you is; blue and grey [to explain it in short, taehyung is pining for jungkook, but jungkook is crushing on jimin. i should note that it's ft. yoonmin !! and looots of angst. the summary already is angsty dfkjhfdkj] ✓ chapters in total: 13/13

outlines [simply put, taehyung needs a boyfriend for his brother’s wedding – jeongguk volunteers. (featuring lots of phone calls, a healthy amount of practice, and unnecessary throwbacks and references).] ✓ chapters in total: 5/5

fall asleep (fall for you) [a university AU where jungkook and taehyung become roommates. but jungkook has insomnia and can't fall asleep with other people and taehyung can't fall asleep alone.] 〥 chapters in total: 22/22

curveball [star baseball player kim taehyung meets rookie sports reporter jeon jeongguk, and it’s a whole new ball game for them both.] 〥 chapters in total: 11/11

oranges and art students [jungkook gets his first apartment away from busan, away from his parents, away from the stress of his earlier life. he soon finds out that his next door neighbor is pretty much out of his fucking mind.] ✘ chapters in total: 10/10

infinity on high [for his first year of university, jeongkook expects sex. if he was honest with himself, it's one of the things he looked forward to. what he doesn't expect, is to become fuck buddies with the first person he hooks up with.] ✘ chapters in total: 7/7

the geographical cure [jeon jeongguk likes to travel. for so long, his life has been made up of new countries, new places, new experiences (and new boys.) a vacation makes you feel suspended in time, detached from the world, weightless. and prague seems far enough away from seoul for him to disappear completely. that is, until he meets kim taehyung on the plane, and his entire world shifts on its axis.] ✘ chapters in total: 6/6

NAMKOOK

one shots

cut to the chase [when jimin drags jungkook to his morning running club to be his “wingman”, jungkook doesn’t expect to meet the most attractive man he’s ever seen. it’s just his bad luck that jimin is totally into the guy.] ✓

the tip of the iceberg [on a cruise for his friends’ wedding, jungkook is just trying to relax and recreate a few moments from titanic. But a room mixup causes him to have to share a room, and a bed, with his crush, and jungkook feels himself sinking fast. despite the panic, maybe it’s not all bad, especially if jungkook can experience a little more movie romance than he expected.] ✓

MINKOOK

one shots

snow place i'd rather be [a perfect storm kicks off a perfect day when yoongi and jeongguk get snowed in. jeongguk is thrilled to have the opportunity to spend the day cuddling with his boyfriend while they watch christmas movies. but when the power goes out and things get a little chilly, they need to find other ways to stay warm.] ✘

we are probably (in love) [five times jungkook tries to serenade yoongi with WAP and one time it (sort of) works.] ✓

i think i'm coming alive with you [they haven’t been dating long, and jungkook has never stayed over, never slept in yoongi’s bed. but after a night out, yoongi doesn’t think twice about inviting his new boyfriend to sleep over for the first time. when he wakes in the night with a problem, jungkook is more than willing to solve it, even if he might fall asleep while trying.] ✓

TAEGI

one shots

things that go bump in the night [despite his fear of scary things, taehyung was all in on weekly horror movie nights with his roommate yoongi. maybe the nightmares are worth it when he can crawl into his crush's bed every night.] ✘

series

no time like now [when his hook up-turned-blind date suggests they pretend to be in a relationship to get their friends off their backs, yoongi reluctantly agrees. yoongi is rigid. he values routine and planning, consistency and schedules. spontaneous taehyung breezes into his life, seemingly intent on upending it. and maybe yoongi doesn’t realize how much he might like that until it’s slipping through his fingers.] ✘ chapters in total: 7/7

prove it [it all started with a phrase. just one simple off-hand comment: I could make you come easily. a joke. a throw-away assurance when yoongi was feeling down. but he couldn't stop thinking about it and before he was even aware of what he was doing, yoongi was at his door: prove it.] ✓ chapters in total: 18/18

VMIN

one shots

fuck with a star [after a drunk night of sex with his best friend, jimin is faced with a few things amidst preparations for a concert. 1. jimin is straight 2. taehyung is not 3. jimin is determined to pretend that nothing ever happened, and 4. taehyung is determined to prove him otherwise] ✓

JIKOOK

one shots

love on top [jungkook and jimin are both exclusive tops but someone's got to give in.] ✘

#my reading list #bts fic #mxm #taekook #taekook smut #yoonmin #yoonmin fic #namkook #namkook fic #taegi #taegi fic #vmin #vmin smut #vmin fic #minkook #minkook fic #minkook smut

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sveniasblog · 2 years

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Sofia, October 2022

Last winter I started reading about 20 minutes a day. Often I did 20 minutes of studying and another 20 of leisure.

That's my reading list of the past months:

- Thich Nhat Hanh, Silence

- Nan Shephard, The Living Mountain

- Marc Andrus, Brothers in the Beloved Community

- Fyodor Dostoevsky, The Gambler

- Susan Anderson, The Journey from Abandonment to Healing

- John O'Donohue, Anam Ċara

- Lalah Delia, Vibrate Higher Daily

- Sarah Durham Wilson, Maiden to Mother

- Jack Kornfield, A Path with Heart

Currently I am enjoying to read the heartwarming Big Love by Adele Hulse, full of vibrant stories taking place in the Himalayas and packed with wisdom and compassion.

#my reading list #Adele Hulse #Marc Andrus #Nan Shephard #fyodor dostoevsky #Susan Anderson #Lalah Delia #John O'Donohue #thich nhat hanh #Jack Kornfield #Sarah Durham Wilson

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othercat2 · 1 year

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My To Read List Keeps Growing

But I keep getting distracted by fan fic:

Deathless Gods by P.C. Hodgell: I have been reading this in fits and starts. This one involves some political machinations by Caldane Caineron, and Jame going off with the army to fulfill a mercenary contract. It is of course, way more complicated than that.

Beyond, by Mercedes Lackey: I am haven’t been able to read this very far. I think I would have loved it back in my teens, because it’s about the Founding of Valdemar.

Scorpica, by G.R. Macallister: I haven’t been able to start this at all and might have to go back to it.

The Last Graduate and The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik: I am working my way through the Last Graduate and making better headway.

Delicious in Dungeon: Cute though at times vaguely disturbing manga involving murder hoboes learning to forage/hunt monsters for their dinner. I’m on the eight volume.

Books I’m waiting for:

Witch King, by Martha Wells: I am VERY excited. It looks like an interesting read, with an interesting protagonist.

Translation State by Anne Leckie: I have previously mentioned why I’m excited but I’ll say again: Translators.

Volumes Four and Five of Heaven Official’s Blessing, by MXTX

#my reading list

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deadpresidents · 2 months

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Latest books you have been reading?

Apparently I haven't shared the books I've been recently reading since the beginning of November. Usually someone reminds me to share my reading list every few weeks, so I think someone should be fired for dereliction of duty.

•Life After Power: Seven Presidents and Their Search for Purpose Beyond the White House (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Jared Cohen -- Just released on February 13th, this is the follow-up to Cohen's excellent 2019 book, Accidental Presidents: Eight Men Who Changed America (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO).

•Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia (BOOK | KINDLE) by Louis Ferrante.

•Soldier of Destiny: Slavery, Secession, and the Redemption of Ulysses S. Grant (BOOK | KINDLE) by John Reeves.

•The Border: A Journey Around Russia Through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway, and the Northeast Passage (BOOK | KINDLE) by Erika Fatland -- A couple of months ago, I mentioned how much I enjoyed reading Erika Fatland's Sovietistan, and I was equally pleased with The Border, which has a subtitle nearly as long as the Russian border that she wrote about traveling around.

•Unruly: The Ridiculous History of England's Kings and Queens (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by David Mitchell.

•The Fall of Eagles: The Death of the Great European Dynasties by C.L. Sulzberger.

•George V: Never a Dull Moment (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Jane Ridley.

•Adams and Calhoun: From Shared Vision to Irreconcilable Conflict (BOOK | KINDLE) by William F. Hartford.

•God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America's Most Hated Man (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Jack Kelly.

•Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Peter Sarris.

•Magic: The Life of Earvin "Magic" Johnson (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Roland Lazenby.

•Oracle of Lost Causes: John Newman Edwards and His Never-Ending Civil War (BOOK | KINDLE) by Matthew Christopher Hulbert.

•Mirrors of Greatness: Churchill and the Leaders Who Shaped Him (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by David Reynolds.

•Mansfield and Dirksen: Bipartisan Giants of the Senate (BOOK | KINDLE) by Marc C. Johnson.

•The World That Wasn't: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO) by Benn Steil.

•Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War (BOOK | KINDLE) by Jon Grinspan -- Available for pre-order now and will be published on May 14th.

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rigelmejo · 2 years

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Chinese Reading List

List for myself to reference

Mandarin Companion Sherlock

Mandarin Companion Journey to the Center of the Earth

Pleco Graded Reader Butterfly Lovers

Sinolingua 1000 character book, 1500 character book (only partly read 1500 character book then dropped)

天涯客 (26 chapters - in progress)

小王子

猫城记 (read 2/3 then dropped, good novel but too hard for me to extensively read after 小王子 )

镇魂 (20 chapters, 100 print pages, 8 audiobook chapters - in progress, often reread)

撒野 (4 chapters - in progress)

盗墓笔记 1 (10 chapters - in progress)

寒舍 (90 chapters - in progress, often reread)

半夜衣寒 (25 chapters - in progress, often reread)

笑猫日记 1，2

云村笔记 (4 chapters - in progress)

他们的故事（耽美小说）(15 chapters - in progress, often reread, very simple language and writing style and was easy to read as a beginner)

他们的故事（百合漫画）(cute, easy to read, highly recommend)

19天（耽美漫画）(funny, easy to read, highly recommend)

破云（耽美漫画）(easier to read than the novel version, but a more difficult manhua to read, 1st volume - in progress)

盗墓笔记重启（幽默漫画）(funny, super easy to read, highly recommend, it is the slice of life comedy strips manhua NOT the serious plot dmbj manhuas, super cute and enjoyable if you liked the chongqi characters)

秃秃大王 (finished, 3 days, highly recommend for beginners)

当你走进图书馆而书里夹了一枚书签 (finished, short, very motivating to finish)

用我一生（瓶邪同人）(chapter 1 - in progress)

笑猫日记云朵上的学校 (short read)

大林和小林 (finished, 3 day read, highly recommend for beginners)

第十二封情书 (finished, took about 4 days, noticed I got better at speed reading as it went, and I seem to pick a Very Specific type of daily life setting danmei which is realistic, this made my heart feel heavy and reminded me of growing up with no real fancy happy ending but instead feeling a lot like I was looking into someone’s diary, someone’s life, a reality for someone that I also understand. its definitely similar to 他们的故事 in how they both feel like i looked into a real life, very relatable, very intimate storytelling style like the author is sharing their own experiences maybe).

Bolded are the reading materials I’d recommend for other learners. My other picks I either read too early and really slogged through lol or read because I personally really liked them but they may not interest others as much.

#rant #nts #note to self #chinese reading list #my reading list #reading list #trying to figure out if i used a specific tag in the past #in the future i'll tag this type of stuff as 'my reading list' if you or me want to #find it in the future #Also. if you are curious. my reading list in english looks similar with a lot of books unfinished and often re-read from the beginning then #paused again lol.#i have to be in a certain mood to finish a novel or else i just restart it or pick up something new then restart when i come back to the ol #novel. and repeat.

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surroundedbytheworld · 1 year

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The Books I Read in 2022

La masonería. Historia e iniciación, por Christian Jacq (1975) [tr. Manuel Serrat Crespo, 2006]

La interculturalitat, per Joaquín Beltrán (2005)

No em deixis mai, per Kazuo Ishiguro (2005) [tr. Xavier Pàmies, 2005]

El Mundo Clásico. Por qué importa, por Neville Morley (2018) [tr. Antonio Guzmán Guerra, 2019]

Mis chistes, mi filosofía, por Slavoj Žižek (2014) [tr. Damià Alou, 2015]

Cómo ser un estoico. Utilizar la filosofía antigua para vivir una vida moderna, por Massimo Pigliucci (2017) [tr. Francisco García Lorenzana, 2018]

Filosofía: ¿Por qué importa?, por Helen Beebee y Michael Rush (2019) [tr. Irene Riaño de Hoz, 2021]

La nova innocència, per Raimon Panikkar (1998)

Silencio, por Shûsaku Endô (1966) [tr. Jaime Fernández y José Miguel Vara, 1988]

1984. La novela gráfica, por George Orwell [historia] y Fido Nesti [ilustración y adaptación] (2020) [tr. Miguel Temprano García, 2013]

Qué es el Tao, por Alan Watts (2000) [tr. David González Raga, 2010]

La autopista, Akira #1, por Katsuhiro Otomo (1984) [tr. E.S. Abulí]

La ciudad de los saqueadores, La leyenda demadre Sarah #1, por Katsuhiro Otomo y Takumi Nagayasu (1990) [tr. Olinda Cordukes, 2008]

La ciudad de los niños, La leyenda demadre Sarah #2, por Katsuhiro Otomo y Takumi Nagayasu (1991) [tr. Olinda Cordukes, 2008]

La ciudad de los ángeles, La leyenda de madre Sarah #3, por Katsuhiro Otomo y Takumi Nagayasu (1993) [tr. Olinda Cordukes, 2008]

La ciudad de la paz (Primera parte), La leyenda de madre Sarah #4, por Katsuhiro Otomo y Takumi Nagayasu (1997) [Olinda Cordukes, 2008]

La ciudad de la paz (Segunda parte), La leyenda de madre Sarah #5, por Katsuhiro Otomo y Takumi Nagayasu (1997) [Olinda Cordukes, 2008]

Blue Like Jazz. Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality, by Donald Miller (2003)

La ciudad del futuro (Primera parte), La leyenda de madre Sarah #6, por Katsuhiro Otomo y Takumi Nagayasu (1998) [Olinda Cordukes, 2008]

La ciudad del futuro (Segunda parte), La leyenda de madre Sarah #6, por Katsuhiro Otomo y Takumi Nagayasu (1998) [Olinda Cordukes, 2008]

El despertar, Akira #2, por Katsuhiro Otomo (1985) [tr. E.S. Abulí, 1999]

Revelaciones, Akira #3, por Katsuhiro Otomo (1985) [tr. E.S. Abulí, 1999]

El emperador del caos, Akira #4, por Katsuhiro Otomo (1993) [tr. E.S. Abulí, 2000]

Venganzas, Akira #5, por Katsuhiro Otomo (1990) [tr. E.S. Abulí, 2000]

Reconstrucción, Akira #6, por Katsuhiro Otomo (1985) [tr. E.S. Abulí, 2000]

Homo videns. La sociedad teledirigida, por Giovanni Sartori (1997) [tr. Ana Díaz Soler, 1998]

Gilgamesh (c. 2100 – 1200 bce), versión de Stephen Mitchell (2004) [tr. Javier Alonso López, 2008]

Hierba, por Keum Suk Gendry-Kim (2017) [tr. Joo Hasun, 2022]

La vida il·lustrada, per Lisa Aisato (2019) [tr. Anna Jolis Olivé, 2020]

El budisme, per Joan Leita (1991)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post, by Emily M. Danforth (2012)

Flip It Like This!, by David Hayward (2022)

‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ and Three Stories (‘The Happy Prince’, ‘The Birthday of the Infanta’, ‘Lord Arthur Saville’s Crime’), by Oscar Wilde (c. 1890) [eds. Gary Schmidgall & Peter Raby, 1995/2007]

Lord of the Flies, by William Golding (1954) [introduction by Stephen King, 2011]

The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach Us About Jesus’ Birth, by Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan (2007)

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