current read(s): this woven kingdom, dedes arok, catatan seorang demonstran

• classics
  • frankenstein, carmilla, the strange case of dr jekyll and mr hyde, wuthering heights, jane eyre, white knights, the call of cthulhu, the picture of dorian gray, we have always lived in the castle, the tenant of wildfell hall, anna karenina, hamlet
  • fav author(s): jane austen, edgar allan poe, oscar wilde, fyodor dostoevsky, franz kafka, james joyce, virginia woolf, percival everett, sylvia plath, george orwell
• asian literature (majority indonesian literature)
  • no longer human, laut bercerita (the sea speaks his name), namaku alam, the weight of our sky, tetralogi buru, jakarta sebelum pagi
  • fav author(s): leila s. chudori, ziggy zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie, risa sarasvati, pramoedya ananta toer, wiji thukul, soe hok gie, rikako akiyoshi, iksaka banu
• sff or speculative fiction (fantasy and scifi)
  • more of a solarpunk and grimdark lover!
  • monk and robots duology, the green bone saga, the licanius trilogy, terra ignota, cemetery boys, an ember in the ashes, lord of the mysteries, throne of magical arcana, first law world series
• historical fiction
  • reads from various backgrounds (most notably WWII or Indonesia new order regime)
  • beloved, all the light we cannot see, cantik itu luka, gadis kretek, teh dan pengkhianat
• short stories and poetry collections
  • corat-coret di toilet, robohnya surau kami, self-help, dubliners, the dangers of smoking in bed, the tell-tale heart, notes of a dirty old man
• nonfiction
  • reads any of these deliberately; includes research journals, autobiographies, philosophy, and memoirs
  • catatan seorang demonstran, alam terkembang hilang berganti, under the sign of saturn
• plays
  • waiting for godot, vera; or the nihilists, the importance of being earnest, hamlet, hadestown
  • fav author(s): samuel beckett, oscar wilde, shakespeare, anaïs mitchell