#to read list

[northofair]

Imagine having a best friend who has read the same book and now you both are happily (crying-ly) discussing this book in your nearby café with a cat on your lap. Beautiful but I'm lonelyyy with this book in my head. Still love it.

[wedarkacademia]

[beatrizonfilm]

ok.

MY GOODREADS <33

[thebanishedreader]

ALA Book Ban Statistics: January 1, 2023 - August 31, 2023

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[theantonian]

The Antonian Reading List

Mark Antony: A Life by Patricia Southern (Highly recommended!)

Mark Antony: A Biography by Eleanor Goltz Huzar (Highly recommended!)

The Life and Times of Marc Antony by Arthur Weigall (Recommended)

Marc Antony: His Life and Times by Allan Roberts (Recommended)

Marc Antony by Mary Kittredge

Antony & Cleopatra by Patricia Southern

Antony & Cleopatra by Adrian Goldsworthy (By far the most negative book on Antony by a modern historian, the Cleopatra portion is better)

Mark Antony: A Plain Blunt Man by Paolo de Ruggiero (Recommended)

Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon by Rachael Kelly

Mark Antony's Heroes: How the Third Gallica Legion Saved an Apostle and Created an Emperor by Stephen Dando-Collins

A Noble Ruin: Mark Antony, Civil War and the Collapse of the Roman Republic by W. Jeffrey Tatum (Highly recommend!)

Mark Antony & Cleopatra: Cleopatra's Proxy War to Conquer Rome & Restore the Empire of the Greeks by Martin Armstrong

Actium and Augustus: The Politics and Emotions of Civil War by Robert Alan Gurval

The Roman Revolution by Ronald Syme (Recommended)

Octavian, Antony and Cleopatra by W. W. Tarn

Fulvia: Playing for Power at the End of the Roman Republic by Celia E. Schultz

Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt by Joyce Tyldesley (Highly Recommended!)

Cleopatra by Michael Grant (Highly Recommanded!)

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff (Highly Recommended!)

Cleopatra - A Biography by D. Roller

Cleopatra and Antony by Diana Preston

Cleopatra by Alberto Angela (Recommended)

Cleopatra by Jacob Abbott

Cleopatra the Great by Joann Fletcher

Cleopatra and Egypt by Sally-Ann Ashton

Cleopatra and Rome by Diana E. E. Kleiner

Cleopatra Her History Her Myth by Francine Prose

Cleopatra Histories, Dreams, and Distortions by Lucy Hughes Hallett (Recommended)

Cleopatra’s Daughter Egyptian Princess by Jane Draycott

The Storm Before the Storm by Mike Duncan

SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard (Good for beginners)

The Last Assassin: The Hunt for the Killers of Julius Caesar by Peter Stothard

Robicon by Tom Holland

Alesia 52 BC: The final struggle for Gaul (Campaign) by Nic Fields

Actium 31 BC: Downfall of Antony and Cleopatra (Campaign) by Si Sheppard

Pharsalus 48 BC: Caesar and Pompey – Clash of the Titans (Campaign) by Si Sheppard

Philippi 42 BC: The death of the Roman Republic (Campaign) by Si Sheppard

Mutina 43 BC: Mark Antony's struggle for survival (Campaign) by Nic Fields

The War That Made the Roman Empire: Antony, Cleopatra, and Octavian at Actium by Barry Strauss

The Battle of Actium 31 BC: War for the World by Lee Fratantuono

Rome and Parthia: Empires at War: Ventidius, Antony and the Second Romano-Parthian War, 40–20 BC by Gareth C Sampson

Rivalling Rome: Parthian Coins and Culture by Vesta Curtis

Classical sources:

Plutarch’s Lives

Cicero: Philippics, Ad Brutum, Ad Familiares

Appian, The Civil Wars

Dio Cassius, The Roman History

Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars

Flavius Josephus, The Jewish War

Livy, The Early History of Rome

Tacitus, Annals and Histories

Friction:

The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare

The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra by Willian Shakespeare

All For Love or The World Well Lost by John Dryden

The Siren and the Roman – A Tragedy by Lucyl

Caesar and Cleopatra by George Berbard Shaw

Cleopatra (play) by Sardou

Antony by Allan Massie

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

I, Cleopatra by William Bostock

Cleopatra by H. Rider Haggard

Cleopatra by Georg Ebers

Kleopatra (Vol I & II) by Karen Essex

Last Days with Cleopatra by Jack Lindsay

The Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George

When We Were Gods by Colin Falconer

The Masters of Rome series by Colleen McCullough

Caesar's Soldier: Mark Antony Book I by Alex Gough (Ongoing series)

The Antonius Trilogy by Brook Allen

The Last Pharaoh series by Jay Penner

Throne of Isis by Juith Tarr

Hand of Isis by Jo Graham

Woman of Egypt by Kevin Methews

The Ides of Blood 01-06 (Comics)

Terror - Antonius En Cleopatra (Erotic yet pure love, Dutch comics)

Cleopatra - Geschiedenisstrip (Dutch comics)

Les Grands Personnages de l Histoire en Bandes Dessinees – Marc Antonie (French comics)

Les Grands Personnages de l Histoire en Bandes Dessinees – Cleopatre (French comics)

Les Grands Personnages de l Histoire en Bandes Dessinees – Julius Caesar (French comics)

Cléopâtre (French Manga)

 Ils Ont Fait L'histoire - Cléopâtre (French Graphic Novel)

[ladzwriting]

Honestly, Ladz, I'm scared to read fealty even though I bought it. I feel like I'll become obsessed and then want something similar

I am so flattered by this; thank you so much!!

In terms of becoming obsessed and wanting more, there are minimum 7 more volumes to write (it takes a long time to stop a forever war while preserving a vestigial empire, who knew!). But in the interim of me writing them, I have a carefully curated to-read list for the different aspects of FEALTY that you like most.

NON-FICTION (also featured in the back of the book)

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich (2017)

God's Playground: A History of Poland, Volumes 1 & 2 by Normal Davies (2005)

Revolutionary Russia, 1891 - 1991: A History by Orlando Figes (2015)

Queer Gothic by George Haggerty (2006)

Rasputin: Faith, Power, and the Twilight of the Romanovs by Douglas Smith (2016)

VAMPIRES

Hellsing by Kouta Hirano (1997 - 2008)

Monogatari by nisiOisin, illustrated by Vofan (2005 - Present)

Vampire Hunter D by Hideyuki Kikuchi, illus. Yoshitaka Amano (2005 - Present in English)

A Flame in the Night by Morgan Dante (2023)

Ossuary by T.D. Cloud, illus. by Ambi Sun (2023)

Unholy with Eyes Like Wolves by Morgan Dante (April 2024)

Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright (August 2024)

SLAVIC POLITICAL FANTASY

Tower of Fools by Andrzej Sapkowski (2020 in English)

The Wolf and the Woodsman by Ava Reid (2021)

Kalyna the Soothsayer by Elijah Kinch Spector (2022)

SLAVIC FICTION

Day of the Oprichnik by Vladimir Sorokin (2011 in English)

The Books of Jacob by Olga Tokarczyk (2022 in English)

GENERAL POLITICAL FANTASY

Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (1946)

Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake (1950)

Titus Alone by Mervyn Peake (1959)

Kushiel's Dart by Jacqueline Carey (2001)

The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth J. Dickinson (2015)

GOTHIC FICTION

tbh Mervyn Peake's books also work for this category

The Monk by Matthew G. Lewis (1796)

Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh (2022)

The Lord of Astiigos by Soren Häxan (2023); please note: there is an update coming in the next few months

The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw (2023)

BLURBER BOOKS

(if not in previous sections)

Little Death by Pom Poison (2022 - Present)

A Botanical Daughter by Noah Medlock (2023)

A Necessary Chaos by Brent Lambert (2023)

All Tomorrow's Photos Duology by S.S. Genesee (2023)

VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY

Bloodborne (2015), especially Castle Cainhurst

Fire Emblem Three Houses (2019), the Black Eagles house

I think this is most of it!! I have read and reviewed most of these on my blog, where you will find things like content and trigger warnings.

Hope this answers the questions and please take your time! FEALTY is a dense, gory book with a lot happening both politically and interpersonally, so don't feel bad about taking time to get into it.

It took me a few years from purchase to actually reading Mervyn Peake's work, for example, and it absolutely came at the right time for me.

I hope this answers the ask!

[v-tired-queer]

Sapphic side of Tumblr (or just anyone who has read these books lol) I need opinions!

I can't decide which one to read! I own all three, so it's just a matter of figuring out which one to read first.

(Also if anyone knows of any nblw books that they wanna recommend, I'm 100% paying attention 👀)

[reniadeb]

📚@reniadeb📚

[gretahayes]

it’s taking me so long to get through these last like 6 issues of Impulse not because they’re necessarily bad (they aren’t) but because i really want to be reading other things (black canary 2007) but know if i drop it i’ll never touch it again so i must persevere

[r0w0fie]

This book cover is so pretty I just can't!

Link - to more info

[jeweled-blue-eyes]

Found some articles for you to look at ♡

https://d.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/theme/mordred

https://kingarthursknights.com/arthurian-characters/sir-mordred/

https://www.seanpoage.com/2021/08/13/mordred-villain-or-hero/

ty! <3 I will look at them when I've read the Arthuria Legend since I don't wanna get spoilered tho

[northofair]

[wedarkacademia]

(via violentwavesofemotion)

[variantoutcast]

My nonfiction to read list as of Feb 2024 ⬇️

Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine, 1921-1923 by Anne Applebaum

Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 by Anne Applebaum

Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Connie Burk, Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky

Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex" by Judith Butler

Secret Pigeon Service: Operation Columba, Resistance and the Struggle to Liberate Europe by Gordon Corera

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis with Cornel West & Frank Barat

The Silent Sky: The Incredible Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon by Allan Eckert

Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates by Erving Goffman

The Trial of Henry Kissinger by Christopher Hitchens

The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017 by Rashid Khalidi

In the Dream House by Carmen Machado

Ecology Without Nature: Rethinking Environmental Aesthetics by Timothy Morton

Chernobyl: History of a Tragedy by Serhii Plokhy

Ma and Me by Putsata Reang

The Question of Palestine by Edward Said

decolonizing trans/gender 101 by b. binaohan

Full list including fiction and poetry on my Storygraph

[thebanishedreader]

Book Bans in Georgia

As of June 2023

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood

Brief Summary: In a post-plague world, Jimmy - now known as Snowman - mourns the loss of his best friend Crake and their mutual love-interest, the beautiful Oryx. With the Children of Crake, Snowman embarks on a journey for answers through the post-apocalyptic hellscape created by capitalist brutality.

Banned from libraries as of June 2023, based on a formal challenge.

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwell's (UK)

Dime by E. R. Frank

Brief Summary: Dime, a teenaged girl drifting in the foster system, falls victim to a "family" that promises to care for her - so long as she brings back money by working the streets. Dime begins to realize her abuse and struggles to understand what to do to best protect herself.

Banned from libraries as of June 2023, based on a formal challenge.

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwell's (UK)

Perfect by Ellen Hopkins

Brief Summary: Four high school seniors face varying meanings of being "perfect"; for one, it's leaving behind a family whose strictness is driving her to suicidality, for another its taking whatever substances they can to feel good enough. A brutally riveting story of adolescent anxieties and the consequences of unrealistic expectations for success.

Banned from libraries as of June 2023, based on a formal challenge.

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwell's (UK)

Tilt by Ellen Hopkins

Brief Summary: Three teens struggling with hurting family lives and personal challenges are brought together by their parents' relationships; but as the teens grow older, their bonds through hardship bring them closer than they could have ever imagined.

Banned from libraries as of June 2023, based on a formal challenge.

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Blackwell's (UK)

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[theinquisitxor]

23 in 2023

Here are 23 books I want to read this year, based off the popular prompt going around tumblr right now. Making these lists are tough, because I'm such a mood reader and I never know what I'm going to be in the mood for next. But I think I'm set on wanting to read all of these this year.

Legendborn by Tracy Deonn

The Poppy War by RF Kuang

The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

The Glass Hotel and The Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

World Without End by Ken Follett

Kaikeyi by Vaishnavi Patel

The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

A Day of Fallen Night by Samatha Shannon

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

She Who Became the Sun by Shelly Parker Chan

Hild by Nicola Griffith

Empire of Sand by Tasha Suri

Sabriel by Garth Nix

Captive Prince by CS Pacat

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Gallant by VE Schwab

Percy Jackson and the Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan

Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

Castle in the Air and House of Many Ways by Diana Wynne Jones

Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno Garcia

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine