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Books 13 & 14 of 2026: Zoo City, by @laurenbeukes.com ; The Joy of a Left Hand, by Liang Wern Fook. #yishreads #southafricanliterature #singlit
February 2, 2026 at 6:14 PM
My May 2026 #YISHREADS column looks at Caribbean & Southeast Asian sci-fi, in line w Suspect journal's theme of Archipelagic Entanglements!

Feat. works by @nalohop.bsky.social , @elianeboey.bsky.social , @boriscrito.bsky.social , Rexy Dorado & Karen Lord.

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#YISHREADS May 2026 — Singapore Unbound
‘Will we rise with the stars, or be washed away by the coming monsoons?’—This May, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews five science fiction titles from the archipelagic Caribbean and Southeast Asia.
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May 30, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Books 136 & 137 of 2026: Here Where We Live Is Our Country, by @mollycrabapple.bsky.social; Tinhead City, KL, by Stuart Danker. #yishreads #jewishhistory #malaysianliterature
October 11, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Books 134 & 135 of 2026: The Hindus: An Alternative History, by Wendy Doniger; Korpu Hierosa: The Body Heroic, by Kevin Martens Wong. #yishreads #hinduhistory #indianhistory #singlit
October 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
Books 24 & 25 of 2025: The Nightward, by @rsagarcia.bsky.social ; Parable of the Sower, by Octavia E. Butler. #yishreads #trinidadianliterature #americanliterature
March 7, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Books 114 & 115 of 2026: 15 Grams, by Mahita Vas; Gigil: A Sapphic Anthology, ed. Bunny Luz. #yishreads #singlit #philippineliterature #bookstagram
August 18, 2026 at 7:22 AM
Books 161 & 162 of 2025: Fantasies of the Six Dynasties, by Tsai Chih Chung; Twin Cities, eds. Joshua Ip & Tammy Ho Lai-Ming. #yishreads #chineseliterature #taiwaneseart #singlit #hongkongliterature
November 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Books 132 & 133 of 2026: The Roma: A Traveling History, by Madeline Potter; D/O, by Yashmita d/o Ananthan. #yishreads #romahistory #singlit
October 7, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Books 122 & 123 of 2026: Hikayat Indraputra: A Malay Romance, ed. SWR Mulyadi; Chinese Society in Nineteenth Century Singapore, by Lee Poh Ling. #yishreads #indonesianliterature #singaporehistory
August 31, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Books 120 & 121 of 2026: The Redemption of Time, by Baoshu, trans @kyliu99.bsky.social ; Wolf's Path, by @jolantru.bsky.social . #yishreads #chineseliterature #singlit
August 26, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Books 106 & 107 of 2026: A Smile Drying on a Line, by P Ahilan; Of Dragons, Feasts and Murders, by Aliette de Bodard. #yishreads #srilankanliterature #FrenchLiterature #bookstagram
August 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Books 88 & 89 of 2026: Two Tails, by Kifurai; The Reason I Jump, by Naoki Higashida. #yishreads #indonesianliterature #japaneseliterature #bookstagram
June 18, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Books 74 & 75 of 2026: 1000 Character Classic, ed. Evelyn Lip; Midnight Robber, by @nalohop.bsky.social . #yishreads #chineseliterature #jamaicanliterature
May 24, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Books 51 & 52 of 2026: The Sibyl, by Hamant Singh; Babad Tanah Jawa: The Chronicles of Java, trans & ed. Willem Remmelink. #yishreads #singlit #indonesianliterature #indonesianhistory
April 18, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Books 39 & 40 of 2026: Fragile Magics, by Ryo Alfar; Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It, by @doctorow.pluralistic.net . #yishreads #philippineliterature #americanstudies
March 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Books 19 & 20 of 2026: Bubble G.U.M., by Happy Smiley; Writing the Other, by @nisishawl.bsky.social & @cynthiaward.bsky.social . #yishreads #singlit #americanliterature
February 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Books 17 & 18 of 2026: Escape from Reality, eds. Maisarah Abu Samah & Joelyn Yep; Dictionary of Philippine Mythology, by Ferdinand Blumentritt. #yishreads #singlit #malaysianliterature #philippinestudies
February 9, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Books 36 & 37 of 2025: Moving a Stone: Selected Poems, by Yam Gong / 搬石: 飲江詩選; Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror, ed. Xueting C Ni @xuetingni.bsky.social #yishreads #hongkongliterature #chineseliterature
March 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Books 5 & 6 of 2025: Licence to Care, by Lydia Shah & Dan Wong; The Husky & His White Cat Shizun, by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou. #yishreads #singlit #chineseliterature
January 24, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Books 126 & 127 of 2026: A Sudden Wild Magic, by Diana Wynne Jones; Zarra and the Twelve Realms of Kayangan, by Heidi Shamsuddin. ##yishreads #britishliterature #malaysianliterature
September 9, 2026 at 2:26 AM
Books 116 & 117 of 2026: SQ21: Singapore Queer Families in the 21st Century, ed. Jason Wee; The Velvet Rage: Overcoming the Pain of Growing Up Gay in a Straight Man's World, by Alan Downs. #yishreads #singlit #americanliterature #queerliterature
August 21, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Books 108 & 109 of 2026: Of Charms, Ghosts and Grievances, by @aliettedebodard.com ; The Wretched and the Damned, by @yudhanjaya.bsky.social. #yishreads #frenchliterature #srilankanliterature
August 7, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Books 102 & 103 of 2026: & This is How to Stay Alive, by Shingai Njeri Kagunda; Let Us Be Silent, by Sasanka Perera. #yishreads #kenyanliterature #srilankanliterature
July 24, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Books 100 & 101 of 2026: Of Princes and Beauties: Adult Erotic Faerie Tales, ed. Cecilia Tan; The Hungry Ghosts, by Shyam Selvadurai. #yishreads #americanliterature #srilankanliterature #canadianliterature
July 14, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Books 94 & 95 of 2026: It Would Be Night in Caracas, by Karina Sainz Borgo; Gossamer Years, by Michitsuna's Mother. #yishreads #venezuelanliterature #japaneseliterature
June 29, 2026 at 4:00 PM