Mel
@nichollsm86
I post about queer and translated fiction, small press, manga, and pretty books 📚✨
71) Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography by Roland Barthes (1980), translated from the French by Richard Howard. Hill and Wang, 2010
shout out to Revolving Books online for these used books and a cool 1993 magazine called Doppelganger 📚✨
69) Effingers by Gabriele Tergit (1951), translated from the German by Sophie Duvernoy. NYRB Classics, 2025
summer book mail from Womb House Books online, happy to find Colette in this edition📚😎
books read in June, the highlights are Cassandra at the Wedding and The Orange Eats Creeps. It seems like this month was also very horror themed. 📚✨
66) Box Garden Beetle story/art by Kondoh Akino, translated from Japanese by Ryan Holmberg. Glacier Bay Books, 2026. Original Japanese edition published by Seirin Kogeisha 2004
book mail from two favorites, Revolving Books online and three new releases from @glacierbaybooks.com. GBB is killing it with their books this year, each has not only interesting story/art but a unique design for each book. Highly recommend both websites! 📚✨
65) The Cursed Body story/art by Kawakatsu Tokushige, translated from the Japanese by zhuchka. Glacier Bay Books, 2026
new books I bought during @sevenstories.bsky.social recent sale! The other two are new release from the UK small press isolarii and a new translation from @nyrb-imprints.bsky.social. 📚✨
64) Akari story/art by Marco Kohinata (2022), translated from the Japanese by Jan Mitsuko Cash. Glacier Bay Books, 2026
61) W the Whore story/art by Anke Feuchtenberger and Katrin de Vries, translated from the German by Mark David Nevins. NYRB Comics, 2023
shout out to @glacierbaybooks.com and @starfruitbooks.bsky.social for these recent gems I read, they will be top books read this year. I am also looking forward to upcoming releases, the untimely passing of Star Fruit Books founder Matt Haash last year was such a loss. 📚
I have recently found some great used books at Revolving Books and the Etsy shop Madison Paperbacks. 📚✨
58) PANDORA: The Receding Sound of Footsteps story/art by Hagiwara Rei, translated from the Japanese by zhuchka. Glacier Bay Books, 2023
sublime new books and a beauty of a vintage paperback from Idle Hands Books on instagram 📚✨
57) Jawbone by Mónica Ojeda (2017), translated from the Spanish by Sarah Booker. Coffee House Press, 2022
56) The Horrors of Noroi Michiru story/art by Noroi Michiru, translated from the Japanese by Dan Luffey. Star Fruit Books, 2025
55) Statues: Junji Ito Story Collection story/art by Junji Ito, translated from the Japanese by Jocelyne Allen. Viz, 2026
54) The Life of Charlotte Brontë by Elizabeth Gaskell (1857). Penguin Classics, 1985