(Part 2) Top products from r/SRSBooks

As far as East Asia is concerned, I would put the Confucius on the list before the Laozi. Of course it's indisputable that the Laozi is a big deal, but the Confucius is to east Asia what the Bible is to Europe. The Laozi is great, it's inspiring, but the more I read the Confucius, the better I understand China, and east Asia as a whole. The only thing that might have been more influential in that part of the world is Buddhism.

All that said of course, except for space there's nothing that says they can't both be on there.

Also, unfortunately when we're talking about the classical Chinese canon, you don't find many women writers, and they don't show up until the Han dynasty. Even more troublesome is that there just isn't much written about women in Chinese history or writing, makes really difficult to read about them.

Further, in my searching while writing this I found this book(http://www.amazon.com/Women-Writers-Traditional-China-Anthology/dp/0804732310) which looks great and has been ordered, and I was reminded of this(http://www.amazon.com/The-Red-Brush-Imperial-Monographs/dp/067401393X) which is apparently excellent though I haven't read it at all myself.

The post was about queer history books. My favorite queer history book is George Chauncey's Gay New York, a fascinating study of the role of urban space in New York's gay community in the first half of the twentieth century. Your response is pretty bewildering and unhinged tbh.

edit: oh, this is an /r/TIA troll, nevermind

If you're interested in fiction, I just finished Trans-Sister Radio by Chris Bohjalian and I thought it was wonderful.

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden is another example of a male author creating great female characters.

I read like four trashy romance novels back to back when I graduated from college. Of all the ones I read that summer, The Pirate and the Pagan is the best/worst. A lot of the writing is cringe-inducingly bad (especially in the ubiquitous sex scenes), but it's incredibly fun to read and mock.

Once you finish that, I'd recommend:

Stone Butch Blues

Female Masculinity

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name

SCAB Manifesto

Oddly enough I'm not really well versed in queer non-fiction about trans women, which is ironic since I am a trans woman.

And these are the theoretical foundations of queer theory:

The History of Sexuality

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

And last but not least, a short pamphlet giving an indigenous person's perspective "Gays: Guardians of the Gates"

Israel: A Pigeon and a Boy

China: Dream of Ding Village (Yan Like) - inspired by a blood selling ring that led to many being infected with HIV/AIDS. deeply political, exploring the corruption which enabled and abetted the scandal.