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Hammajang Luck: A Novel

Makana Yamamoto

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Ocean’s 8 meets Blade Runner in this trail-blazing debut science fiction novel and swashbuckling love letter to Hawai’i about being forced to find a new home and striving to build a better one—unmissable for fans of Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo.

Edie is done with crime. Eight years behind bars changes a person—costs them too much time with too many of the people who need them most.

And it’s all Angel’s fault. She sold Edie out in what should have been the greatest moment of their lives. Instead, Edie was shipped off to the icy prison planet spinning far below the soaring skybridges and neon catacombs of Kepler space station—of home—to spend the best part of a decade alone.

But then a chance for early parole appears out of nowhere and Edie steps into the pallid sunlight to find none other than Angel waiting—and she has an offer.

One last job. One last deal. One last target. The trillionaire tech god they failed to bring down last time. There’s just one thing Edie needs to do—trust Angel again—which also happens to be the last thing Edie wants to do.

What could possibly go all hammajang about this plan?

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Arcane Nights Press\ \ Cassidy\ \ • Jan 16 2025

New Books Released January 14th

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jun 11

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let’s chat about horror, fantasy, and science fiction reads by Pacific Islander authors!

📚 books mentioned: - That Which Feeds Us by Keala Kendall - Dragonfruit by Makiia Lucier - Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto

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2-Spirit Bookshelf\ \ (@Indigenousbookshelf)\ \ • Jan 13

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\ \ Hey y’all\ \ Sorry I’ve been slow on here lately, I had the plague 😷\ \ I just wanted to give a little update on some of the audiobooks I’m reading now or have recently read.\ \ I am going through a bit of a time right now, so I might not be so active over the next week or two. If anyone has any audiobook suggestions to get me through the black hole of my life feel free to let me know lolllll 🥴 (for context I am losing Lulu aka the only reason for my being)\ \\ I couldn’t tag howling woman or misbehaving at the crossroads I think because they aren’t out yet?? anyway they’re available for pre-order! You can check my bookshop. \ \ Join for free or login](https://2spiritbookshelf.binderybooks.com/item/hjb8pIY1WHvZ2VayVcrv/)

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Wanderland Reads\ \ Sayer\ \ • Jan 1

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Poll:\ \ What books do you most want to read for book club in Q!?\ \ Welcome to 2026.\ \ You are most likely here because you care about books, community, and reading with intention. You are also here because sapphic stories deserve space, time, and serious attention. This year focuses on building that space together.\ \ Here is what you can expect on my bindery this year (when the depress and the overwhelm of full caretaking for my dad with dementia and being a FT trauma therapist don't burn me out) - we have to have realistic expectations lol.\ \ I'm going to attempt regular posts about the sapphic books on my reading list, the sapphic reading challenge and "if you liked this, read that" posts. Reviews will center craft, themes, and emotional impact. You will also see a stronger focus on queer speculative fiction (thank you E.A. Noble - if you're here for the reminder that my voice matters), heavy emphasis on sapphic speculative fiction. Last year brought several books that challenged my thinking in lasting ways. This year aims for more stories that stretch perspective, question norms, and ask readers to sit with discomfort and curiosity.\ \ The paid tier will offer deeper access. You will get sneak peeks into The Tenth Muse anthology, including author spotlights, excerpts, and behind the scenes notes. You will also see posts tied to therapy work, including reflections, frameworks, and reading through a trauma informed lens. Paid content stays intentional and grounded.\ \ This bindery exists to grow community. My goal stays simple, read diversely, read inclusively, and talk about books with care. I really want the Discord space to exist for discussion, shared excitement, and thoughtful conversation, I'm sooooo thirsty borderline desperate for community, tbh I'm really lonely and this online space provides for 90% of my non-work based human interaction and connection. You belong here if you want to read widely and listen closely.\ \ The sapphic reading challenge and The Tenth Muse started last year out of frustration. Sapphic stories remain pushed aside while MM or Achillean books dominate conversation and visibility. Nothing is wrong with those stories, I mean look at what Heated Rivalry did for our community. The problem lives in a culture that treats sapphic books as scarce, niche, or hard to find. Requests for sapphic recommendations continue to frame quality through heteronormative sex scripts and racial hierarchy. Those patterns deserve naming. I want this space to push back through action and consistency.\ \ This year I really want to get a sapphic book club. At the beginning of each quarter I'm going to post a poll here and in discord with 6-7 sapphic books as options for the book clubs and the books with the highest amount of votes will be our choice each month. This will give you all an opportunity to get the books ahead of time. Each month will include a Sapphic Sunday book club discussion. Readers choose the books. Readers shape the conversation. We'll do a live in the discord, or possibly zoom if I can get my life together.\ \ If you want thoughtful reviews, intentional community, and stories that expand how you think about love, power, bodies, and futures, hi, that's what I intend to do in this space. Join the Discord. Vote in the polls. Read alongside others who care.\ \ Thank you for being part of this space. I'm soooooo glad you're here and I can't wait to get to know you!\ \ Also tell a friend, and tell a friend to tell a friend because this year I REALLY want to grow this community with the intention of working toward an imprint with Bindery. I want to get intersectional sapphic and speculative sapphic books into the hands of readers! We deserve to be seen and celebrated!

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Dec 8 2025

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💭 what’s your favorite 2025 book?

drum roll please … welcome to the THIRD annual StarrySteph Book Awards! no questions at this time!

📚 books mentioned: - The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones - The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar - The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King - Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei - Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd - Detained: A Boy’s Journal of Survival and Resilience by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Iván Morales - Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark - Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto - Magic in the Melanin by C.M. Lockhart - Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi - Love Be Damned by Briana Garrett - The Coven Tendency by Zoe Hana Mikuta

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thank you to Saga Press, Tordotcom, William Morrow, Flatiron, Atria/Primero Sueño Press, Harper Voyager, Ingram, Get Underlined, and Disney Hyperion for the gifted copies!

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Alyssa’s Library\ \ alyssa\ \ • Sep 29 2025

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in honour of a certain book coming out and just the state of the world, here are some books with trans, non-binary, and genderqueer characters that you should read. it’s so incredibly important to continue to uplift these voices and i hope you all enjoy these and feel free to comment some more recommendations!\ \ fantasy & sci-fi\ - the spirit bares its teeth / compound fracture by andrew joseph white\ - the unbroken by c. l. clark\ - the blighted stars by megan e. o’keefe\ - pet by akwaeke emezi\ - faebound / the final strife by saara el-artifi\ - these burning stars by bethany jacobs\ - she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan\ - lakelore by anna marie-mclemore\ - hammajang luck by makana yamamtao\ - the witch king by h. e edgmon \ - the city beautiful by aden polydorous\ \ -her majesty’s royal coven by juno dawson\ \ -light from uncommon stars by ryka aoki\ - a bone in his teeth by kellen graves\ \ -brighter than scale swifter than flame by neon yang\ \ -mistress of lies by k m enright\ \ -cemerety boys / the sunbearer trails by aiden thomas\ \ -sorrowland by rivers solomon\ \ -seven devils by laura lam and elizabeth may\ \ romance\ - a gentlemans gentleman by tj alexander \ - make room for love by darcy liao\ - love & other disasters by anita kelly\ - i wish you all the best by mason deaver\ \ -felix ever after by kacen callender

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jun 13 2025

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can you all help me blow these up? give these queer books the love they deserve!!

📚 books mentioned: - Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde - Death’s Country by R.M. Romero - Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto - The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher

thank you to Peachtree Teen and Harper Voyager for the free copies!

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Discotopia | Diverse Books\ \ Disco (he/they)\ \ • May 26 2025

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Hi there Disco Dancers!\ \ I’ve collaborated with Becklovesbooks/Bookasaurusbex to provide books recs for her June Prideopoly challenge.\ \ I’ll be sharing these to social media later this week, but wanted to give you first look!\ \ I tried to go with books that matched both the prompt and the flag for each square, and chose indie books as much as possible. I have read and highly recommend all of these. \ \ Full list below images!\ \ \ \ List:\ \ Bi fantasy - The Final Strife by Saara el-Arifi\ \ Bi disability rep - Godkiller by Hannah Kaner \ \ Book in bi colours - Deceived by the Gargoyles by Lillian Lark (bi poly monster romance)\ \ Gay BIPOC MC/author - The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta \ \ Gay romance - Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee\ \ Identity not a prompt - In the Care of Magic by Robin Jo Margaret (aro allo, spicy) Initiation by Alethea Faust (intersex SC, spicy)\ \ Indigiqueer rep - Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger (asexual Lipan Apache MC)\ \ Asexual rep - The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz \ \ Asexual friends to Lovers - Must Love Cake by Azalea Crowley (novelette)\ \ Non-binary (indie published) - A Heart to Hold by Sula Sullivan \ \ Non-binary sci fi - Hammajang Luck by Makama Yamamoto\ \ Non-binary under 250 pages - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo\ \ Pansexual with creatures - Deal with the Devil by Bex Deveau (spicy poly monster romance)\ \ Pansexual rep - In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland \ \ Trans queer joy - Rainbow Islands by Devin Harnois \ \ Trans rights - Chef’s Kiss by T.J. Alexander\ \ Trans poetry - Blood Orange by Mx Yaffa\ \ Lesbian mental illness rep - A Little Luck by J.A. Collignon (anxiety)\ \ Lesbian graphic novel - On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden \ \ Lesbian slow burn - The Dos and Donuts of Love by Adiba Jaigirdar \ \ All the best,\ \ Disco\ \ Upgrade for $5 or login

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Written Reveries\ \ Krystal\ \ • Mar 21 2025

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Trans Rights Readathon 2025 Recs & TBR

Trans Rights Readathon 2025 Recs: A Psalm For the Wild Built & A Prayer for the Crown Shy by Becky Chambers Pet & Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi Light From Uncommon Stars Ryka Aoki Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi House of Frank by Kay Synclaire The Deep by Rivers Solomon Legendborn by Tracy Deonn The Adventures of Amina Al-Sirafi Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez TBR: Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi Model Home by Rivers Solomon She Who Became the Sun and He Who Drowned the World by Shelley Parker-Chan I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me by Jamison Shea Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto The Unbroken by C. L. Clark

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Discotopia | Diverse Books\ \ Disco (he/they)\ \ • Mar 11 2025

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Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto Review

[ARC review] Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto is out on 14th January! Thank you @HarperCollins for the review copy! #booktok #hammajangluck #makanayamamoto #scifibooks #nonbinarytiktok

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Mar 9 2025

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30+ trans & nonbinary book recs | trans rights readathon 2025 prep!

feel free to recommend your favorite trans book in the comment section (or pitch your own if you're an author)!!

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☆ everything I mentioned (in order) ↓ - Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi - Dear Senthuran by Akwaeke Emezi - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi - Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi - The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi - You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi - Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi - Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi - The Deep by Rivers Solomon - Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon - An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White - Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White - The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros - Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros - Bone Weaver by Aden Polydoros - Ring of Solomon by Aden Polydoros - The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey - Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey - Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas - The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas - Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas - Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness by Da’Shaun L. Harrison - Heavyweight by Solomon J. Brager - The Seep by Chana Porter - The Devourers by Indra Das - The First Bright Thing by J. R. Dawson - The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia - Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo - Station Six by S.J. Klapecki - Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley - Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto

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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jan 25 2025

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trans book recs

queer voices and stories matter and these ones (just a tiny selection of trans and nonbinary books i’ve read & loved) are phenomenal!

📚 books mentioned: - Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto - Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas - Junker Seven by Olive J. Kelley - Light From Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki - The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth - An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi - The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw - The Stars Undying by Emery Robin

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Arcane Nights Press\ \ Cassidy\ \ • Jan 16 2025

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