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Andrew Joseph White
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. A furious, queer debut novel about embracing the monster within and unleashing its power against your oppressors.
“A long, sustained scream to the various strains of anti-transgender legislation multiplying around the world like, well, a virus.” —The New York Times
Sixteen-year-old trans boy Benji is on the run from the cult that raised him—the fundamentalist sect that unleashed Armageddon and decimated the world’s population. Desperately, he searches for a place where the cult can’t get their hands on him, or more importantly, on the bioweapon they infected him with.
But when cornered by monsters born from the destruction, Benji is rescued by a group of teens from the local Acheson LGBTQ+ Center, affectionately known as the ALC. The ALC’s leader, Nick, is gorgeous, autistic, and a deadly shot, and he knows Benji’s darkest secret: the cult’s bioweapon is mutating him into a monster deadly enough to wipe humanity from the earth once and for all.
Still, Nick offers Benji shelter among his ragtag group of queer teens, as long as Benji can control the monster and use its power to defend the ALC. Eager to belong, Benji accepts Nick’s terms…until he discovers the ALC’s mysterious leader has a hidden agenda, and more than a few secrets of his own.
Perfect for fans of Gideon the Ninth and Annihilation.
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year
A William C. Morris Award Finalist
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year
A YAVA Award Nominee!
A Booklist Editors' Choice Selection
A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book
Named to the ALA Rainbow Roundtable's Rainbow Book List
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Bee's Books\ \ Bailee Russo\ \ • Jun 1
Get to know me through some of my favorite very specific sub-genres!
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•Queer body horror: Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White Wife Shaped Bodies by Laura Cranehill What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher Providence Girls by Morgan Dante •vengeful vampire romantics: Hungerstone by Kat Dunn Thirst by Marina Yuszczuk Immortal Dark by Tigest Girma A Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson Interview with the Vampire TV series A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night film •radical hopefulness The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers The Parable of the Sower & The Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin A Psalm for the Wild-Built & A Prayer for the Crown-Shy by Becky Chambers •very niche non-fiction Gathering Moss by Robin Wall Kimmerer Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique by Sa’ed Atshan Plucked by Rebecca Herzig Abolish Rent by Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis Black in Blues by Imani Perry Rogue Sexuality in Early Modern English Literature by Ari Friedlander •weird genre-benders The Seep by Chana Porter Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield Severance by Ling Ma Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado Freshwater by Akwaeke Emezi
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Alex (Pucksandpaperbacks)\ \ Alex (he/him/his)\ \ • Jul 29
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Every Book I Read for Pride Month 📚🏳️🌈 (12 Books) | June Reading Wrap Up #booktube
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Alex (Pucksandpaperbacks)\ \ Alex (he/him/his)\ \ • Jul 7
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[Poll:\ \ Will you be joining us??\ \ Hi everyone! This weekend is our seasonal readathon to celebrate summer! It goes from Friday, July 10th to Tuesday, July 14th starting at midnight in your time zone and going until 11:59PM to Tuesday, July 14th (in your time zone). Join us in Discord! \ \ The Rules: This is a laid-back readathon. Read as much or as little as possible, mood read or use the bingo card linked below. My only ask is that the books you're reading have queer rep and/or are written by a BIPOC author. I'm cultivating a space where we diversify our reading.\ \ I'll be hosting sprints for free and paid members on Sunday, July 12th from 12pm to 3pm EST. CLICK HERE to access the stream. I'll make an official post leading up to the sprints for an extra reminder. The stream will be available to access afterward. \ \ For anyone who wants it, I created a bingo card. CLICK HERE to access the bingo card. \ \ \ \ BINGO CARD PROMPTS\ \ 01. Read a book set at the beach\ \ 02. Read a book where the character completes a bucket list \ \ 03. Read a novella \ \ 04. Read a book that starts with 'J' \ \ 05. Attend reading sprints\ \ 06. Read a book featuring ice cream \ \ 07. Read a book published in July \ \ 08. Read a book with disability/neurodivergent rep (It's Disability Pride Month!) \ \ 09. Read a book on your summer TBR\ \ 10. Read a book with your favorite color on the cover \ \ 11. Read a graphic novel, comic, or manga \ \ 12. Read a book set during the summer\ \ 13. Read a romance book \ \ 14. Read a middle grade book \ \ 15. Have a summer treat \ \ 16. Write a book review \ \ \ RECOMMENDATIONS \ \ Disability & Neurodivergent Rep\ \
- Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun (ADHD)\ \
- Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White (Autism)\ \
- How to Become a Planet by Nicole Melleby (anxiety & depression)\ \
- Someone to Daydream About by Sydney Langford (deaf FMC, MMC w/ ADHD, dysgraphia & dyslexia)\ \ \ Graphic Novels\ \
- Magical Boy by The Kao\ \
- The Chromatic Fantasy by H.A.\ \
- Homebody by Theo Parish\ \
- This One Summer by Mariko & Jillian Tamaki \ \ \ Manga\ \
- Blue Flag by KAITO\ \
- Dinosaur Sanctuary by Itaru Kinoshita\ \
- Confessions of a Shy Baker by Masaomi Ito (CW: Dieting, calorie counting)\ \
- Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatani\ \ \ Summer (Beach) Reads\ \
- Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter\ \
- The House of Now and Then by Edward Underhill \ \
- The Summer of Everything by Julian Winters\ \
- If You Change Your Mind by Robby Weber \ \
- Our Way Back to Always by Nina Moreno \ \ \ Books starting with 'J'\ \
- Just As You Are by Cameron Kellogg \ \
- Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead\ \
- Just Between Us by Adeline Kon\ \
- Joy, to the World by Lisa Bunker, Kai Shappley\ \
- Junior High by Tegan & Sara\ \ \ Books Published in July\ \
- Buried Feelings by Kit Rosewater (July 7, 2026)\ \
- Heartstopper: Volume Six by Alice Oseman (July 2026)\ \
- Melt My Heart by Bethany Rutter (July 23, 2020)\ \ \ Middle Grade books\ \
- The Beautiful Something Else by Alder Van Otterloo\ \
- The House of Sunrise Lagoon series by Nicole Melleby\ \
- Glitch Girl! by Rainie Oet\ \
- Dear Mothman by Robin Gow\ \ \ Novellas\ \
- Finna by Nino Cipri\ \
- Peter Darling by Austin Chant\ \
- Read Between the Lines by Bee Medina\ \
- Loading...The Machine Child by T.T. Wadden\ \ \ Romance Books\ \
- The Next Chapter by Cameron Kellogg \ \
- And They Were Roommates by Page Powars\ \
- Xeni by Rebekah Weatherspoon\ \
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Alex (Pucksandpaperbacks)\ \ Alex (he/him/his)\ \ • Jun 28
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50+ trans book recommendations 🏳️⚧️
Over 50 trans book recommendations for the Trans Rights Readathon and Trans Reading Challenge ranging from memoirs, nonfiction, romance, contemporary, YA and middle grade, and some SFF.
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jun 21
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makeup and books tag! | GRWM and chat about reading
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Alex (Pucksandpaperbacks)\ \ Alex (he/him/his)\ \ • Jun 20
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jun 20
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🏳️🌈🔮look into my eyes …. i know what you want to read.
🏳️🌈🔮look into my eyes …. i know what you want to read.
here are some mind reader queer book recs for pride!
📚 books mentioned: - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - Fawn’s Blood by Hal Schrieve - The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson - Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir - Station Six by S.J. Klapecki - An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon - The Maiden and Her Monster by Maddie Martinez - Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi - Dauntless by Elisa A. Bonnin - On Sundays She Picked Flowers by Yah-Yah Scholfield - This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado - The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez - Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino - Blood Orange by Yaffa As - Bless the Blood: A Cancer Memoir by Walela Nehanda - Death’s Country by R.M. Romero - Fifty Beasts to Break Your Heart: And Other Stories by GennaRose Nethercott - Transmogrify!: 14 Fantastical Tales of Trans Magic: An LGBTQ+ Young Adult Fantasy Anthology of Unforgettable Adventures edited by g. haron davis - Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction edit by Joshua Whitehead
#pridemonth #pridemonthbookrecs #lgbtqbooks #nycinfluencer #bookstagram . queer books • queer book stack • Pride Month 2026 • books to read for pride • trans books • nonbinary books • sapphic books • achillean books • memoir book recs • literary fiction books recs • fantasy book recs • fantasy book recs • horror book recs • sci fi book recs • unique books • diverse books
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Bee's Books\ \ Bailee Russo\ \ • Jun 1
Get to know me through some of my favorite very specific sub-genres!
Do we share any favorites?
#gettoknowme #booktaste #bookrecs #readmorebooks #readingispower
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Discotopia | Diverse Books\ \ Disco (he/they)\ \ • May 29
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Top 5 trans & non-binary authors who inspired me on my author journey
Let me know your favourites! #booktok #pride #pridemonth #bookrecommendations
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The Gremlin’s Library\ \ Eerie (they/them)\ \ • Apr 2
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Review: Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
Hey Andrew Joseph White I will be needing this in IV form asap, thanks. #BookTok #DystopianBooks #HorrorBooks #YAHorror #AndrewJosephWhite
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Queer as Books\ \ José\ \ • Mar 31
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🏳️⚧️ 30 Trans Books to Read All Year 📚
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Mar 30
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CHOOSE YOUR APOCALPYSE!
👀🌋💣 let’s talk about post-apocalpytic, end-of-the-world reads.
📚 books mentioned: - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - The Grief Shop: and other stories from a broken world by Alex DiFrancesco - Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction, edited by Joshua Whitehead - 205Z: Time and Salvation by Jason Michael Primrose
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thank you to Peachtree Teen, Seven Stories Press, and Jason Michael Primrose for the gifted copies!
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end of the world books • apocalypse stories • dystopian books • horror books • sci fi books • science fiction book recs • world-ending stories • diverse books • Arsenal Pulp Press • Cluster Chronicles
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Discotopia | Diverse Books\ \ Disco (he/they)\ \ • Mar 12
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25 book recs for the Trans Rights Readathon (and all year round!)
Are any of these on your TBR? #booktok #trr25 #trr #readathon #bookrecommendations
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jan 22
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💭 is there a creature you feel like you NEVER see in horror books?
💭 is there a creature you feel like you NEVER see in horror books?
you all gave the first round of book recs featuring unique horror monsters (or new takes on classic creature features) SO much love, so i had to come back and do a part two.
📚 books mentioned: - Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova - Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark - The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White
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thank you to Tor Nightfire and Peachtree Teen for the gifted copies!
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horror books • monster books • creature feature horror books • horror book recommendations • supernatural horror books • best horror books • diverse books • Zando Books • Tordotcom
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jan 20
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“i just ask Chat GPT for book recs” SHUT UP
“i just ask Chat GPT for book recs” “it can actually summarize entire books for you so you can read one in just 5 minutes” “i ONLY use AI for” - STOP IT. LEAVE ME ALONE!
here are human book recs from a human!! and also they’re all really really good.
📚 books mentioned: - The Seep by Chana Porter - The Macabre by Kosoko Jackson - The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs - Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - The Scammer by Tiffany D. Jackson - I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea - The Honeys by Ryan La Sala - Lakewood by Megan Giddings
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thank you to Harper Voyager, Heartdrum, Peachtree Teen, Quill Tree Books, and Scholastic Press for the gifted copies!
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horror book recommendations • science fiction books • best horror books • diverse books • Saga Press • Harper Voyager • Heartdrum • Tordotcom • Peachtree Teen • Quill Tree Books • Fierce Reads • Scholastic Press • Amistad
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Aug 9 2025
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my passion is just shouting horror books at you until you read them. do it.
my passion is just shouting horror books at you until you read them. do it.
📚 books mentioned: - Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker - Delicious Monsters by Liselle Sambury - Lakewood by Megan Giddings - Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine - Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark - House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland - Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros - The Honeys by Ryan La Sala - Fever Dream by Samanta Schweblin - My Heart Is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones - Jackal by Erin E. Adams - The Last Tale of the Flower Bride by Roshani Chokshi - Infested by Angel Luis Colón
thank you to MIRA/HPT Hive, Simon Teen, Sourcebooks, Inkyard Press, Scholastic, Bantam, and William Morrow for the gifted copies!
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jul 26 2025
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speak up about every instance of book banning as much as you can, please!!
speak up about every instance of book banning as much as you can, please!!
📚 books mentioned: - Otherworldly by F.T. Lukens - Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White - Heartstopper series by Alice Oseman - All Out edited by Saundra Mitchell - Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
Thank you to Simon Teen for the gifted copy!
#bookbannings #readbannedbooks #supportbannedbooks #stopbanningbooks #fantasybooks #horrorbooks #romancebooks #historicalfictionbooks #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #nycbookstagram @simonteen @peachtreeteen @hachettechildrens @inkyardpress @harpercollins @faberbooks.us
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chronicallybookish\ \ Kaley\ \ • May 23 2025
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Six of Crows!!!! Whether you’d be rereading or reading for the first time—you should join us!!
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Tattooed Bibliophiles\ \ Zee\ \ • May 13 2025
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\ \ Before you scroll past thinking this is one of those “sorry I haven’t posted” guilt-trip TikToks—pause. It’s not that. I promise. (Unless you are mad at me… in which case… 😅 okay valid.)\ \ Here’s the deal: my serotonin has gone poof. My social feed is 97% longform political doomsday content and the rest is Aaron Parnas saying “BREAKING NEWS” in a deceptively calm voice about things that should be behind a trigger warning but are actually just real life. I didn’t take a break from caring (still calling my reps, still donating, still fighting), but I did take a break from trying to make content when everything feels like it's on fire.\ \ But here’s what I did do:\ \ I read. A lot.\ \ And not just for escapism—but for truth. For clarity. For change.\ \ Because once you’ve read enough “hot fae assassin” fantasy and "funny AI ship" sci-fi, you start craving stories that say something. Books that don’t just entertain, but provoke. That make you stop, whisper “holy sh*t,” and stare at the ceiling for an hour, but you know, in a good way. \ \ So below, I’ve paired fiction and nonfiction reads by theme—books I kept on my shelves, because I want my kids to read them one day and feel their brains light up like mine did. Read one, read both, read what works for your style.\ \ Let’s go.\ \
- SYSTEMIC RACISM\
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- Legendborn by Tracy Deonn, an Arthurian YA fantasy that has those magic school vibes, and taught me what microagressions FEEL like. But you've probably already read that so I'll also recommend\ \
- Blood at the Root by LaDarrion Williams, a book about a 17 year old child who finds his roots after removing himself and his brother from abusive foster parents. This tells of an organization of magical black people who have remained cloistered to keep safe, and very much has those Wakanda vibes.\
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- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, written in the format of a letter to his son, Coates speaks in gorgeous prose about what it's like to be a black man in America. This book didn't tell me anything I didn't already know, but it connected those things with these little electric sentences that made me FEEL the neurons in my brain connect and go "PING" like a little light bulb. Coates is a genius of our generation.\ \
- Letter from Birmingham Jail by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., I know, seems obvious, but I don't see people talking about it much. He's writing to people who disagree with his methods, speaking of his willingness to sit in a jail cell to forward civil rights. Only 54 pages. Required reading. Especially for white folks who quote MLK without context.\
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- IMMIGRATION\
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- Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz is a sci-fi book about robots trying to start their own noodle shop. It tells a story of a post civil war California where robots have been given rights, but only some, only the ones that benefit capitalism. And it shows how different people react to them having those few rights. It's a beautiful story about creating your own community after you've lost everything.\
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- They Called Us Enemy by George Takei is a graphic novel memoir of Takei's firsthand account of the detention centers Roosevelt imprisoned Japanese Americans in in 1942. I plan to read this and discuss it with my kids this summer.\
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- COLONIZATION\
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- Cry, Voidbringer by Elaine Ho is a story of oppression from 2 POV's, one is a little girl who has been kidnapped into slavery, and the other is an older character who has been working her way up the ranks to the side of the queen, and tries to fight oppression from within a broken system.\ \
- This Place: 150 Years Retold is an indigenous graphic novel anthology of dystopian stories about surviving a post-apocalyptic world since Contact. It comes with an accompanying teacher guide with lesson plans, so this one is another I plan to read and study with my kids this summer.\
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- Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is, well, what it says it is. I've never been a huge nonfic fan so graphic novels are a great way for me to get some nonfic reading in. This is a book you need on your shelf!\
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- LGBTQIA+ EXPERIENCE\
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- No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull is a sci-fi/fantasy X-men type story about the coming out of monsters (vampires, werewolves, etc,) the world's reaction, and the monsters fight for human rights. It's multi-POV that works because you get to see so many perspectives. I cannot WAIT for my hold to come in from Libby for the sequel.\ \
- Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White is a dystopian horror about a group of fanatic Christians causing the apocalypse to bring about the second coming of Christ. And their chosen is of course a closeted gay kid. I'm not a body horror person, but this book is INSANELY good and my preteen who loves horror is going to freaking love it when he finally gets off his Fortnite and reads it.\
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- A Little Queer Natural History by Josh L. Davis discusses biodiversity in nature and is essentially an entire book in response to the "male and female is basic biology" argument we sometimes hear from people with absolutely zero knowledge in the subject of biology. I love reading books that are a middle finger to bigots.\ \
- Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam chronicles expressions of trans experience that are often left out of the historical record. Trans people exist and HAVE existed for all of human history, and it's important to acknowledge that.\
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- PRISON ABOLITION (a note: this may be a controversial topic for many, but I truly think that if people truly understood the prison abolition movement's goals, they would agree with them, and I think that if we solved this issue, many many other social issues would be solved as a result. If you don't agree, I beg you to read these books.)\
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- Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, I know, I know, I won't shut up about this one, but it's for good reason! Everyone is off reading Silver Elite because of it's purported (but I have on good authority unfounded) Hunger Games vibes, when Chain-Gang All-Stars has been published since 2023! Take prisons and make them privatized. Someone gets a brilliant idea to put it on reality TV (it's already been done, see 60 Days In) and make them fight each other to the death for sport. That's this book.\
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- Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones is written like an anthology, but by one person. Jones has been an advocate for years and tells the stories of people whom society has taken away their voice, taken away their humanity. This book doesn't discuss how to solve the problem, but I recommend starting here because to solve the problem, you first need to see prisoners as full human beings, and while you may think you already do, this will show you that no, you don't.\
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- DISABILITY\
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- Cinder by Marissa Meyer was assigned to my 7th grader for summer reading, so we listened to it together, and WOW! How did I sleep on this one? Cinder is a cyborg, a human who has had parts replaced and is considered now to be less than human because of it, including all of her rights being directed by her guardian, her stepmother. Not only did we get to discuss how society treats disabled people as less deserving of human rights, but we also got to see the Lunars, moon dwelling people who their society is hugely biased against, a great metaphor for xenophobia and racism. So many good topics in this book to discuss with your younger reader while still getting to enjoy a hella good book.\
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- Grievers by adrienne marie brown is admittedly not quite nonfiction, but adrienne marie brown is a nonfiction writer who delved into dystopian literature to further our understanding of the pandemic and how it affected and will continue to affect the world. It delves into the socioeconomics and inherent racism of the pandemic in such an insightful way. It has a sequel, thank adreinne, because the first one destroyed me.\ \ For other recommendations sorted by social justice topic I highly recommend going to https://www.akpress.org/books.html an independent publishing house that specializes in radical books. \ \ What other subjects would you like recommendations for? Feel free to leave me some recs in the comments too! I love a good read that cracks a brain open. Let’s build a shelf full of them.](https://tattooedbibliophile.binderybooks.com/item/XAGHabsTOQHTD7phEAbk/)
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UUUUGGGGGHHHHH and other lamentations: Fiction and Non-Fiction books on the same topics
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Reads with Rachel\ \ Rachel\ \ • May 1 2025
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Discotopia | Diverse Books\ \ Disco (he/they)\ \ • Apr 29 2025
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An introduction to my Bindery! Who I am, what members can expect from Discotopia, and a quick rundown of some of my favourite diverse books.
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chronicallybookish\ \ Kaley\ \ • Apr 28 2025
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Did you know I run a disability-themed book club over on Discord?
Diversify With Disability alternates each month between Fantasy and Romance books, always with an emphasis on disability, chronic illness, and mental illness representation.
We’ve read books like Out on a Limb by Hannah Bonam-Young and The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon. We’re currently finishing up To a Darker Shore by Leanne Schwartz—and will even be doing a Live Q&A with her in early May!
Our May read will be Reel by Kennedy Ryan, and we are currently voting on our June Fantasy pick! (Voting closes 11am PT May 1st)
You can get access to the book club discord by following the FREE tier of my Bindery (link in bio!)—plus all the other benefits of that free subscription.
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Tattooed Bibliophiles\ \ Zee\ \ • Mar 21 2025
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\ \ As I lay here in bed, cozy with my family all tucked into their warm beds, my mind can't help but drift to the trans kids who aren’t as lucky. Whether they’re stuck under the roof of unsafe people, trapped in a family that won't accept them, living on the streets, in a country hell-bent on demonizing them—these kids aren’t safe. They’re not warm, they’re not happy, and that just devastates me.\ \ Earlier today, I posted a video with one book for the Trans Rights Readathon because, frankly, I don’t have the spoons to get into it with all the trolls and bigots on these apps. Instagram’s a dumpster fire, TikTok’s gone through more transformations than a changeling, and let’s be real—the thing that was supposed to be a safe space for millions is now quietly shifting gears to help the billionaires. But tonight, as I lie awake thinking about my trans neighbors, I know I have to dig deeper. I must find the spoons, even if they’re buried under the weight of it all. Because here’s the thing: this is how it always starts. Nazis didn’t just go after Jews—they came for trans, gay, and disabled people first.\ \ I’m terrified. Not just for trans people, but for all of us. The thing that terrifies me most isn’t just the rise of hate, but the silence from people who won’t stand up until it directly affects them. By the time it does, it’s already too late. That’s the road to ruin, and I refuse to walk it.\ \ So, I’m vowing right now to find the spoons. To dig deeper. To fight tooth and nail, because, quite frankly, this is the only thing that matters now. Not my survival—but everyone’s survival.\ \
- *\ \ Fighting the Good Fight: The Trans Rights Readathon \ \ And in that spirit, I’m throwing my full weight behind the Trans Rights Readathon. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s an annual call to action for readers to uplift books written by or about trans, nonbinary, 2Spirit, and gender-nonconforming authors and characters, in honor of Trans Day of Visibility on March 31st. From March 21 onward, the goal is to read, amplify, and, of course, raise funds for causes that support the trans community. This year, I’m aiming to raise $400–$500 for Point of Pride, an amazing organization that provides financial support for trans folks in need of health and wellness care.\ \ If you want to join me in this mission, subscribe to any of my paid tiers this month, and all of my proceeds will go directly to Point of Pride. After this month, you can drop back down to the free tier—I get it, times are tough right now.\ \
- *\ \ Privilege, Self-Care, and the Fight for Marginalized Voices \ \ I want to take a moment to acknowledge my privilege. I’ve got a job that feeds my family comfortably, and trust me, I don’t take it for granted. (And let’s be real, this job is thanks to DEI initiatives—yep, white women benefit from affirmative action the MOST.) This platform, though, this is my side gig. My hobby. My self-care. It’s where I can channel all the rage and frustration and do something to push back against the hate machine. Everything I make from this goes right back into promoting marginalized authors. Sometimes that’s buying books by marginalized authors to read and review, and sometimes it’s donations to other Bindery creators like @michael.laborn and @fromthemixedupdesk. One day, I hope to fund a marginalized sci-fi author’s audiobook or help with marketing costs. This month? It’s going to Point of Pride.\ \
- *\ \ The Fight for Independent Bookstores and More \ \ As an extra incentive to subscribe this month, EVERY subscriber, both paid and free, will be entered into a giveaway for a $50 gift card to Bookshop.org, an online bookstore that supports independent booksellers—the true rebels fighting for their lives against the Amazon empire. If you’re not down with the corporate machine, this is where you want your book money to go. (Or if you're an audio nerd like me, Libro.fm is a great resource!)\ \
- *\ \ Read for Trans Rights, Read for All of Us \ \ Trans people are people. It’s as simple as that. If you’re not reading books by trans, queer, disabled, Black, Brown, and Indigenous authors and featuring those characters all year long, what the hell are you doing? Reading about people who aren’t like you expands your world. It helps you see things from their perspective, helps you walk a mile in their shoes. And guess what? That’s the real reason people want to ban these books. They can’t stand it when we normalize the humanity of trans, queer, and marginalized folks. They need us to stay divided, to dehumanize, and they need it to feel powerful. And they need to convince you that queer people aren’t real people so they can justify their bigotry. Because the billionaires are making them feel powerless and those billionaires know it - so they create media to point the hate of the weak minded at the marginalized. \ \ But we see through it. We know better. So read, keep reading, and lift up these voices. We’re not just reading for the plot—we’re reading for justice. We’re reading to smash the system that thrives on hate.\ \ As always: FUCK NAZIS, fight the system, and be the revolution. Read books by trans authors, with trans characters. Keep pushing back against the machine. This is our fight, and we’re not backing down.\ \ K thanks, byeeee. ✌️](https://tattooedbibliophile.binderybooks.com/item/hPWnorEWov8dRCkKlEgV/)
Rage Against the Machine: Read Sci-fi Books for the Trans Rights Read-a-Thon
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Discotopia | Diverse Books\ \ Disco (he/they)\ \ • Mar 11 2025
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Angry Queer Book Recommendations
Books listed: Blackheart Knights by Laure Eve Hell Followed with Us by Andrew Joseph White Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah Cinderella is Ded by Kaylnn Bayron Iron Widow by Xirin Jay Zhao The Final Strife by Saara el-Arifi #booktok #winterboots #resistance #fantasybooktok #sapphicbooks
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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)!!
let's fill these comments with love so this video doesn't end up on the scary side of the algorithm.
☆ featured links ☆ official trans rights readathon website (with TONS of resources): https://transrightsreadathon.carrd.co/ PLEASE sign up here to be included in the data: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/2025-trans-rights-readathon 💫 join me on bindery (celestial - exclusive content, discord, book club, and more): https://celestial.binderybooks.com/
☆ 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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Not So Well Read\ \ Courtney\ \ • Jan 30 2025
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Trans & Nonbinary Horror to Help You Escape the Horrors
I’m sure you all are aware that there’s… a lot… going on in the world right now. So much, in fact, that it is quite possible to scroll yourself into a pit of despair at any point of the day. Some o...
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Jan 25 2025
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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
#horrorbooks #scifibooks #fantasybooks #transbooks #nonbinarybooks #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #nycbooktok #bookstagram @harpervoyagerus @riverheadbooks @peachtreeteen @fiercereads @torbooks @titanbooks @akashicbooks @randomhousekids @faberbooks.us @tornightfire @orbitbooks_us
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Sep 14 2024
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last night, I had the huge pleasure of speaking with one of my favorite horror authors on Instagram Live. we chatted about all 3 of his books and some future projects, too! i hope you all enjoy the recording - and let me know if there are authors you'd love to do a q&a with in the future.<3
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Sep 7 2024
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you heard it here first (well probably not, but that’s fine) … it’s SEPTEMBER!!! the good part of the year starts NOW!!
so here’s an august reading wrap up - i read 9 books last month, and i’m sharing a speedy reaction to them all.
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Aug 24 2024
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BIG day for fans of this is how you lose the time war and hell followed with us 👀
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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Aug 21 2024
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giveaways, readathons, and beyond!
win ARCs, read with friends in our Discord, and come together for a live book club this month. :)
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