[How it Works](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/how-it-works/) [Bookshop](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/books/bindery/) [Publishing](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/publishing/) [Team](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/team/) [Contact](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/contact/) Log in or Sign up Death of the Author: A Novel Nnedi Okorafor Save to Your Books [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/84139/9780063391147) 100% of affiliate revenue supports Celestial Preorder now and receive the stunning DELUXE LIMITED EDITION while supplies last—featuring a special alternate cover design on the hardcover case, gorgeous sprayed edges, and exclusive endpapers. This breathtaking edition is only available on a limited first print run. > “Her best work yet... about fame and family, culture and change, the power of story, the writer’s life... and robots. This one has it all.” — George R.R. Martin In this exhilarating tale by New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor, a disabled Nigerian American woman pens a wildly successful Sci-Fi novel, but as her fame rises, she loses control of the narrative—a surprisingly cutting, yet heartfelt drama about art and love, identity and connection, and, ultimately, what makes us human. This is a story unlike anything you’ve read before. The future of storytelling is here. Disabled, disinclined to marry, and more interested in writing than a lucrative career in medicine or law, Zelu has always felt like the outcast of her large Nigerian family. Then her life is upended when, in the middle of her sister’s lavish Caribbean wedding, she’s unceremoniously fired from her university job and, to add insult to injury, her novel is rejected by yet another publisher. With her career and dreams crushed in one fell swoop, she decides to write something just for herself. What comes out is nothing like the quiet, literary novels that have so far peppered her unremarkable career. It’s a far-future epic where androids and AI wage war in the grown-over ruins of human civilization. She calls it _Rusted Robots_. When Zelu finds the courage to share her strange novel, she does not realize she is about to embark on a life-altering journey—one that will catapult her into literary stardom, but also perhaps obliterate everything her book was meant to be. From Chicago to Lagos to the far reaches of space, Zelu’s novel will change the future not only for humanity, but for the robots who come next. A book-within-a-book that blends the line between writing and being written, _Death of the Author_ is a masterpiece of metafiction that manages to combine the razor-sharp commentary of _Yellowface_ with the heartfelt humanity of _Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow_. Surprisingly funny, deeply poignant, and endlessly discussable, this is at once the tale of a woman on the margins risking everything to be heard and a testament to the power of storytelling to shape the world as we know it. Show more Get the Bindery app * * * Posts about this title from Celestial [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Aug 2 2025](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [choose your (book) crisis!!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/L1gXzxyq93nhvDztHTjB/) choose your (book) crisis!! because a character never seems to have an easy, happy time in a book that i pick up. 📚 books mentioned: \- Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant \- The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim \- Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones \- The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei \- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia \- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones \- Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase \- I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea \- A Forbidden Alchemy by Stacey McEwan \- Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor Thank you to Simon Teen, Saga Press, and William Morrow for the gifted copies! #chooseyourcrisis #chooseyourbookcrisis #chooseyourcharacter #fantasybooks #horrorbooks #scifibooks #bookrecs #bookrecommendations #SagaSaysCrew #sagapressbooks #SagaSays #SimonTeenInfluencer #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #nycbookstagram @simonteen @erewhonbooks @sagapressbooks @flatiron\_books @delreybooks @kensingtonbooks @fiercereads @henryholtbooks @williammorrowbooks * * * 10 books [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Mar 6 2025](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [a very solid February reading wrap up!!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/ned0idYhgFFAbtDlNFeP/) a very solid February reading wrap up!! 📚 books mentioned: \- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar \- Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor \- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia \- Masquerade by O.O. Sangoyomi \- Tale of the Flying Forest by R.M. 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I’ve finally gotten out of my reading slump and it’s been wonderful being able to enjoy books again. I’ve been in a crochet frenzy lately and that’s been so much fun. I don’t have any pictures but I’ve also been taking Spanish classes again and going to language exchange meet ups to practice 😁 @booknetfest was definitely one of the biggest highlights of these last three months and I’m counting down the days till next year 🫶🏾 The World Cup has taken up so much of my summer and these Panini stickers may cause my financial ruin if I can’t get an exchange going soon 🥲 #hobbies #crochet #reading #memorykeeping #worldcup2026 * * * 9 books 3 [Casey the Reader\\ \\ Casey\\ \\ • Jul 3](https://caseythereader.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Now that I'm doing weekly reading roundups on Mondays, it doesn't really make sense to do a fave of the week on Fridays. I don't know exactly what I'm gonna do yet (I KNOW it doesn't have to be the same every week. But my brain does not! It likes routines!), but today I've got my June wrap up and a look forward at some books I hope to pick up in July. (Books marked with a \* were gifted to me and books marked with a ^ I was paid to read.)\\ \\ For June reads, it's no surprise that all my faves (starred) were books I read for Pride Reading Bingo. Queer books forever!\\ \\ \\ \\ THE QUARTER QUEEN^\\ \\ WHY ARE PEOPLE INTO THAT?\\ \\ LONDON FALLING\*\\ \\ ⭐️ SEVEN DEVILS\\ \\ ESCALA'S WISH^\\ \\ ⭐️ THE MAIDENHEADS\*\\ \\ DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL (reread)\\ \\ ⭐️ SEASONS OF GLASS AND IRON\*\\ \\ DIVERGENT (reread)\\ \\ POOL HOUSE\*\\ \\ LOVE IS AN EX-COUNTRY\\ \\ RAISING ARTEMIS^\\ \\ THE FOREST ON THE EDGE OF TIME\*\\ \\ ⭐ ONE OF THE BOYS\*\\ \\ DEATH OF THE AUTHOR\*\\ \\ ⭐ SHAPES OF LOVE\*\\ \\ * * *\\ \\ Here's what's on deck for July. (Ish...you know how that mood reading life goes.)\\ \\ \\ \\ **MOSS'D IN SPACE\* - This is the July Found Family Book Club pick!**\\ \\ CHAOS\* - This space romance series is a fave of mine and I've been saving this latest installment for when I needed a treat.\\ \\ MAKE ME BETTER\* - Gailey is a fave author and normally I would have gobbled this up by now but for some reason I thought it was a fall release and therefore I didn't prioritize the ARC. Whoops!\\ \\ BLACK SALT QUEEN\* - I've been meaning to read this fantasy about royalty, romance, and betrayal for awhile and the sequel recently came out so I better get to it!\\ \\ I LOVE YOU DON'T DIE\* - I'd intended to read this for Pride Bingo and didn't get there. I adored Song's debut CHLORINE and am looking forward to more of that.\\ \\ THIS PRINCESS KILLS MONSTERS\* - Another Pride Bingo fail. I've been very into cozy, comedic fantasy lately so I'm ready to wrap myself up in this one.\\ \\ OUT OF STEP, INTO YOU\* - The last of my Pride Bingo intendeds. I thought Burch's debut YA novel a few years ago was seriously underrated, so watch out for me yelling about this one soon.\\ \\ **Books I'm carrying over from June:** My current reads are Love In A F-cked Up World by Dean Spade and Coldwire\* by Chloe Gong.\\ \\ **Other miscellaneous July reads:** I run an in-person book club that reads spicy books and I our July pick is The Pairing by Casey McQuiston, which will be a reread for me. I also read the first chapter of Murder In The Dressing Room\* by Holly Star yesterday. There will be other audiobooks because I can't commute without them, but I haven't picked any yet.\\ \\ Is that a packed enough TBR for you or what!\\ \\ Join for free or login](https://caseythereader.binderybooks.com/item/RjgobKuiwId4ySBsPVwi/) [June Wrap Up + July Hopefuls](https://caseythereader.binderybooks.com/item/RjgobKuiwId4ySBsPVwi/) * * * 26 books 4 [Children of Diaspora\\ \\ Rae the Reviewer\\ \\ • Apr 13](https://children-of-diaspora.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Hey y’all, \\ \\ Reminder that we’re having a reading sprint on Discord tonight. It’s the perfect time to read our April pick: Stories of Your Life and Others by Ted Chiang. But you can also read anything you’re in the mood for tonight. \\ \\ I already finished our April pick so I’m going to be crocheting and reading Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor. 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Feel free to suggest other titles as well.\\ \\ **The Leans Literary book club will focus on genre fiction** (sci fi, horror, dystopian, dark academia, etc) **written by marginalized authors that has literary character-development and/or themes**. We'll probably shy away from fantasy, as it's not generally my favorite, and I feel like there are already a lot of good book clubs out there focused on fantasy.\\ \\ Join for free or login](https://ronnicareads.binderybooks.com/item/X5oIbwffHsB6y5qkdmvo/) [What Do You Want to Read Together?](https://ronnicareads.binderybooks.com/item/X5oIbwffHsB6y5qkdmvo/) * * * 11 books 2 [1](https://ronnicareads.binderybooks.com/item/X5oIbwffHsB6y5qkdmvo/#comments) [Littrilly Reads & Chats Club\\ \\ Tasj\\ \\ • Feb 8](https://littrillyliterature.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Week 6: 2-8th of February\\ \\ I will give you the warning now! BEWARE OF TYPOS! I'm a reader who reads a lot but still can't spell properly.\\ \\ \\ \\ This week’s reading has been pretty solid I would like to say! I started of the week by finishing my first book of the month which was:\\ \\ **"Death of the author" by Nnedi Okorafor.**\\ \\ You know when you finish a book and you feel certain emotions about the book buthave no words to describe it. That was me when I finished...\\ \\ I just remember finishing the book, feeling very happy that I had read it and in a way I felt enlightened and that my horizon was expanded!\\ \\ The book explored three different genres at the same time which was wild! We got a _literary fiction_ section, _sci-fi-dystopian_ section and interview _memoir_ style sections.\\ \\ What enlightened me was reading about Nigerian-American experiences, reading the POV of a paraplegic character and peoples relationship with technology and it’s development.\\ \\ _I am finishing this week_ by starting my second book of this month which is\\ \\ **“The everlasting” by Alix E. Harrow**\\ \\ \\ \\ OOOFFF, THIS BOOK!! It’s truly something else. I’m only 100 pages in , and this just screams NEXT LEVEL ROMANTASY. The writing is really whimsical and descriptive!\\ \\ I’m immersive reading this one with the audiobook, AND THE AUDOBOOK IS PERFECTION!!!  \\ \\ PSSST! There will be a reading vlog of my **“The Everlasting”** journey! So Stay Tuned!\\ \\ Alright, that’s all I have for now....My dinner has gotten cold... I thought I could write this and eat at the same time, but nope! Can’t multitask at all XD\\ \\ Stay AWESOME! 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Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/237413723-black-as-diamond Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/04c00dc8-175f-45d4-b778-1644720c41d9 Ezeekat Press Subscriber Community: https://ezeekat.binderybooks.com/ 00:00 - Intro 00:26 - Coming Soon - Black as Diamond! 3:11 - A Word on Our Sponsor 3:52 - A Crane Among Wolves 8:35 - Death of the Author 16:31 - The Last Ember 20:39 - The Time Machine 24:13 - We 28:35 - The Flame and the Flower 30:48 - The Last Continent 36:01 - The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs 40:06 - Star Wars Rogue Squadron 47:02 - Gregor the Overlander 51:05 - Animorphs 54:51 - Azure Bonds 59:33 - Favorite Book of the Month 1:00:47 - February Sneak Peek My Other Places: Ezeekat Press Subscriber Community: https://ezeekat.binderybooks.com/ History of Sci-Fi Roadmap: https://ezeekat.binderybooks.com/item/BEJSjbfZkouY3i39Du3z/ Beacons page with all my links: https://beacons.ai/ezeekat * * * 6 books 23 [5](https://ezeekat.binderybooks.com/item/MHLya9Xs9aOWVCoVldme/#comments) [Ezeekat Press\\ \\ Jaysen\\ \\ • Dec 21 2025](https://ezeekat.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Join for free or login](https://ezeekat.binderybooks.com/item/21WpT8MPshDqScwnrS1l/) [January Reading Plan Sneak-Peek!](https://ezeekat.binderybooks.com/item/21WpT8MPshDqScwnrS1l/) * * * 10 books 18 [7](https://ezeekat.binderybooks.com/item/21WpT8MPshDqScwnrS1l/#comments) [The Inky Phoenix\\ \\ Kathryn Budig\\ \\ • Aug 24 2025](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Upgrade for $5 or login](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/YIfpTGkZd2SvpOhUS6VE/) [Death of the Author Zoom Convo Recording](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/YIfpTGkZd2SvpOhUS6VE/) For anyone who missed our chat on DEATH OF THE AUTHOR -- enjoy! * * * 1 book 3 [1](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/YIfpTGkZd2SvpOhUS6VE/#comments) [The Inky Phoenix\\ \\ Kathryn Budig\\ \\ • Aug 23 2025](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Upgrade for $5 or login](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/Yql9W6G39f4p2Xk0Lr8Z/) [Book club Zoom TODAY](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/Yql9W6G39f4p2Xk0Lr8Z/) 2pm ET DEATH OF THE AUTHOR * * * 1 book 2 [1](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/Yql9W6G39f4p2Xk0Lr8Z/#comments) [The Inky Phoenix\\ \\ Kathryn Budig\\ \\ • Aug 19 2025](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Our 2025 Inky Phoenix picks so far …](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/ZRG32c2eYSJ7WIA2kaOk/) Which are your favorites? * * * 8 books 4 [3](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/ZRG32c2eYSJ7WIA2kaOk/#comments) [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Aug 11 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [6-5-4-3-2-1 stars](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/AgpK2K23rBaGDwCDrEtB/) 6-5-4-3-2-1 Some books I’ve read in the last couple years that I rated 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 stars! It was SO hard to narrow down the 5 stars because there were sooooo many incredible books I wanted to include but I kept it to six—just know that it pained me greatly to do so. #bookstagram #books #sixstarbooks #fivestarbooks #fourstarbooks #threestarbooks #twostarbooks #onestarbooks #fantasybooks #fantasybookstagram #romancebooks #romancebookstagram * * * 31 books [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Aug 2 2025](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [choose your (book) crisis!!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/L1gXzxyq93nhvDztHTjB/) choose your (book) crisis!! because a character never seems to have an easy, happy time in a book that i pick up. Thank you to Simon Teen, Saga Press, and William Morrow for the gifted copies! * * * 10 books [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Jul 30 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Upgrade for $5 or login](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/) [Inner Circle Exclusive: Every Book I've Read With Disability Rep in 2025 So Far](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/) Link to Q&A with Leanne: https://youtu.be/cRlU0Jh38FA I actually have a lot less reviews than I thought I did... I need to write reviews more often I guess. Fable for the End of the World Review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7309161033 Unloved Review: https://www.tiktok.com/@chronicallybookish/video/7472960553997192491?is\_from\_webapp=1&sender\_device=pc&web\_id=7482910883225191966 * * * 23 books 1 [1](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/wXAxzmCmVZJmGMyiPSb5/#comments) [The Inky Phoenix\\ \\ Kathryn Budig\\ \\ • Jul 15 2025](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Office Hours with Nnedi Okorafor](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/KUY6FYvCkpgS2wXrrynO/) Want an exclusive peek into DEATH OF THE AUTHOR Nnedi's writing space? * * * 1 book 4 [2](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/KUY6FYvCkpgS2wXrrynO/#comments) [The Inky Phoenix\\ \\ Kathryn Budig\\ \\ • Jul 1 2025](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Our July pick is here!](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/PuJi6S8JlIG0Lnqqndwm/) DEATH OF THE AUTHOR by Nnedi Okorafor * * * 1 book 5 [3](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/PuJi6S8JlIG0Lnqqndwm/#comments) [Bookish AfroLatina's Library\\ \\ Gabby\\ \\ • Mar 23 2025](https://bookish-afrolatina.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Whenever I'm feeling hopeless, I try to to find something to look forward to like a get together with my friends or a new book. Since my friends and I haven't been able to hangout consistently for a bit, I've been leaning more into purchasing books from bookshops like SteamyLit and websites like Bookshop.org and Thriftbooks. I also won a giveaway! Here are the books I got recently:\\ \\ **_Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too_ by Ijeoma Oluo** \\ \\ This title is self-explanatory. My hope is that this will give me strength. Oluo is also great writer and storyteller! I enjoyed her other books So You Want To Talk About Race and Mediocre, so I'm sure I'll love this one.\\ \\ **_Star Child: A Biographical Constellation of Octavia Estelle Butler_ by Ibi Zoboi** \\ \\ As a lover of all things Octavia E. Butler, this purchase was a no-brainer! Ibi Zoboi weaves poetry, short essays, and primary sources in this small package. I'll likely be reading this book before the end of March.\\ \\ **_I Got Abducted by Aliens and Now I'm Trapped in a Rom-Com_ by Kimberly Lemming** \\ \\ I have read and love just about every book by Kimberly Lemming! In fact, I read the arc for this once back in January and have been singing its praises ever since. When I finally had a little cash to spend, I knew I wanted my own copy of this hilariously ridiculous and hot story.\\ \\ **_We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance_ by Kellie Carter Jackson** \\ \\ Last month, I attended a Black History event where Kellie spoke about her book and historical heroes which spurred me to purchase her book. As with Oluo's book, I'm hoping this will give me strength and maybe help me work through my own anxieties about our time.\\ \\ **_Destiny's Embrace_ by Beverly Jenkins** \\ \\ Whenever I'm looking for Black joy, I find Beverly Jenkins's books especially suited to my needs. As I Black Latina, I'm often seen as "resilient" and "strong," which can get tiring when all I want is to be given grace and comfort. So here's to self-care!\\ \\ **_Death of the Author_ by Nnedi Okorafor** \\ \\ I've been hearing a lot of great things about this book! Okorafor's website describes it as "a book-within-a-book that blends the line between writing and being written, _Death of the Author_ is a masterpiece of metafiction." All of that sounds intriguing as hell to me!\\ \\ **_Blood & Brujas_ by Mikayla D. Hornedo** \\ \\ My girl, Carla (@carla\_is\_reading) has been raving about this book and when I saw the special edition pop up on SteamyLit's website, I was sold. From what I've learned, this is a sapphic fantasy packed with brujas (of course), vampires, and intrigue. Yes, please!\\ \\ **_We Belong: an All-Black/All-Queer Sci-fi/Fantasy Comics Anthology_ edited by William O. Tyler and Viktor T. Kerney** \\ \\ Once again, I was influenced! Fareeha of @fairlyoddfareeha recommended this book on her YouTube shorts dedicated to Black Queer Comics and I knew I had to check it out. Follow her on Bindery here: https://fairlyqueer.binderybooks.com/about/\\ \\ Purchase here: https://stackeddeckpress.com/product/we-belong-the-all-black-all-lgbtq-sci-fi-and-fantasy-comics-anthology/\\ \\ **_Black Apocalypse: Afrofuturism at The End of the World_ by Tavia Nyong'o** \\ \\ I'll be honest, I don't fully remember how I stumbled upon this book. The title grabbed my attention and so did this description: " **Juxtaposing the world-building of afrofuturism and the world-negating of afropessimism to show how both movements have offered us critical resources of hope."** Since I've been struggling with pushing myself out of the pessimism that's been sticking to me since last fall, I feel like this might bring me out.\\ \\ **_Las Leonas Series_ by Adriana Herrera** \\ \\ I won this gorgeous set of books in a giveaway and I'm in love. Adriana is one of my favorite authors of all time and this series solidified that for me. It's wonderful to have the full set of the new covers since my copies of the first two books don't match. She also sent me the original art for each of the covers, which was so damn sweet of her!!\\ \\ **I'm extremely grateful to have been able to purchase and/or receive these books. I feel a sense of pride having them and know that they will all bring me wisdom.**\\ \\ Join for free or login](https://bookish-afrolatina.binderybooks.com/item/v3vfaU9H7SymEs0CuQm3/) [My New Arrivals: 12 books I recently received](https://bookish-afrolatina.binderybooks.com/item/v3vfaU9H7SymEs0CuQm3/) * * * 12 books 1 [Kist Reads\\ \\ Kist\\ \\ • Mar 21 2025](https://kistreadsbooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Book Haul (20+ Books!), How ARCs Work & Publishing News!](https://kistreadsbooks.binderybooks.com/item/nTMMkIuXWmF5iOSccUVD/) Used this book haul as the framework to talk about a variety of topics that include how ARCs work and how to get them, a mini-review of The Devils by Joe Abercrombie, tips for book influencers, making a splash in the publishing industry and of course covering all the books I've acquired recently! * * * 7 books 6 [1](https://kistreadsbooks.binderybooks.com/item/nTMMkIuXWmF5iOSccUVD/#comments) [Peppered Ink\\ \\ Mary\\ \\ • Mar 11 2025](https://marysmanybooks.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Poll:\\ \\ What do you do to keep track of your want-to-read pile?\\ \\ I'm not sure when I started doing this, but at some point, I decided that books I couldn't immediately treat myself to got a quick photo instead so I would remember to return to them.\\ \\ Whether or not that's a suuupper smart idea is... debatable. I love having a visual reference for when I CAN treat myself, but it also means that my neverending TBR stays neverending.\\ \\ Who else does something similar? Let me know!\\ \\ Join for free or login](https://marysmanybooks.binderybooks.com/item/yCkxnba57JDzUYcnIfLR/) [Does anyone else take photos of books they want??](https://marysmanybooks.binderybooks.com/item/yCkxnba57JDzUYcnIfLR/) * * * 11 books 3 [4](https://marysmanybooks.binderybooks.com/item/yCkxnba57JDzUYcnIfLR/#comments) [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Mar 6 2025](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [a very solid February reading wrap up!!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/ned0idYhgFFAbtDlNFeP/) a very solid February reading wrap up!! thank you to Tor, William Morrow, Aardvark Book Club, and Little, Brown Young Readers for the gifted copies! * * * 5 books [Elsewhen\\ \\ Emma Gardner\\ \\ • Feb 26 2025](https://elsewhen.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Vote for March's Book Club Pick](https://elsewhen.binderybooks.com/item/f7LNmfrybYrfjv8oUeGl/) Click this post to vote for March's book club read! * * * 4 books 2 [2](https://elsewhen.binderybooks.com/item/f7LNmfrybYrfjv8oUeGl/#comments) [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Feb 19 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [January Reading Wrap Up](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/WncXUMtPMTJtnirJpzYE/) * * * 13 books 2 [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Feb 19 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [A Book Within a Book](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/1Mav9TP8PGme4VC8MHUF/) * * * 1 book 1 [The Inky Phoenix\\ \\ Kathryn Budig\\ \\ • Feb 16 2025](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/) Join for free \\ \\ Upgrade for $5 or login](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/UgWsY8WGHocyvohTlpAk/) [Inky Phoenix Chats — February 2025](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/UgWsY8WGHocyvohTlpAk/) It’s that dreaded time in publishing — trying to acquire blurbs (early reader praise) for LOCAL HEAVENS. Which inspired this video! Are blurbs impactful? Incestuous? Chime in on our Discord! Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/2Q5mQkzE Read The Guardian article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jan/31/simon-schuster-us-imprint-authors-blurbs-books * * * 8 books 6 [3](https://inkyphoenix.binderybooks.com/item/UgWsY8WGHocyvohTlpAk/#comments) [Celestial\\ \\ Steph\\ \\ • Feb 15 2025](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/) [standalone sci fi!](https://celestial.binderybooks.com/item/XWR4c7BxJfFgeWDc3aFQ/) series are fun, but a great standalone arc always has my heart! 🪐here are some fabulous single sci fi reads. 📚 books mentioned: \- Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor \- Singer Distance by Ethan Chatagnier \- The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden * * * 3 books [chronicallybookish\\ \\ Kaley\\ \\ • Jan 29 2025](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Hello and welcome to my Bindery! One of the things I am most excited to bring you are monthly round ups of upcoming book releases with disability, chronic illness, and mental illness representation. Disability representation has always been at the heart of my platform, and I thought this would be a great way to get these books onto people's radar.\\ \\ In the future, each round up will come at the end of the month, and will let you know about every book with disability representation that will release in the coming month (or at least all of them I can find! I spent hours scouring for releases, but I'm sure I won't always manage to catch every single one). This first one is a _little_ different, since I didn't want to leave out all of the amazing January releases!\\ \\ That all said--let's get into it!\\ \\ **January Releases**\\ \\ _Title:_ **The Holiday Switch** by Torie Jean\\ \\ _Representation:_ endometriosis and adenomyosis\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 1, 2025\\ \\ _My Rating:_ 5 stars\\ \\ _Title:_ **An Honored Vow**(The Halfling Saga #4) by Melissa Blair\\ \\ _Representation:_ addiction, PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Romantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 7, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **For One Night Only** by Jessica James\\ \\ _Representation:_ anxiety and panic disorder\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 7, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Once Smitten, Twice Shy** by Chloe Liese\\ \\ _Representation:_ mixed connective tissue disorder, autism, celiac disease\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 14, 2025\\ \\ _My Rating: 4.5 stars_\\ \\ _Title:_ **Death of the Author** by Nnedi Okorafor\\ \\ _Representation:_ paraplegia, wheelchair user, PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Literary Fiction\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 14, 2025\\ \\ _My Rating:_ 4 stars\\ \\ _Title:_ **About the Boy** by Leah Nicole Whitcomb\\ \\ _Representation:_ autism\\ \\ _Genre:_ YA Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 14, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **How to Survive This Fairytale** by S.M. Hallow\\ \\ _Representation:_ mental illness, limb difference\\ \\ _Genre:_ Fantasy Horror\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 16, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Secret Shadows** by J.J. Otis\\ \\ _Representation:_ vision impairment\\ \\ _Genre:_ Romantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 17, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **The Broposal** by Sonora Reyes\\ \\ _Representation:_ autism\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 21, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Onyx Storm** by Rebecca Yarros\\ \\ _Representation:_ EDS (ehler's danlos syndrome), POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome)\\ \\ _Genre:_ Romatasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 21, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **The Man for You** by Nikki Grant\\ \\ _Representation:_ depression, anxiety, reynaud's syndrome\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 23, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Artifice and Access**(A Disability in Fantasy Anthology) edited by Ella T. Holmes\\ \\ _Representation:_ several\\ \\ _Genre:_ Fantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 25, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Searching for a Valentine** by Alice Dashwood\\ \\ _Representation:_ anxiety, PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 27, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Carving Shadows Into Gold**(Forging Silver into Stars #2)by Brigid Kemmerer\\ \\ _Representation:_ amputee, mobility aid user, PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ YA Fantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 28, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **A Merry Murderous Midwinter**(The Skeleton Crew #3) by Dahlia Donovan\\ \\ _Representation:_ autism\\ \\ _Genre:_ Cozy Mystery\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 31, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **So Right** by Abby Millsaps\\ \\ _Representation:_ PMDD (pre-menstrual dysphoric disorder)\\ \\ _Genre:_ Why Choose Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ January 31, 2025\\ \\ **February Releases**\\ \\ _Title:_ **Lilith Mason Takes on the Everlore**(Wretched Daughters #2) by Wendolyn Baird\\ \\ _Representation:_ dysautonomia, depression, anxiety, c-PTSD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Fantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 1, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Unloved** by Peyton Corinne\\ \\ _Representation:_ dyslexia, dyscalculia, ADHD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 4, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Bless the Blood**(A Cancer Memoir) by Walela Nehanda\\ \\ _Representation:_ leukemia\\ \\ _Genre:_ YA Poetry and Essay Collection\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 6, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Can't Help Falling in Love** by Mariah Ankenman\\ \\ _Representation:_ ADHD\\ \\ _Genre:_ Contemporary Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 13, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Setting Up Love** by Rose Santoriello\\ \\ _Representation:_ endometriosis\\ \\ _Genre:_ Monster Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 14, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **The Incident at Ingleton**(Beau Monde Secrets) by Anne Rollins\\ \\ _Representation:_ migraines\\ \\ _Genre:_ Historical Romance\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 20, 2025\\ \\ _Title:_ **Guard & Guise**(Faeted Hearts #2) by Laura Winter\\ \\ _Representation:_ chronic pain, chronic fatigue\\ \\ _Genre:_ Romantasy\\ \\ _Release Date:_ February 20, 2025\\ \\ Upgrade for $5 or login](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/dhk5MCiLL46GG86XEOtS/) [EVERY January and February Release With Disability Representation](https://chronicallybookish.binderybooks.com/item/dhk5MCiLL46GG86XEOtS/) * * * 23 books 2 [Not So Well Read\\ \\ Courtney\\ \\ • Jan 19 2025](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Shit got weird this week... like really weird.\\ \\ **This Week in the Book World:** \\ \\ **RIP Booktok.** I was hoping you and I would get to know one another a bit better this year, but looks like fate had different ideas for us. Seriously though, the last 24 hours have been a propaganda fueled nightmare and I would like to wake up.\\ \\ **Neil Gaiman.** What is that quote about living long enough to see your heros become villains? Well that one hit real hard this week. I read half of the Vulture article, immediately wanted to throw up, and then mourned for several days. _Please, please take care of yourself if you decide to read this article._\\ \*\*Onyx Storm. \*\*I'm going to say it. Some of y'all need to chill the f\*ck out. It's literally a book. If you go into a target and swap the dust jacket on a book, that's theft. If you're digging through boxes that are unopened on the floor and causing a headache for underpaid retail workers, you're the asshole. If you're complaining about how a small business (who probably got their books on Friday) can't compete with one of the largest supply chains in the world, you're buying local for a pat on the back, not because you actually want to support local. I know someone is going to be a jerk to me this week about their book and I am going to lose it.\\ \\ Also, low key am glad that B&N finally got fined for breaking the rules, which they've been doing for YEARS.\\ \\ Also, also, people started preordering this book in like March, so watch me cackling at these videos of people crying about how they can't get a deluxe edition now. Like, friends... really?\\ \\ **This week's publishing news:** \\ \\ So many great gothic books announced this week! Here are some favs:\\ \\ - Necrogenesis by Ashia Monet's which is a dark academia gothic fantasy about a true crime fan who "resurrects a victim of a massacre to uncover what claimed the lives of six necromancy students at a secluded manor in the '70s"\\ - Bloody Mother by Kim Bohyun (translated by Archana Madhavan) about a mother-turned-vampire "fated to a lifetime of man-killing time-travel to avenge her daughter's brutal death"\\ - A Practical Guide to Dating a Demon by Hannah Reynolds's which was pitched as a " YA cozy romantasy" where a magic academy student tells suitors by telling she's engaged to a demon "only to return home and find a demon waiting for her, insisting she honor the engagement"\\ - Two books from Kawai Strong Washburn's (Sharks in the Time of Saviors)–The Names of the New World, a literary ecothriller in 4 acts; and The Horizon Thief, a "Polynesian retelling of Lord of the Flies"\\ - The Halls of the Dead by S.M. Hallow, described as "a queer, gothic romance set in Victorian London, in which a woman who has dedicated her life to protecting the necromantic secrets held in sentient grimoires bound with human skin" resurrects her murdered partner\\ \\ **This week's new releases:**\\ \\ - Water Moon by Samantha Sotto Yambao (Adult, fantasy)\\ - Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor (Adult, sci-fi)\\ - The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill (Adult, fiction)\\ \\ **What I read this week:** \\ \\ Elatsoe (78%)\\ \\ This has been such a fun middle-grade/teen read. I'm almost finished with the audiobook and I have LOVED the asexaual representation in this one. This one is fully focused on family and friendship, which has been so refreshing. I can't wait to finish it.\\ \\ Fagin the Thief (62%)\\ \\ I had to pause on this one this week to read my Underbrush fantasy book club pick–The Will of the Many.\\ \\ The Will of the Many (31%)\\ \\ Not going to lie, I was super intimidated by this one, but was up for the challenge when we chose it as our book club pick. I am thrilled to say that this one is actually super easy to get into. I started this one on a 7:30am flight and was almost immediately invested, which is saying a lot because I am NOT a morning person. I need to get to the halfway point of this one before meeting tomorrow, so excuse me while I read this for the rest of the evening.\\ \\ **What I bought/shelved** \\ \\ I've already posted two posts about new books in my collections, so I won't bore you with those again. If you're interested you can see my Indianapolis book haul here and my extremely exciting publisher book mail here.\\ \\ **Other musings:** \\ \\ Honestly, I'm tired. Like really tired. So, I don't really have any other thoughts. I'm sending all of you all so much love as we head into tomorrow. It's going to be an emotional rollercoaster, but we will get through it.\\ \\ See you on the other side. Take care of yourselves.](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/item/LrnHi4hmhZo6hZ3XVBb2/) [Weekly Wrap Up – 1.13-1.19](https://notsowellread.binderybooks.com/item/LrnHi4hmhZo6hZ3XVBb2/) * * * 5 books 1 [Written Reveries\\ \\ Krystal\\ \\ • Jan 17 2025](https://writtenreveries.binderybooks.com/) Join for free [Vlog: The Dandelion Dynasty \| Katabasis \| What I've Read \| Book Mail \| An Author I No Longer Support](https://writtenreveries.binderybooks.com/item/2cvHexXjcjdga5X80PHB/) my first weekly vlog! 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