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

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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Alex (Pucksandpaperbacks)\ \ Alex (he/him/his)\ \ • Jul 29

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▶︎ Chapters 00:00 every book i read for pride month 00:32 Hell followed with us 04:27 time war 06:57 clementine 08:08 project nought 11:27 heartstopper re-read 11:49 queer lit readathon 12:19 sounds fake but ok 15:00 BINDERY 17:41 A Tale of Two Florists 22:01 Cleat Cute 24:38 Loading the machine child 26:34 Thanks for watching!

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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\ \

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Alex (Pucksandpaperbacks)\ \ Alex (he/him/his)\ \ • Jun 28

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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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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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Get to know me through some of my favorite very specific sub-genres!\ \ Do we share any favorites?\ \ •Q

Get to know me through some of my favorite very specific sub-genres!

Do we share any favorites?

•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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Discotopia | Diverse Books\ \ Disco (he/they)\ \ • May 29

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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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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Mar 30

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CHOOSE YOUR APOCALPYSE!👀🌋💣

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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Discotopia | Diverse Books\ \ Disco (he/they)\ \ • Mar 12

25 book recs for the Trans Rights Readathon (and all year round!)

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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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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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\ \ 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.\ \

UUUUGGGGGHHHHH and other lamentations: Fiction and Non-Fiction books on the same topics

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Discotopia | Diverse Books\ \ Disco (he/they)\ \ • Apr 29 2025

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chronicallybookish\ \ Kaley\ \ • Apr 28 2025

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May Book Club Pick + June Voting Options

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.\ \

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

Angry Queer Book Recommendations

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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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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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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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Celestial\ \ Steph\ \ • Sep 14 2024

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Q&A with Andrew Joseph White!

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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august wrap up!

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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book club announcements!

BIG day for fans of this is how you lose the time war and hell followed with us 👀

be sure to join us on fable, discord, and youtube for all the things!

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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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