Recs if you like It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror...

Non-fiction about horror, those is the horror industry, horror-adjacent subjects, and down-right terrifying books.

Short story, essays, comics, and/or poetry collections focusing on queer and trans folks. Please note: there are some collections listed where not every story is queer, but there is intersectionality, and since that is important, I have included them.

If we are going to do Qwordy's the Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 - we should probably get some Pagebound badges along the way! I'm specifically going to be adding books from Quests and readalongs that go past the July start date and match at least one of these title prompts: Periodic Table, Familial Terms, Rainbow of Words (also Joseph's coat), Numerical Titles, Titular Counting 5+, Pun in the Title, and First & Last Name in the Title. Recommendations welcome!

memoirs, anthologies, graphic novels etc. - anything goes as long as it's nonfiction about the trans & queer experience

Creepy books made better because there are queer characters

A list of anthologies focusing on LGBTQ+ representation. :)

Nonfiction books about the mechanics, psychology, and other aspects of the horror genre.

Recommendations are always welcome!

... or pop culture leaning.

Books that discuss the horror genre in literature and cinema

Books about horror media! Nonfiction, including creative nonfiction like poetry.

specifically looking at the horror genre in terms of cinema

recommendations welcome!

reading diversely is not a trend. it’s the bare minimum. and if your shelves don’t reflect that, you’re missing out.

history / theory books i have on my tbr!!

Mostly gay books that are dark or bloody or both! (Not finished yet!)

Your horror syllabus

We don't discriminate! Whether its a novella, graphic novel, collection of essays or anthology, if its fun horror, then its on here!

Collection of queer history nonfiction books, either focused on a time period or on a particular historical figure.

this list emerged from my goal to read [undetermined # of queer books] in 2026!

🚧 under construction 🚧 very open to recs with any form of intersectional representation! i want this list to feel welcoming to anyone who wants to embark on a very queer book year ahead!

this list hopes to include: queer & trans authors, stories, characters across intersectional identities, locations, times, age ranges, genres!

book club book picks