Recs if you like It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror...
Horror ๐ซฑ๐ฝโ๐ซฒ๐ฝ Non-Fiction
Non-fiction about horror, those is the horror industry, horror-adjacent subjects, and down-right terrifying books.
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Queer Anthologies
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.
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HRCYED 3.0 x Pagebound Quests (Titles Edition)
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!
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Trans & Queer Nonfiction
memoirs, anthologies, graphic novels etc. - anything goes as long as it's nonfiction about the trans & queer experience
5
Creepy Queers
Creepy books made better because there are queer characters
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LGBTQ+ Anthologies
A list of anthologies focusing on LGBTQ+ representation. :)
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pop culture non-fiction
... or pop culture leaning.
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Nonfiction: The Horror Genre
Nonfiction books about the mechanics, psychology, and other aspects of the horror genre.
Recommendations are always welcome!
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On and About Horror
Books that discuss the horror genre in literature and cinema
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Brain Food (from kale to popcorn)
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Horror Nonfiction
Books about horror media! Nonfiction, including creative nonfiction like poetry.
2
letโs talk about horror movies
specifically looking at the horror genre in terms of cinema
recommendations welcome!
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lgbtqia+ book recs
reading diversely is not a trend. itโs the bare minimum. and if your shelves donโt reflect that, youโre missing out.
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lgbtq history / theory
history / theory books i have on my tbr!!
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PhD in Horror
Your horror syllabus
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Queerness across the ages
Collection of queer history nonfiction books, either focused on a time period or on a particular historical figure.
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Short Horror
We don't discriminate! Whether its a novella, graphic novel, collection of essays or anthology, if its fun horror, then its on here!
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queer year!
this list emerged from my goal to read [undetermined # of queer books] in 2026!
๐ง under construction ๐ง 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!
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essay collections on horror
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sapph-lit picks !!
book club book picks
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