Recs if you like Coup de Grâce...

Works in the speculative, fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres by authors who are not cisgender! Two spirit, nonbinary, trans, genderfluid, and other gender diverse authors count!

Canadian authors writing books set in Canada.

Recs are from r horrorlit. I have not read them, but thought it would be a fun concept for you and me.

(let me know if any suggestions are egregious)

#backrooms #dreamy #weird #strange #surreal

Horror books by trans, Two Spirit, nonbinary, et al authors (may or may not include trans* characters).

Creepy books made better because there are queer characters

books that feel like the backrooms: unsettling and horrifying liminal spaces. Open to more recs that fit this description.

and Big Dumb Objects (BDO). Constructs or Objects that are terrifying and/or awe-inspiring, invoking a sense of mortality and fragility in you.

• Includes Labyrinthine Spaces as a subset for now.

Is it bury your gays if they're all queer?

Canadian books where weird shit happens!

(some may not be set in Canada but are by Canadian authors)

Suggestions welcome!

Books featuring labyrinths and mazes.

literaly what is going on with these buildings

personal tbr & recommendations

Gabs 2024 reads in her ranking video. Hope you'll find something you'll like!

a collection of books that say “buh-bye” to the traditional format of a novel

A list compiling all books read by the Trans Reading Group. The list will be added to every year! One book, Sasha by Roberta Angela Dee, is missing from Goodreads and therefore also this list.

Is October a busy season for you? These books are short and sinister. Short fiction is the perfect format for horror - the tight word count allows for the tension to hold taut for the entirety of the story instead of that slow-burning dread. Tuck one in here or there between novels or before bed to break a reading slump or cleanse the palate.

horror novels published in canada with a particular emphasis on Indigenous authors and indie press publications! I'm currently in a publishing program learning about how in danger the canadian publishing industry is and how rarely book reading in canada actually highlights our own authors so one could say this list is a cope and an attempt to add that to ways i'm diversifying my reading. obv disclaimer that canada is. yikes. but this is in the context of mainly american books being platformed

Quick speculative fiction reads (quick, like under 40,000 words).

I wish we could make communal lists, because this would be a helpful one to be able to ask others to contribute to