Recs if you like The Mercy Makers...

Do you feel like you've read everything there is to read? Or get annoyed that the same books are on all the rec lists? Well, here are some more obscure masterpieces!

Some of the covers are terrible - especially among the older or self-pubbed books; there's a few YA in here; and some that are science fantasy rather than 'pure' fantasy. But trust me: they're all EXCELLENT. (And if you already love a bunch of these, let's be friends!)

Pirate stories, grand adventures and quests for treasure and more

Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.

Books that are just as good as the cover promises. AKA: Fantastic book covers that also happen to be fantastic books! List will be added to in the future because I can’t leave well enough alone. (Suggestions welcome, leave it in the comments.)

when the cover is absolutely doing its job correctly

(gorgeous, funny, and uniquely fitting covers, all in one)

A list of Sapphic books released in 2025 that fall somewhere in the SFF genres

Happy International Women's Day! Have a huge pile of our favorite books starring queer women (fiction and non-fiction!). (This list is presented by Duck Prints Press, the indie publisher focused on publishing queer art and stories by queer creators! A group of us collaborate to make these recommendations.)

books so riveting and world build so immersive you won’t even have time to scratch your eyes into oblivion under construction- recommendations welcome!!

a collection of lgbtq+ spec fic that I strongly recommend

There's nothing quite like a great audiobook recording. Here are some of our favorites! (This is a list made by the rec list contributors at Duck Prints Press)

Focused on character relationships (canonical or subtextual, romantic or erotic) and where one or more participants knowingly put the others in positions of emotional distress. Who needs enemies when you have an unhealthy charged relationship with that one guy? Content warnings typically include psychological manipulation, dubious consent, and distressing situations. Typically tragedies, but occasionally have something like a happy ending.