Recs if you like We Are the Ants...

a list of sci-fi books containing aliens

the staples of the book community on youtube in the early to mid 2010s.

A non-comprehensive list of Queer books.

Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.

YA novels with mental health representation.

All of these are from the list that Texas lawmaker Matt Krause in October of 2021 tried and in many cases succeeded to get banned from classrooms and school libraries. There are quite a few interesting and odd choices in there which is part of why I wanted to share this list on here. Not necessarily recommendations but there are some pretty good books on here. As well as a lot of textbooks

First Contact with Aliens Sci-Fi Books

In October 2021, Texas State Representative Matt Krause initiated an inquiry targeting a list of approximately 850 books in Texas public schools, alleging they could cause "discomfort, guilt, anguish, or any other form of psychological distress" regarding race or sex. The list disproportionately targeted LGBTQ+ topics, race/racism, and sex education.

This is my project to read through this list for myself - utilizing my local library system for access to these titles. Follow the journey or join along!

Queer books are being challenged and banned way to much these days. Help me grow this list so we can support these books.

a list about books I've read with mental health representation (that has a critical weight in the book).

so far this includes: suicide (both in teenage years and in adult life), anxiety disorders, depression, schizophrenia, sexual (child) abuse, autism spectrum disorder, eating disorders, intergenerational trauma in christian black environmetns, violent trauma and dissociative related disorders.

i'll keep adding as i consider the books i read (always open to suggestions 🤗)

But like good weird

Young adult recs cuz we all weird and we love it

Favs

I lived here. I didn't like it.

Originally wanted to title this list "Want to cry?", but changed it to what it is now because not everyone's emotional threshold is the same.

《Will only be adding books I've read》