Recs if you like Dead Cowpokes Don't Wrangle: A Weird West Anthology...

Ever dreamed of getting railed by Pyramid Head? What about falling in love with a murderous monster? Then, babes, you're in the right place. These romance and erotica reads are horrifying, frightening, and downright titillating. 😏

For interconnected series, only book 1 is listed. Open to recs!

Note: These are romance/erotica books with horror themes and horror books with romantic/erotic themes. Come get this hot and scary goodness!

Stories featuring queer, polyam main characters! Mostly adult books, but contains some YA as well. Although the book doesn't have to have a heavy romantic focus, the polyam rep must be in the MCs, not in side characters. 🫶 (Note: some books in this list are series starters that don't contain polyamory until after the first book!)

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

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.

Books ranging in genres from litfic to fantasy to horror, all with one thing in common: trans people being a little (or a lot) unhinged.

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

Queer horror (& thriller & some suspense) written by self-published and indie authors, many leaning erotic and/or religious 🔞

Recommendations welcome!

✦ I have not read all of these books - if you notice anything that seems to be mis-labeled/mis-placed on this list, please let me know! ✦

queer werewolf (or otherwise wolf-themed) books. please make recommendations!! Originally began as a comps list for my upcoming novella but I'm pretty sure it's a standalone special interest now

Everything under the high sun, from monsters and mayhem to hauntings and sorrow set across the hot, dry plains of the West. This collection spans from pure horror to the horror-adjacent found in both new printings and older classics.

Erotic encounters featuring non-binary characters, mostly by indie authors. Includes both books that are primarily erotica and stories from other primary genres that feature erotic encounters. 🔞🔞🔞

Recommendations welcome!

✦ I have not read all of these books - if you notice anything that seems to be mis-labeled/mis-placed on this list, please let me know! ✦

Just a place for me to collect gay as fuck (and trans as fuck) wolfery or adjacent things!

Queer short stories & short story collections/anthologies by indie authors. Across genres, many lean horror and/or erotic 🔞

Recommendations welcome!

✦ I have not read all of these books - if you notice anything that seems to be mis-labeled/mis-placed on this list, please let me know! ✦

Erotic encounters featuring transfemme characters (trans women & non-binary characters), mostly by indie authors. Includes both books that are primarily erotica and stories from other primary genres that feature erotic encounters. 🔞🔞🔞

Recommendations welcome!

✦ I have not read all of these books - if you notice anything that seems to be mis-labeled/mis-placed on this list, please let me know! ✦

Of course, this isn't the only recommendation list out there for the Trans Rights Readathon. I encourage everyone to check out all the different lists! This list is made up of books I've personally enjoyed, am currently reading, or plan to read (so this is pretty tailored, lol). I'll keep editing this list as I finish books and find more books I want to read. Everything here is either written by a trans author and/or features trans main characters/focuses on trans issues.

Books that are set in a Wild West type world, but contain magic or other alternate universe elements. Also, queer westerns, because we love those.

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.

Short stories are delightful, skillful, and engaging! Don’t like a story? Put it down. Love a specific author? Buy a collection of their works. Want to find new authors? Read an anthology. They can span any genre and go in any direction—have fun reading them!

Anthologies of fiction or comics that are either specifically themed around or prominently feature queer characters, stories, or authors