Recs if you like Crush...
Badge Gremlins
Shorter books (under 200 pages) that are part of at least one quest. Many are also in the public domain, making them easily accessible when you want to grind for that next badge.
Well, you have options
Book titles that represent reasons you might go to the doctor, what you might say to each other, or what treatments might be offered to cure your ailments. It's up to you to decide what is what๐
(This is not a commentary on these books or authors! The focus of this list is purely on the titles---but if you find a favorite new read here, I'd love to know๐คญ)
Lucy Dacus Recommendations ๐
Books recommended by musician Lucy Dacus, a solo artist and member of the band boygenius. Pulled from her goodreads list.
silence = death
an HIV/AIDs reading list
Queer (&/or Trans) Poets
Queer (& Trans, Two-Spirit +) poets
In-progress/Updated over time Recommendations highly welcomed! Seeking intersectional works esp.
Single work per author listed (unless an anthology of multiple authors works)
every book isaac read in heartstopper
what can i say? my boy has tasteโข. bonus points if you read the same as Nick and Charlie! We see them with 10 Things I Hate About Plato by Jack Maddox and Queer City by Peter Ackroyd!
queer poetry
poetry collections from queer poets <333
alphabet soup group
Books on my TBR with LGBTQIA+ characters or themes.
intro to contemporary poetry
a sampling of some of todayโs most quintessential poetic voices
These feel like Roland Faunte songs
"I am the reason I suffer but I am worth fighting for." - Roland Faunte (from the song "Anchor")
Haunting, delicate, desperate, shaking voices, trembling fingers...reading these stories feels like listening to Roland Faunte songs. [Created Apr '26]
Queerness Is A Body Of Water
Queerness + Water
Queer stories that have scenes with water, water as a theme, etc.
The intimacy of nude swimming, water encasing the body, the way a river flows and connects to other bodies of water, the life that lives in its depths, the fact we have not descovered much of the ocean which holds secrets we cannot reachโฆwater is a queer thing, and a theme found continually in queer stories both minutely and wholly encompassing
Adult-audience fiction mostly, some mature YA
Recs welcome!
Instapoetry detox
poetry collections that fuck. this is not a safe space for rupi kaur enjoyers.
the writing style is the plot
Books with beautiful writing that makes you want to underline every single sentence ๐ธ
Dream Syllabus: Queer Desire
kevin atwater recommendations
hello niche community ! if u do not know kevin atwater is a kind of small artist that sometimes posts book recs, this a collection of the books he has recommended! (also these arenโt explicitly recommendations from him just the books he has posted!)
Best Gay Fiction
The best novels featuring LGBTQ+ characters and romances, from classics to modern favorites.
modern queer masterpieces
every month is pride month (april)
๐งunder construction๐ง queer books published in april! inspired by the hrcyed 3.0 birth month prompt
I got some of the books from the following lists, if one of them is yours, thank you for making them :) โQueer BIPOC Speculative Fiction Novellasโ by polterbooks โQueer Indian Storiesโ by iamsalonip
I also got some from the comments of this post: โyour favourite sapphic/lesbian romance?โ
'poetry is the evidence of life'
My reading list
Books Iโve been recommended that I intend to finish
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