Recs if you like Tin Man...
assigned by frankie
almost every single book mentioned* on ๐ Frankie's Shelf youtube channel because his taste is wild and i love it.
updated as frankie posts. *mentioned as in the book is the focus of the video, listed in the description, or offhandedly said.
Men Loving Men in Literary Fiction
Some classic, popular, and lesser-known books about the lives and relationships of men who love men. Recommendations welcome---I'm specifically in search of more books centering trans men! [Created Sep '25]
let me tell you my story
audiobooks where the narrator is the author! any book goes, no matter the genre. there may be multiple versions of the audiobook, but at least one version has the author as narrator. please suggest more in the comments!
night at the museum
books with a painting/artwork on the cover see the pinned comment for artwork details suggestions welcome ๐งthis list is under construction๐ง
HRCYED 3.0 Helper - Periodic Table
Qwordy's Hardest Reading Challenge You'll Ever Do 3.0 Periodic Table Titles Prompt You must find five books that use a different element of the periodic table in the title of the book This is an on going list and always open for recommendations
PDX Queer Book Club
Queer Intimacy
Emotional, sensual, sexualโฆprecious intimacy in many forms but all deeply rooted in queerness and profoundly intense experiences.
Queer Lit (adult/general audience) titles. & Ones based in reality.
Based for now on titles I have engaged with- thus mlm dominating at the moment
Recs welcome!!
See comments also for more titles (and films!)
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!
when youre pining with agony
{LGBTQIA+ // QUEER} saudade but queer wistfulness but make it queer covetousness but queer
Research for sapphic aliens film booklist
A lot of lesbian longing; think portrait of a lady on fire but set in contemporary London; how the ways we experience the world can be so vastly different, and how kind and curious that can make us if we let it; how where we come from helps us find our home, whether that be in a place or in people; pls comment recommendations if you know any more books or films that explore these themes!
the AIDS crisis depicted in fiction
Queer lit fic
Would love more recommendations!
The Periodic Table of Elements
Hrcyed 3.0
My HRCYED TBR
Pretty specific to what I have left, but could be useful to you if you're doing HRCYED 3. If you have questions on what prompt something is going to just leave a comment.
Beautiful Melancholy
For when you want to curl up with a sad story that'll quietly break your heart, but may also remind you how beautiful life can be.
naked men on covers
idk i thought this was funny
life, love, and impermanence
Books That Taste Like Autumn
Melancholy Reads: The Joy of Being Sad
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