Recs if you like Love Beyond Body, Space & Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology...
Trans Rights Readathon Suggestions (masterlist)
Reading suggestions for the Trans Rights Readathon! (Any year of course). Books with trans characters of any label (or any non-cis gender identity) by trans/non-cis authors. I have not read all the books in this list. Feel free to name your fave books by trans authors in the comments!
Queer Anthologies
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.
But WAIT. Thereโs Hope! โจANTHOLOGIESโจ
Straight from the Solarpunk Manifesto, โWe are solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.โ
What if thereโs more to our future? What if we were optimistic?
Below are the anthologies that have made it to O.E. Tearmannโs Open List of Positive and Hopeful Futures
Feel free to suggest any recs!
Indigenous Authors in Sci-Fi & Fantasy ๐ซ
An ever growing list of sci-fi, speculative fiction, fantasy, and magical realism written by authors indigenous to (the entire continent of) America. Recommendations are always welcome! ๐
LGBTQ+ Anthologies
A list of anthologies focusing on LGBTQ+ representation. :)
Multi-author short story collections
A set of (mostly genre) short story anthologies. A way to get a taste of a bunch of authors and styles all at once!
Queer Bipoc SFF
This is a collection of queer books written by bipoc authors that fall into the genre of fantasy and/or sci-fi (supernatural horror is also included)
(If a book is part of a series I only put the first book because otherwise it gets messy very quickly)
Recommendations are always welcome!!!
Tiny Fables
All fiction books that appear in the Tiny Bookshop catalogue! Would sort them by genre as I read along.
YA Books with Indigenous American Representation
Books by and about Indigenous Americans. Full list available at: https://www.underground-bookshelf.com/resources/2093054_ya-books-with-indigenous-representation-from-the-americas
Indigenous & 2S Minds
Stories centering Womxn, Two Spirit folk, and Queerz+ from Turtle Island and beyond. Currently making my way through the list and would love more suggestions! Happy reading my fellow book worms :)
Books Matt Krause doesn't want you to read
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
Krause Banned Book List Project
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!
two spirit & gender non-conforming indigenous
the gender binary is a colonial construct ๐ฃ๏ธ iโm writing my thesis on indigiqueerness representation so hereโs a list of the books iโll be reading and referencing in case the PB community finds this niche topic interesting ๐ฉต
ps โ if youโre interested in outside-the-binary gender conceptualization in other cultures, i have a shelf called โphdโ including other places like india, samoa, zapotecโฆ ๐ฅฐ
Queer Fiction Anthologies
Anthologies of fiction or comics that are either specifically themed around or prominently feature queer characters, stories, or authors
UnVETted (books about animal medicine)
My wife (@zielstarfallen) is a vet tech and may or may not be starting a project to read all the fiction books they can find about veterinarians and vet techs in order to find the most accurate representations of their profession.
I, being the helpful, list-obsessed audhd partner that i am, am avoiding my own tbr by deep-diving for recommendations for them ๐ฅฐ๐ฅฐ
Recommendations welcome!
Two-Spirit Representation
Books and literature featuring narrators, main characters, or major supporting characters that are Two-Spirit (a culturally significant gender/queer identity in Native American cultures).
Tiny Bookshop books
A list of books you can recommend to customers in the game "Tiny Bookshop". I know there are other lists dedicated to this, but my intent here is to keep this list updated as much as I can (List created on September 2026, still updating)
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