Recs if you like The Erstwhile Tyler Kyle...

Works in the speculative, fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres by authors who are not cisgender! Two spirit, nonbinary, trans, genderfluid, and other gender diverse authors count!

books w/ full names in the title (mostly fiction)

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

the people of this town love halloween so much they celebrate it twice a year

Creepy books made better because there are queer characters

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

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

Books in the horror comedy subgenre!

I love reading indie sci-fi and fantasy and think more people should too! This is a list of some of my favorite indie books and some that I am looking forward to reading.

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.

Indie horror with queer rep.

I mostly put books I already read and can recommend on this list, so it grows very slowly, since I am a slow reader.

books centered around ghost hunters! not all horror, but most of them will be

Queer SFFH books for people who are tired of being recced the same most popular books over and over again. Here’s some underrated but great ones!

I wish we could make communal lists, because this would be a helpful one to be able to ask others to contribute to

A list of all Indie Ink Award Finalists from 2026 that I could find on here (I'll add more as they're added to Pagebound--just let me know), minus any I'm aware used AI in any capacity (cover, etc)