Recs if you like Embodied: An Intersectional Comics Poetry Anthology...

When you’re struggling to find your next book to read sometimes an anthology is the perfect answer. Whether it’s the variety of stories or trying to discover a new author, anthologies can bridge the gap between novels.

From sci-fi or horror to literature or mystery, prose, poetry or essays, this list of anthologies has it all.

I tried to cover as many genres and subjects as I could but, as always recommendations are encouraged (especially in romance/romantasy)

I’ve read We Call to the Eye & the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage (2023; edited and with an introduction by Hala Alyan & Zeina Hashem Beck) at the turnover of 2025 and 2026. This list was made in February 2026. There are collections, chapbook, anthologies and poetry periodicals the authors have appeared in that I could find. Follow to engage with poetry by authors of Arab Heritage.

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