love thy gay

Horror Writers Association’s 2025 Bram Stoker Award nominees for First Novel, Long Fiction, and Novel.

africanfuturism & afrofuturism see african and african-diasporic writers (respectively) explore Black culture, history, mythology and power through new futures, technologies, and speculative imaginings. these books offer a glimpse into afrofuturist & africanfuturist worlds.

all the books that made me cry - before, after, or during.

gut punches or a slow ache

So you'd like to learn to read poetry - but maybe you're not quite ready to learn how to read a poem like a professor. These women can help in a less fussy way.

queer books with spring vibes! whether that be books set during spring time, spring releases, bright colors or just flowers on the cover!

feel free to comment suggestions!

This collection centres on the complicated architecture of parental love: the kind that sustains, the kind that wounds, and the kind that does both at once.

speculative poetry collections from bold, genre-defying, ambitious modern poets. despite the title, these collections may include prose poems and other experimental forms.

recommendations welcome!

non-fiction shining the light on women and women’s story’s and experiences

I have a goal to read more books by international authors so heres how I’m keeping track

dystopian, fictional books about pandemics. wear a respirator friends <3

Workplace Romances: the good, the bad, the ugly. All of the workplace romances I have read, regardless of whether they are 5 chili peppers or DNF

These books are mentioned in the book The Vanishing Cherry Blossom Bookshop (plus I added the book itself)

General/Informational/Illustration/Some Folklore based books about fungi and poisonous plants (will be updating randomly when I find more)

Miscellaneous Books to Read

just because there’s no spice doesn’t mean there isn’t heat

I asked for recommendations from Pagebound users for a roadtrip with my wife @nevvy as we move to Maine! These were most of those recommendations as well as some that me and my wife have found that were shorter and interesting. *note: not all may be short but since people were kind enough to offer recommendations id like to just include them all

Read these to know me