Saw someone with gender critical (code for TERF if you didn't know, now you do) in their bio which immediately made me feel immensely uncomfortable SOOOO lets flood this thread with your fave trans books and why you love them!! 🏳️‍⚧️🫶

I have so many faves that it's hard to pick, but one of my top faves is definitely Heir to the Autumn Court by Elle Porter! It features a fae princeling putting together their court, which happens to be a bunch of beautiful (mostly trans) guys.

Editing to add that if you think a book counts as trans, it probably does!! Any genres are encouraged 🫶🫶 (also have been LOVING how much of a range y'all have been recommending! It's cool to see y'all talk about books I haven't heard of yet!!)

For those of you who buy physical books, what's your favorite "special" edition you own? Could be signed, sprayed edges, special binding/cover, whatever.

Mine is my signed copy of The Knight and the Moth by Rachel Gillig with a sword design on the sprayed edges (B&N edition) 🤩 I read the book on my Kindle first and then loved it so much I wanted a special copy so I bought it on a resale site for an annoying amount of money. But she's BEAUTIFUL so I love her :) I even painted a bookmark to match the sprayed edges :)

For members of any and all marginalized groups, what books have made you feel seen and/or are books you consider "the most" accurate representation? I've come across a lot of books that, while touted as representation, feel a little flat or stereotypical. Not all members of marginalized groups are going to be the best spokespeople through the written word, and everyone has a different experience, so not every book is going to be great representation for every person.

So which books really resonated with you and your experience, fiction or nonfiction, hopeful or devastating, overtly about marginalization or not?

Do folks have any sort of set-up or preparation you like to do when you finally get your hands on a book you're really excited about? Do you make it a special event for yourself? Music, food, cozy clothes, vibe curation?

I've got a preorder ready for next Tuesday and am so excited to get started! 😄I rarely buy new releases (I'm a library gal) so that's how excited I am!

I couldn’t find where the general book forum was, but does anyone have any (accurate) historical fiction recs? Preferably without fantasy elements but I wouldn’t be super opposed! EDIT: preferably not with romance as the main plot/genre

Helloooooooo so I just finished spamming my friend's dms - she asked I promise, even if it sounds very bad said like that x) - because she asked "what books would you recommend to someone who is starting to read in english" as non-native readers/speakers. She specifically asked for 3 recs : one for beginners, one for intermediate readers, and one for bilinguals looking for a challenge (her words not mine) I gave her a few options of my own, even though I'm not so sure about them because I have no Idea where I'm at in terms of "reader level" so I have a hard time determining what book can go where. So, that's why I came to post about it here ! If you had to recommend some books to someone who wants to start reading in english but isn't used to it, which ones would you pick ?

I used to want to keep my books pristine but recently I've started tabbing and annotating my books. There's something so special about making a book my own and having a tangible experience scrawled within its pages.

I am curious to hear other peoples methods of tabbing and annotating?