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ninsiana0

Read THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw if you love blood & guts & viscera, magical schools, fucked up people, trauma responses, figs & wasps, disjointed narratives, doing terrible things to survive, meat, contagion, angry girls, feeding the machine, transformations & grudges.

@bookstodon #book #books #bookrecs #bookreview #bookrecommendation #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #horrorbooks #2025reads #IReadBooks #ReadThisIf

The book cover of THE LIBRARY AT HELLEBORE by Cassandra Khaw.

Vakaris Blackwood

If you read just one LGBTQ book this year, make it The Rainbow Ain’t Never Been Enuf by Kaila Adia Story. A great example of how important it is to see the full picture: http://wannabekingpin.substack.com | #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqauthors #bookstodon

the rainbow ain't never been enuf by kaila adia story, on the myth of lgbtq+ solidarity book cover, orange, with various angled color blocks, as if taken off the rainbow flag. black framed lg tablet is placed on a dark wooden table, with various items around, such as stuffed capybara with a pumpkin on its head, a black candle, a little snake charm. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris

ninsiana0

Read BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by VE Schwab if you love morally gray women; the degradation of time, freeing yourself from the patriarchy, collecting trinkets, love stories, grief stories, horror stories, sapphic desires, reinventing yourself; a deep, yawning hunger & pretty clothes.

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The book cover of BURY OUR BONES IN THE MIDNIGHT SOIL by VE Schwab

Stelliform Press

What a surprise to discover that two Stelliform books took home top prizes at the Indie Ink Awards this weekend! Congrats to two amazing writers and their incredible books: Tiffany Morris and E.G. Condé for best Indigenous and Latinx/Latine Rep respectively! See more here: https://indiestorygeek.com/a/indie-ink-awards-2024

#indieink #indieinkawards #indieinkawards2024 #indiebooks #smallpress #indigenousliterature #indigenoushorror #latinxbooks #latinebooks #lgbtqbooks #queerbooks

Vakaris Blackwood

In the day and age where any and all trans peoples experience is being denied, claimed false, or minimized, I can’t recommend Before Gender: Lost Stories from Trans History, 1850-1950 by Eli Erlick enough: http://wannabekingpin.substack.com | #lgbtqbooks #bookstodon

before gender, lost stories from trans history, 1850-1950 by Eli Erlick book over, off-white with color blocks and photographs on the edges forming a frame. black-framed LG tablet is placed on a table, with various items strewn around, such as a little bottle with amber, a lithuanian motif bracelet, hand woven, a handle with wood wick, unlit, in a gold colored monstera leaf shaped wooden bowl.

T. Thorn Coyle

I have the best readers!

Corgis Marsha and Klaus thank you for spreading the word!

#corgi #cozymystery #bookstodon #lgbtq #lgbtqbooks

Text exchange asking if person was reading the corgi mysteries. Person two said they had a dream they found them all in a used bookstore and were very excited!

Nioiclín Hidalgo

Happy #SapphicSeptember to Isharys (Ishana & Carys) and Arianellis (Arianell & Ellis), the disaster lesbians of the first two books in the World Without Love series 🥰💜 (Also to Brinyang—Briaca & Qinyang—, though I'm still writing their story!)

If you're looking for books to read this month... 😶 https://linktr.ee/NicoleHidalgoAuthor

#Bookstodon #LGBTQBooks #SapphicBooks #QueerBooks

Cover for Garden of Rotten Roses by Nicole Hidalgo by David Leahey. It depicts a woman dressed in broken Greek armour standing between a garden full of thorns and roses. The woman's hair is the colour of blood, and her face is half-turned towards the viewer, her one visible eye glowing red, her expression angry.

The title and author's name are at the bottom, with some letters stylised as Greek letters.

Cover for This Is How Immortals Die by David Leahey. It depicts the heavenly beautiful face of a woman (Aphrodite herself), a tear sliding down her only visible eyes, her hair flowing and blending in with the star-studded dark blue and purple cosmos behind her.

The author's name, Nicole Hidalgo, is on top, while the title, This Is How Immortals Die, sits at the bottom. Some letters are stylised as Greek letters.

JaeAuthor

I'm planning the bingo card for the 2026 Sapphic Book Bingo right now, and I'm giving readers and fellow authors the chance to suggest categories.

You can make up to 3 suggestions. I can't guarantee that I'll use all of them, but I promise to give each suggestion careful consideration.

To submit a suggestion, fill out this form: https://airtable.com/appfXLl0r9tmGYPsM/pagtD49e1kZtTebXx/form

#LGBTQbooks #sapphicbooks #queerbooks #sapphic #sapphicromance #lgbtqia

Suggest a 2026 Sapphic Book Bingo category

JaeAuthor

This week's Sapphic Book Bingo category features sapphic books with an accidental admission of love.

One character accidentally confesses their love to the other. It could be an unguarded moment, an unplanned outburst, a heated argument, or an accidental slip of the tongue that changes everything between them.

Check out the 15 recommended books on my blog:

https://jae-fiction.com/accidental-admission-of-love/

#LGBTQ #LGBTQbooks #queerbooks #sapphicbooks #romancenovels #bookstodon

Sapphic Book Bingo 2025: Accidental admission of love

Vakaris Blackwood

Due to curiosity and availability, I picked up A Clinician’s Guide to Gender-Affirming Care by a few authors. It’s a very detailed summary of what could be done to accommodate people in need of the said gender-affirming care, and how varied it can be: http://wannabekingpin.substack.com
#bookstodon #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqauthors #trans #transgender

a clinicians guide to gender-affirming care by Sand C. Chang, Anneliese A. Singh, Lore M. Dickey, white cover with a bunch of people silhouettes on top, in various colors ranging from grey, green, to pinks and blacks, they seem to represent various diversity in human bodies and abilities. under the image follows title, then a purple bar with authors names, and additional information author of the picture cannot immediately discern to provide a description of. black-framed lg tablet is placed on a wooden table in what seems to be a dusky room, with various items strewn around, such as leather gloves, earphones, a holster, lighter, a wooden gold colored bowl in a shape of a monstera leaf, that holds black aviator glasses, and a piece of pride confetti. image and review by wannabekingpin aka vakaris

Vakaris Blackwood

V.E. Schwab hasn’t disappointed me yet. These massive standalones like “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil” are especially good too. Read it, loved it, didn’t expect it to be a vampire story either: wannabekingpin.substack.com | #lgbtqbooks #sapphicbooks #vampirebooks #bookstodon

Bury our bones in the midnight soil by v.e. schwab book cover, black, with some kind of motive in the background, not visible enough to discern, title in gold-yellow, author's name i white. black framed LG tablet is on a wooden table, with various items strewn around, such as earphones, black aviators, a gold colored wooden bowl in a shape of a monstera leaf, with a candle placed on it, unlit, and a few pieces of pride confetti.

Thelma

The Narratess #indiebooks sale is starting today with 300+ fantastic SFF books on sale!

OCEAN'S BLOOD is one of them! Grab the ebook from Aug, 23-25 for 0.99 USD (or respective amount in your country) here: https://mybook.to/TM-OB

All books can be found here: https://indiebook.sale

#mmromance #lgbtqbooks #lgbtqbookstodon #books

Promotional graphic for the indie book sale featuring fantasy, science fiction, and horror titles. At the center is a blue dragon reading a book against a starry background with planets and rockets, with text that says Indie Book Sale indiesale.book Fantasy Sci Fi and Horror August 23 to 25. Surrounding the central design are 14 book covers including The Dream Haunters, Virelais Hoard, Shadows of Cathedral Lane, Create My Own Perfection, Strength, Ocean’s Blood, Reverie of Roses, Haima, In the Name of Honor, Beware the Rosemond Ripper, Cat Mouse, Legacy Keeper of the Sphere, The Dragon Next Door, and A Necromancer Called Gam Gam. A red sticker advertises Ocean's Blood at 0.99 dollars.

Digital painting of two male characters against a dark red background. On the left, Asche has long black hair, pale skin, and sharp fangs visible as he leans in with a predatory smile, his hands resting on the shoulders of the other man. On the right, Vindt has light skin, a short blond beard, and long blond hair tied back. He gazes outward with a defiant expression. The image conveys tension and intimacy, with strong lighting emphasizing their contrasting appearances.

Stelliform Press

Today over at Sarah Gailey's Stone Soup newsletter, don't miss an exclusive preview of Syr Hayati Beker's WHAT A FISH LOOKS LIKE. If a queer cannibal (kinda?) Beauty and the Beast sounds like your jam, check out the excerpt here: https://stone-soup.ghost.io/excerpt-what-a-fish-looks-like/

#syrhayatibeker #whatafishlookslike #sarahgailey #stonestoup #stonesoupnewsletter #exclusivepreview #exclusiveexcerpt #sneakpeak #sciencefiction #ecofiction #climatefiction #clifi #lgbtqfiction #lgbtqbooks #smallpress

JaeAuthor

I have updated the suggested reading order of my sapphic books with all the free reads and recent new releases.

You can check it out on my website and also download a printable PDF:
https://jae-fiction.com/reading-order/

#sapphicbooks #queerbooks #ffromance #sapphicromance #lgbtqbooks #bookstodon #books

Reading order of Jae's books. Shown is a book shelf with several ereaders on the shelves.

Stelliform Press

This is one of the weirdest, most wonderful, queerest books we've published and it has been such a joy to send these out to people this week. There's still time to get your pre-order in.

Find the book on our website here: https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/product/what-a-fish-looks-like-by-syr-hayati-beker/

Or order it from your favorite indie bookstore!

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