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i’m a horror novel fan and it’s like fully impossible to find queer horror novels. my all-time favorite book is house of leaves by mark danielewski, but i also really love the raw shark texts by stephen hall and johnny got his gun by dalton trumbo (which isn’t really horror but MAN is it good). i’d love something with a little bit less of a ya vibe if you have it, and thanks so much! :]
Hi there! I wrote out a SUPER detailed list for you and tumblr blue-screened me 💀
So apologies for the lack of details/descriptions, but here are some queer horror novels:
Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo
The Luminous Dead by Cailtin Starling
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin
Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield
Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant
Dowry of Blood by S.T. Gibson
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
The Worm and His Kings by Hailey Piper
The Bayou by Arden Powell
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and You've Lost a Lot of Blood by Eric LaRocca
Unspeakable: A Queer Gothic Anthology edited by Celine Frohn
Also, if you do feel like checking out a Queer Horror that happens to be YA, I recommend Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand
#i feel like im missing some i had now 🙃#queer horror#pride month#lgbt horror#book list#bookish#adult horror#anon#book blog#booklr#bookblr#castorstarr
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Hello, it is time to talk about HOW GOOD THIS LOOKS
**This is out June 2023
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This book is CUTE
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Hey! I've sort of gotten a bit lazy with this blog as life happens, sooooo
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HAPPY PRIDE!!!
There are tons of great books coming out this month! Here are just a few of the ones I'm most excited about
As always, check under the cut for more on each~
Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White is one of my favorite books of the year! It also happens to be the only book on this list that I've already read! This is a trans-led queer apocalyptic horror novel that I've been screaming about ever since I had the good fortune to get to read it early. If you love monsters, trans rage, and smashing evangelical hate, read this book ASAP.
Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler is a sapphic romance between the cheer captain and the new quarterback, whose gender is apparently already causing an uproar. Remember that photo going around of the cheerleader helping the football player put her hair up in a ponytail? Yeah, this book was inspired by that.
Not Good for Maidens by Tori Bovalino is a retelling of The Goblin Market but made into a queer horror piece. I cannot wait for the dark, lush experience of a place so magical and tempting, or the insane pressure of needing to escape it in 3 days.
Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid is another retelling, but this one isn't queer and instead of retelling a poem it's retelling a folktale. A gothic take on The Juniper Tree, this one is full of curses, forbidden love, and danger. I've heard SO many good things about this book and this author!
Drunk on All Your Strange New Words by Eddie Robson is a scifi locked door mystery! This book stars a middling (alien language) translator with few credentials or prospects who finds herself in the middle of a mysterious, political death. This is also a post-contact story with the very fun addition that those who can understand the aliens' telepathic language feel literally drunk from it.
Godslayers by Zoe Hana Mikuta is the sequel to the sapphic, Gundam-y Gearbreakers! From the cover alone this book promises even more revolution, action, and gigantic government robots.
#queer books#june books#new books#pride reads#godslayers#gearbreaks#zoe hana mikuta#hell followed with us#aj white#andrew joseph white#queer horror#not good for maidens#tori bovalino#drunk on all your strange new words#eddie robson#ava reid#juniper and thorn#castorstarr#starrlikesbooks#home field advantage#lgbtreads#lgbt readers
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Look what surprised me today! I'm too sick-gross to unbox it today 😅 but I'm excited to take a look soon!!
#spell bound#ft lukens#queer books#queer fantasy#gay fluff#bookblr#booklr#book blog#ya books#starrlikesbooks#new books#book box#promo box#castorstarr
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One more month of Summer! Check out some of these cool August books! 🌞
As always, check under the cut for more on each~
It Sounds Like This by Anna Meriano is one of my favorite books of the year, and one I'd recommend to any a-spec person and/or any marching band nerd! This is a marching band centered coming of age with a lot of identity growth and a little romance too.
Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury is the long awaited sequel to the scifi-fantasy, Black-fronted "kill your lover" Blood Like Magic. If you've been looking forward to seeing what Voya does next and how her hard choices play our after the fact, you'll really enjoy this closer to the story!
These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall is another I've already read, and I can vouch for the spooky haunted house meets untrustworthy family swarmy enough to rival the Thrombeys from Knives Out. If you like your horror feminist and a bit gothic, you may really love the atmosphere of this one. This is also sapphic, with a witchy side romance.
The Drowned Woods by Emily Lloyd-Jones is a rag tag crew story, a heist story, and a fantasy about revolution. This story is also in the same universe as Lloyd-Jones' folklore zombie story, The Bones Houses. This also has a main character who seems to be bi.
The Honeys by Ryan La Sala is another horror, this one pastoral, trippy, and through a lens of marginalization. This book has a genderfluid protagonist, who wants nothing but to understand his twin sister's shocking death, but finds himself lured into something as dangerous as it is impossible. This book also has some INTENSE body horror by the end, so take that as a pro or a con!
The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez is the only book on this list I haven't read! This is a Godpunk fantasy about two warriors setting out to free a captive god, and depose their tyrant rulers. This book looks so COOL and the cover alone makes me so excited.
#book list#books#august books#queer books#the drowned woods#the spear cuts through water#the honeys#queer horror#it sounds like this#asexual book#aroace#anna meriano#blood like fate#blood like magic#liselle sambury#castorstarr
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Hi! Hope you’re having a great day 😄 Any recommendations for books that involve a main character discovering they are non binary or ftm transgender? Thank you!!
Sure!
Nonbinary:
Under Shifting Stars by Alexandra Latos
Felix Ever After by Kacen Kallender is about someone formerly ID'ing as a trans man realizing they're nonbinary
What We Left Behind by Robin Talley is about both people in a couple slowly questioning their identities
Binary transguys:
Violet Ghosts by Leah Thomas (though this one is really heavily about SA and violence against women!)
Between Perfect and Real by Rae Stoeve
And if you're interested at all, Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee features a love interest who has recently realized they're nonbinary and are experimenting with pronouns
And Dead Collections by Isaac Fellman also features a love interest exploring their gender (and a transman MC). This is the only adult title on the list.
#anon#trans#enby#nonbinary#diverse books#pride month#pride reads#booklist#book list#castorstarr#meet cute diary#felix ever after#under shifting stars#what we left behind#violet ghosts#between perfect and real#dead collections#booklr#bookblr
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Also posted on my TikTok- I'm looking for book recs! 😄
Preferably diverse and either genre or queer contemporary books. Any age range but picture books.
I've been in a Kaiju, cozy sci-fi, dark fantasy, villain-y, folktale, hear hearting romance vibe ✌️
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Books with gender questioning characters!
#bookblr#booklr#book blog#book rec#ya books#book list#lgbt books#starr likes books#starrlikesbooks#castorstarr#trans rep#nonbinary rep#dead end girls#wendy heard
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Heartstopper readalikes!
YA novels and some webcomics 🥰
#heartstopper#bookblr#booklr#book blog#book rec#ya books#lgbt books#queer romance#mlm#starr likes books#castorstarr#sophie gonzales#meet cute diary#book list#nick and charlie#obliviously in love#kai#stare down#webtoon
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Let's talk about July & books!
#dont worry the regular anticipated books graphic is still coming tomorrow!#bookblr#booklr#book blog#book rec#ya books#book list#lgbt books#starr likes books#starrlikesbooks#new books#july books#booktok#castorstarr#sarah gailey#youngblood#sasha laurens
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It's springtime! Enjoy a new crop of books!
As always, check under the cut for more on each~
Portrait of a Thief is a queer heist with reparation elements- what else do you need to know?
Scout's Honor imagines an organization much like The Girl Scouts- but instead of cookies their primary focus is on demon slaying.
She Gets the Girl I've already read and loved! This is a book by a wife duo, all about a flirt needing to prove herself able to make platonic friends to her still-hopefully-girlfriend, and a shy girl with a longterm crush and no confidence to act on it. Wingman to lovers romcom vibes!
Chef's Kiss is a New Adult graphic novel about a newly graduated guy getting a job in a restaurant with no experience. It's also a cute queer romance.
Mamo is also a graphic novel- this one about dealing with family and history, and also magic!
Spear has big Myth vibes, and is about a girl becoming an Arthurian knight, and I'm super hype about it!
I Am the Ghost in Your House is a creepy and atmospheric book about lose of identity/autonomy, and seems right up my alley, as well as a bit reminiscent of Katrina Leno's books.
Every Word You Never Said is a queer romance between an abused boy and a new nonbinary student with mutism. It's supposed to be really soft and emotional, and from that gorgeous cover I definitely believe it!
Nettle & Bone seems like a continuation of T. Kingfisher's theme of fantasy with heart as big as its humor. This one also has a ridiculous motley crew, including a possessed chicken.
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Happy March!
As always, check under the cut for more on each~
~*This month I've actually ready every one of these books but A Far Wilder Magic and Kaiju Preservation Society*~
Gallant by V.E. Schawb is a dark portal fantasy horror show! The main character also has mutism and uses sign language. This book has a great aesthetic, a hidden family with a hidden legacy, and ghosts.
Loveless by Alice Oseman was supposed to have its US release moths ago, but now it's finally out! This book follows a university freshman's experience coming to terms with her now found aromantic and asexual identity.
All That's Left in the World by Erik J. Brown is a queer post-apocalyptic story that builds upon the experience of the Covid Pandemic while also staying totally unique.
A Far Wilder Magic by Alison Saft is a fantasy following the hunt of a legendary creature- and the girl determined to win so she can save it. I've heard nothing but great things about this book!
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore stars 2 nonbinary people of color, one with ADHD and one with dyslexia. This book feels so lovingly and knowingly crafted, and the emotional message is so important.
Being Mary Bennet by JC Peterson is your standard "girl puts herself through a challenge/routine to make herself 'better'" story but with a literary twist and a lot of dogs. If you enjoy Austen and opinionated, flawed main characters learning to open up, this is a really feel good book.
Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi is about exactly what it sounds like, and I'm PSYCHED. Domestic scifi and kaiju- y'know, gigantic monsters a la godzilla or gamora- are both big loves of mine, so there's no way I won't love this.
Forward March by Skye Quinlan has vague RWRB vibes, and is about the daughter of a man running for president trying to avoid scandal while a catfishing attempt using her identity brings her closer to a girl in marching band with her. This book has some fun bi-realization, as well as some fantastic ace rep and realization!
My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham is queer horror set at a boarding school, staring a mysterious entity stuck in their sewers, an eight eyes deer, some suspicious "favors", and a girl back from the dead.
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