Saffron Princess

Bipolar, autistic lover of books; witchy things; aesthetic~

[creatingblackcharacters]

If you think Remmick's behavior in Sinners towards Sammie was in any way queer or motivated by sexual attraction, boy do I got a book you'll love!!

Join your fellow centuries of believers as you learn the racist history of white people (yes, the women too!) taking advantage of their enslaved Black victims' bodies in any way they saw fit, because they had a psychosexual obsession with the power they held over them! I'm sorry, I mean the "enemies to lovers obsessed vampire trope"!

[creatingblackcharacters]

This is the post in question getting me called a homophobe, btw. 🙂 A book written (and unfinished) by a Black, gay man as he was dying.

[gabibookworm]

Happy book birthday to this week’s new releases! 📚

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Update Your Watchlist: 11 Books With Upcoming Adaptations August 2026: Part 1 / 4

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What book adaptations are you looking forward to?❓

Good morning, book lovers and bookish bats. Do you remember when I used to post a monthly "Bookish Breaking News" post containing a list of upcoming releases, sequels, and book adaptations? The last page, brimming with books to be adapted into movies, TV series, and even comic books, always stole the show. Just one problem: I'm not a fan of adaptations (even with bae working in the film industry, even with half my ATL found family working on sets in the area). 🍿

Though I stopped creating those Bookish Breaking News posts, I still kept my local bookish bats up-to-date about upcoming book adaptations. Yesterday, I went through our Discord and realized that, in the last two months, I'd shared OVER 50 links announcing upcoming book adaptations. I also realized that I hadn't been keeping my Bookstagram bookish bats up-to-date, and I apologize for that. 🍿

To make up for it, I've created this guide to help you update your watchlist (or TBR, if you're like me and want to read the book before the adaptation comes out). Full disclaimer: what started as a post featuring 10 upcoming adaptations turned into a list of 35, then 50. For the sake of self-control (and perhaps shelf-control), and to avoid losing your attention with a 50-slide carousel, I've split it up into four parts. In the future, I'll keep it to one post a month (hopefully). 🍿

Anyway, hopefully I haven't lost you yet with this ramble. Here are 11 (out of so, so many) books with upcoming adaptations: part one of four for August 2026. Make sure to save this post or follow me to get the rest of the list! 🔖

What's a book you'd love to see adapted?❓

[actuallesbiansreddit]

about books that were fanfic

Hey! I’ve had a few instances where I read a sapphic book only to realise afterwards that it was originally a fanfic. I don’t mind fanfics getting published, but I like them so much better when I know it before reading (it explains so many potentially odd things).

First, I’m curious: if a book you’re reading was fanfic beforehand, do you prefer knowing or not?

Second, which sapphic books do you know that were fanfic, and what did you think of them?

I’ll start with those I read:

- Those Who Wait by Haley Cass, used to be Sansa/Margaery from Game of Thrones fanfic.

- Shifting Gears by Jazz Forester, used to be Supercorp fanfic from Supergirl.

- Bloom Town by Ally North, used to be Dani/Jamie from Bly Manor fanfic.

- Jericho by Ann McMan, used to be Princess Xena fanfic (I’m reading this right now, it’s sooo good.)

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[queerazonbooks]

I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men by Rae Wilde

An unforgettable collection of sapphic horror stories where love, monstrosity, cosmic terror, and dark desire intertwine in bold, unsettling, and deeply original ways.

I Do Not Apologize for My Position on Men by Rae Wilde

An unforgettable collection of sapphic horror stories where love, monstrosity, cosmic terror, and dark desire intertwine in bold, unsettling

[profiterole-reads]

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh

The Incandescent by Emily Tesh (Silver in the Wood) was a lot of fun! Dr Saffy Walden is the Director of Magic at Chetwood School and teaches demonic invocation to sixth-formers.

I love that the school has a mobile phone policy because imps tend to possess technology. XD The focus of the novel is on the teachers and the other adults working at the school, like my beloved achillean series Branches of Past and Future by MN Bennet.

Saffy is bisexual and there's occasional f/f and m/f. For more HP-like LGBT Books, check out my rec list.

[letters-to-lgbt-kids]

My dear lgbt+ kids, 

Just a quick note for Pride month, since it invariably always wakes up the „But what about…“ crowd: 

Awareness months for other things already exist. 

„Why do gays and transgenders get a whole month and US veterans don’t get anything?“ They actually get two months. National Military Appreciation Month is May, while National Veterans and Military Families Month is November.

„I have nothing against the lgbt+ community but if they get a whole month, it’d only be fair if we’d have a month for disabled people too“. Good news, Disability Pride Month already exists: July! 

„Cis women are oppressed too and they don’t get a whole month“. What about Women’s Health Month in May or Women’s History Month in March, for example? 

„People are already aware that gay men exist. What about some awareness for smaller minorities?“ Good idea, what are you doing for Asexual Awareness Week (October), Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week (February), Nonbinary People’s Day (July 14), Intersex Awareness Day (October 26) or Bisexual Awareness Week (September)? (Plus, Pride has never been about gay men only. Saying this shows quite a lack in historical knowledge, actually.) 

There are a lot of causes to support and there’s only twelve months. Our community doesn’t even have a monopoly on June - we share our month with Men’s Health Awareness, Infertility Awareness , PTSD Awareness and Caribbean‑American Heritage Month, for example. 

Let’s be honest here: this isn’t actually about other groups or causes not having their own months. If they genuinely cared about those causes so much, they’d be involved enough in them to be aware of their respective months and dates. Ideally, they’d even be involved enough to do something for those months. 

Because the truth is, Pride Month doesn’t just magically happen, either. It’s not like June rolls around and, boom, there’s Pride. People make it happen. People are involved in the cause. People organize and plan and pay for and promote Pride events. People show up. 

So, when they ask „But what about…“, the real question is: Are they actually doing something for that other cause - or do they only bring it up when it’s a convenient way to disparage Pride? 

With all my love, 

Your Tumblr Dad 

[academic-vampire]

A crucial part of the bookstore experience is saying hi to all the books you’ve already read

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Palestinian Books Releases You Don't Want to Miss

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Full disclaimer...

Full disclaimer: this list of Palestinian book releases got away from me and became a mix of new book releases and previous releases. I couldn't help myself -- I don't want you to miss out on ANY of these amazing Palestinian books! (I'll show some restraint next time, I promise 🤭). 🌙

Which of these Palestinian books will you add to your tbr?❓

We have a busy weekend ahead! Roller derby, silent book club, editing two novels, cat-sitting. It doesn't help that a friend unintentionally got me hooked on Moonlight Peaks, so my hands are too often filled with a gaming device instead of a book 🤭. Has anyone else played it (be warned, it's addictive)? My dad was visiting, and we've been on the hunt for Palestinian books at ATL's many indie bookstores, including many of these!

Have you read any of these Palestinian books?❓

[duckprintspress]

42 Queer Books with Disabled Character for Disability Pride Month!

Happy Disability Pride Month! Have a pile of queer books with disabled character (usually, but not always, there is a queer disabled character). The contributors to the list are: Aubrey Winter, Rascal Hartley, Shea Sullivan, Puck, Nova Mason, jumblejen, JD Rivers, CarCrash, Linnea Peterson, Nina Waters, Shannon and an anonymous contributor.

May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor

A Quiet Universe by Kay F. Atkinson

The Charioteer by Mary Renault

Artifice & Access: A Disability in Fantasy Anthology by Ella T. Holmes

The Moth Keeper by K. O’Neill

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón

Copper Script by KJ Charles

It Takes Two to Tumble by Cat Sebastian

Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young

Rebis: Born and Reborn by Carlotta Dicataldo & Irene Marchesini

The Queer Principles of Kit Webb by Cat Sebastian

Peter Darling by S.A. Chant

Shake Out the Ghosts by Al Hess

Peerless by Meng Xi Shi

The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer by Janelle Monáe

Like Real People Do by E.L. Massey

The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter by Yatsuki Wakatsu & Kazuki Irodori

Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer

Unlimited Combat Dolls by Kay F. Atkinson

Lazarus, Home from the War by E.H. Lupton

Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites by Joy Demorra

Think of England by KJ Charles

The Traitor & The Wretch by Jasmine Walls

The Bedlam Stacks by Natasha Pulley

The Wolf and His King by Finn Longman

Watson’s Sketchbook by Lee Knox Ostertag

Icebreaker by A.L. Graziadei

The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian

The Chamos Project by Alexis Ames

Godkiller by Hannah Kaner

When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee

Thief of the Heights by Son M. & Robin Yao

Body, Remember: A Memoir by Kenny Fries

Skullrunner by Vyvre Argent

Free from Falling by E.L. Massey

Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert

A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall

Fortune Favors the Dead by Stephen Spotswood

A Shot in the Dark by Victoria Lee

In Memoriam by Alice Winn

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Read These Books If You Miss The Bear 🐻

Good morning, book lovers and bookish bats. Bae and I finished The Bear yesterday, and I have to be honest with you: I cried through every second of Caramel. Every callback was beautifully applied, relevant, seamless. Every second of acting was authentic, emotional, pure. It's so hard to say goodbye to The Bear, to the stories and characters and yes, beauty shots of all the amazing food, but if you love a book featuring chefs and stunning dishes and the chaos of a kitchen, I have you covered. Here are a few books to read if you miss The Bear (featuring a few with a bit more romance for the Carmen/Sydney shippers out there). 🔪

What's your favorite foodie / chef fiction book?❓

If you haven't watched The Bear yet, consider adding it to your watch list. Every single nomination is so well deserved. Bae won't hesitate to tell you that I didn't feel invested when we watched the pilot; that I felt stressed and anxious just from watching. But Christopher Storer had created, written, and directed what I consider a flawless story from start to finish (something I do NOT say lightly). If you have time (between all those amazing books you're reading), watch it immediately! 🔪

Have you watched The Bear? What were your thoughts?❓

[jar-of-spaghetti]

Graphic Novel Recommendations from a queer librarian lets go! (note, not all books have queer characters but most of them do)

Nostalgia corner-

Tea Dragon Series by K. O'Neill (NZ author)

The Adventure Zone Series by Clint, Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

Lumberjanes series

The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

Science Fiction enthusiast-

Space Battle Lunchtime Series by Natalie Riess

Nimona by ND Stevenson

Cosmoknights by Hannah Templer

M Is for Monster by Talia Dutton

Walking the Path by G. Willow Wilson

Historic setting-

Delilah Dirk by Tony Cliff

The Princess and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang

Brownstone by Samuel Teer

Flung Out of Space by Grace Ellis

The Fox Maidens by Robin Ha

Onibi: Diary of a Yokai Ghost Hunter By Cecile Brun

Dan in Green Gables by Rex Ogle

Spell book-

Mamo by Sas Milledge

Snapdragon by Kat Leyh

Beetle & the Hollowbones by Aliza Layne

Witchboy series by Lee Knox Ostertag

Left in the Fridge-

Norroway by Cat Seaton

Sparrowhawk by Delilah S Dawson

Strong Female Protagonist by Brennan Lee Mulligan

Himawari House by Harmony Becker

Squad by Maggie Tokuda-Hall

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What To Read After Watching Avatar the Last Airbender and Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender 🌪️

Have you watched Avatar: The Last Airbender? Will you watch Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender?❓

Good morning, book lovers and bookish bats! I grew up with four younger siblings, and agreeing what to watch was an absolute CHORE (especially with a 10-year age gap between the oldest and youngest). One show we all agreed on, though, and still love to this day is Avatar the Last Airbender. Even when I left for college, when my siblings grew up and entered the adult world after me, we got to share our love for Avatar, for Aang, Toph, Katara, Sokka, and of course Momo and Appa. After Korra and the fandom's resurgence, I also had the joy of introducing my girlfriend to Avatar: The Last Airbender (after she introduced me to Star Wars: Clone Wars and Rebels, allowing us to compare the hero journeys between Aang and Ahsoka).

I still get chills hearing Katara's voiceover as the intro plays: "Water. Earth. Fire. Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony…"

Avatar: The Last Airbender is much more than just a child's cartoon. It's a story of childhood innocence, growth, redemption, love. It's also a warning, a reminder, a lesson on colonization, on loss and grief, on hurt. We were taught about balance, patience, forgiveness through Uncle Iroh (I'm not crying), that mistakes in the past don't define our future.

So many of these books hold the same messages, the same lessons. I hope you explore this list of what to read after watching Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender. Many of these stories involve bending in some fashion, but others focus on the importance of the lessons Avatar: The Last Airbender taught us so long ago.

Water. Earth. Fire. Air. What's your nation?❓

[aroaessidhe]

ace books: sex-neutral/indifferent & sex-favourable aces

I usually only note this down if it's explicitly stated in the book or marketing, so this is generally in that context - there are quite a few books around that are vaguer about it because of fantasy contexts or unsure-yet-to-explore-in-safe-relationship contexts. This is also mostly excluding explicitly demi/grey characters unless it's actually discussed rather than assumed favourable by default. Also - I have only started taking more detailed notes in recent years so there's definitely some I've forgotten! I also know there can be quite a difference between neutral/indifferent and favourable but - aforementioned vagueness, it's not always clear.

sex-repulsed/averse post here

The Meister of Decimen City - sex neutral ace woman MC

Cage of Starlight - sex-neutral ace man MC (1/2)

A Milky Way Home - 1 sex-neutral ace MC, 1 sex-favourable (uses the term 'sex-positive') demi-aroace MC

Thaw - sex neutral bi ace woman MC (1/2)

The Murder Next Door - sex neutral ace woman MC (1/2)

Lays of the Hearth-Fire - high fantasy series, grey-aroace coded MC who's probably sex neutral/indifferent

Kaikeyi - historical fantasy, aroace likely sex-neutral MC

Her Own Happiness - probably sex neutral (though jokes about leaning repulsed at one point) ace man MC (1/2)

Dom & Mor - slice of life romance webtoon, grey-ace sex neutral MC

The End Crowns All - YA historical fantasy, sex-favourable ace lesbian MC (1/2)

Two Dark Moons - YA fantasy, one of the 3 MCs (in later books) is likely sex-neutral

The Romantic Agenda - contemporary romance, sex-favourable ace woman MC

Hallowed Be Her Flesh - historical horror/romance novella, sex-favourable woman MC & cosmic being MC (both repulsed in other contexts)

Kiss Me, Maybe - contemporary romance, greysexual lesbian MC (explicitly discusses figuring out if she's sex-favourable)

Looking For Love In All The Haunted Places - probably sex neutral ace woman MC

Shake Out The Ghosts - ace or greyace man MC, probably neutral

(these last 2 don't state an exact position - but I'm noting them here because they're adult romances with ace/acespec MCs who aren't necessarily repulsed but don't have sex within the story - since most grey/demi adult romances do)

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info included here is brief! please see my database for full details of the books. 7/26

[aroaessidhe]

asexual books: sex-averse/repulsed

this is something I've previously only noted down when it's explicitly stated in the book or marketing - I think in earlier representation it was kinda assumed by default so I didn't note it down, but I'm trying to mostly include books where it is blatantly clear! This includes both characters who are entirely sex-repulsed (incl. depictions) and characters who are personally repulsed but fine with depictions, etc, as well as characters where touch-repulsion is the more significant aspect explored, but it's assumed sex is included in that. I know there's many variations in what words mean to people, this is just broadly: don't like/want sex in any circumstance.

Life Underwater - contemporary, sex-repulsed ace man MC m/nb

Ace of Hearts - contemporary romance, sex/kiss-repulsed ace woman MC, m/f

Adrift In Starlight - scifi romance, touch/sex averse MC f/nb

The Circus Infinite - scifi, while the MC describes himself at one point as 'not entirely sex averse', all evidence in the book points to him being sex averse. at least 99% of the time. m/m

Beyond The Black Door - YA dark fantasy, sex repulsed demiro ace MC, m/f

Upside Down - contemporary romance, averse/repulsed ace man MC, m/m

The Crows - horror, sex-averse secondary MC, m/f QPR

Portalmania - collection of sci-fi stories, many of which explore sex-repulsed asexuality (cw: martial rape)

Fourth World - YA scifi, sex repulsed ace girl MC m/f

More Than Enough - fantasy romance, touch/sex repulsed MC, m/m

The Space Ace of Mangleby Flat - sex repulsed MC, m/f

The Bone People - literary/magical realism, touch (and presumably sex) repulsed aroace MC

Is Love The Answer? - contemporary manga, aroace sex-repulsed MC, ace sex-repulsed SC

Convenience Store Woman - litfic, sex repulsed aroace-coded MC

Royal Rescue - high fantasy, aroace MC, I recall is sex/romance repulsed

Beautyland - litfic, aro-coded ace MC who I'd say is repulsed (though forces a relationship for a while)

more YA books that I'd say from context are sex-repulsed, though it's either not discussed in detail or it's been a while and I can't quite remember: Dear Wendy, Don’t Let The Forest In, We Were Restless Things, Six Angry Girls, Threads of the City, The Hanging Bones, Funeral Girl, What We Devour, Belle Revolte, The Final Curse of Ophelia Cray, Scorpion Deep

#aspec books / aspec database / tumblr masterpost

info included here is brief! please see my database for full details of the books. 7/26

[an-ruraiocht]

need more m/m contemporary romance for people who aren't interested in either sports or rich people

[libraryleopard]

A couple I would recommend:

Something Wild & Wonderful by Anita Kelly: two guys falling in love while hiking the same trail, one of them is a nurse and the other does computer tech stuff and neither of them is a millionaire, great setting. (Anita Kelly is general writes romances that don’t focus on rich people.)

Adib Khorram’s Love on the Vine series: I’ll Have What He’s Having (aspiring sommelier and substitute teacher turned restaurant owner have a mistaken-identity meet cute but then hit it off for real) and It Had to Be Him (childhood friends reunite when they’re both vacationing in Italy, delightful)

You Had Me at Happy Hour by Timothy Janovsky: opposites attract romance between a sommelier and a mixologist working at the same restaurant

Karaoke Queen by Dominic Lim: a former drag queen revives his old alter ego through a complicated scheme to save his ex’s karaoke bar while maybe falling for the bar’s DJ (the love interest turns out to be from a rich family but eh not really mentioned that much in the book in my opinion)

[rederiswrites]

There really really ought to be a book about how the staple crops of different civilizations shape and influence those civilizations, and I really want to read it.

[alexseanchai]

Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky and A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage (three are alcohol, three have caffeine) are not quite that, but may still be of interest?

[rederiswrites]

I read Salt back in the day and it's so so good, second the rec. I have heard of 6 Glasses and not read it but I am sure I would probably love it. Gotta see if the library has it. Thank you!

[pandorasquillandquotes]

Gonna throw Empire of Cotton by Sven Beckert in the ring here! You'll never see the modern world the same way again.

[vaspider]

A Short History Of The World According To Sheep by Sally Coulthard blew my mind. So many things are tied to wool and sheep and weaving and so many words and phrases are tied to wool, people have no idea.

Example words which come from textiles/weaving, if not specifically wool (go look them up!): subtle, shoddy, tabby, Brazil, rocket, twit, warped, going batty, on tenterhooks, text...

[foxofninetales]

I'll throw in a rec for Pickled, Potted, and Canned by Sue Shephard - a very interesting look at food preservation and how the availability of different types of food preservation shaped cultures and cuisines.

[electronsprotonscroutons]

Sweetness and Power is this but for the topic of sugar

[magneticdeclination]

The Lost Supper: Searching for the Future of Food in the Flavors of the Past might also be up your alley. It's about "forgotten" foods and staples. They talk about different types of wheat, sauces, veggies, etc and a little about the cultures from whence they come

[doctornerdington]

Also: Much Depends on Dinner by Margaret Visser. One of my favourite books.

[bitchwhoyoukiddin]

DO I HAVE A SERIES FOR YOU. University of California Press has a gift for you and it is a 80+ book series on food studies. There are even some that are open access (legally free), but the rest are in libraries.

I also highly recommend Frostbite by Nicola Twilley. It’s about the impact refrigeration has had/is having on food preservation and culture, globally. It was one of my favorite books of this last year.

[calystarose]

Also, The Rice Theory of Culture https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1172&context=orpc By Thomas Talhelm

[ariaste]

Can't believe no one's mentioned Consider the Fork yet, which is about how environment/resources shape our ways of eating, which shapes both our culture and our concepts of politeness. So interesting, really recommend!

[great-art-and-a-purple-tongue]

Seven Flowers and How They Shaped Our World by Jennifer Potter

It isn't so much about edible plants as it is about decorative ones, but I think it fits the theme of this growing list enough for me to add it.

[the-haiku-bot]

Seven Flowers and

How They Shaped Our World by

Jennifer Potter

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.