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Indy | 26 she/they | lesbian reader who reads and recommends queer books

[dykelibrarian]

★ Introduction post★

Hello my name is Indy (they/she). I am a lesbian/dyke who loves to read and talk about queer books and I am also currently in school for my MLIS. I read and write fanfiction when the motivation sparks. I created this blog to have a space to recommend books, rant/talk about libraries/fan-culture, and make like-minded friends.

This is more of a personal blog just to ramble my interests really,

If you're Into

Queer books/movies/shows

archival/museum/libraries

Fandoms that include; stranger things, the raven cycle, percy jackson, Hacks, the Pitt (and whatever else my autistic brain latches on)

Lets be friends <3

Minors/terfs/zionists dni. This is also not a safe space if you don’t think trans men/nb can be lesbians. Nor is this a space to have debate. Don't like/agree= just block me.

[dykelibrarian]

*some* queer book recs

Hi, I’m Indy ★This is my queer bookish blog, and let me introduce myself by sharing some of my favorite queer books! 

★  All This Could be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews 

Fiction, Contemporary, Coming of Age

Rep: Indian Lesbian mc, black genderfluid poly character, sapphic side characters

Mini review: I list this book as my fav book of the year in 2024. It is so beautifully written and great to listen to as an audiobook. This book is heavily focused on love, tenderness, and how friendship can save you. 

★ It Came From the Closet by various queer authors

Nonfiction, essays

Rep: this book is written by several queer authors of many different identities 

Mini review: I kid you not, I read this book twice back-to-back, then suggested it to a book club to read it for the third time. If you were ever that kid who thought all horror movies are inherently queer (which they are), then this book is for you. Queer authors use the concept of horror movies to reflect and compare their own queerness– there are a few essays in there where I go uhhhhh, but it’s so good, I swear

★Is this a cry for help? By Emily Austen

Fiction, contemporary, humor

Rep: lesbian, autistic MC

Mini Review: I am a bit biased because I love almost all of Emily Austen's books, but this one felt like it was written just for me because the MC is an autistic lesbian who works as a reference librarian (me, literally me). I even dm Emily Austen to ask if she wrote this book for the sole purpose of satisfying me, and I have yet to get a response. 

★Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H

Memoir

Rep: muslim/lesbian/gender queer narrator

Mini Review: I genuinely think this book will go down as a classic, and if it doesn't, I will still frame it as such. Such a gorgeous book- I highly recommend the audiobook. There is this quote that I love that goes: 'This God, who teaches us that we can be both and neither and all and beyond and capable of multiplicities and expansiveness. Nonbinary, genderqueer. They, this God that is the God, my God, my Allah'. 

That's all! The idea of this blog is to post recommendations/reviews of single books, instead of making a list like this. I am very into contemporary books, ‘slice of life’. I am always down to have more queer bookish mutuals, and my DMs and ask box are always open

[dykelibrarian]

Stop saying lesbian books are hard to find. They are not, you’re just not looking hard enough. I promise you whatever you’re wanting to find with lesbians, I’ll find it with in seconds

[nemfrog]

Dates due.

Internet Archive

[dykelibrarian]

Block me if you believe trans men/non-binary or any other gender minority can not identify as lesbians

[feral-ballad]

Carrie Fountain, from Burn Lake; “Burn Lake 4”

[theartofmadeline]

happy pride to the gay people in my computer <3