FranticVampireReads

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[franticvampirereads]

🌟 2026 Reread Challenge 🌟

This is a very loose challenge. The only goal is to reread your favorite books from over the years! There are some monthly prompts that you can use as a jumping off point, but you don’t have to follow them if you don’t want to. Also, please feel free to double up on prompts or mix and match them as you like!

January: pick a favorite series to reread (can be read in one month or spaced out over the whole year, Harry Potter does not count)

February: a fave romance or romance adjacent book

March: something with a bit of murder in it or that’s filled with chaos

April: a graphic novel, manga, or comic book

May: a sports romance or something sports adjacent

June: an oldie but a goodie (a childhood fave or something you read at least 3 years ago, Harry Potter does not count)

July: something short (under 300 pages)

August: reread a tumblr fave (something you found because of tumblr!)

September: something dark academia-ish or that features a school of some sort (Harry Potter does not count)

October: a favorite horror book or something with Halloween vibes

November: something cozy

December: a holiday fave

If you would like to keep track of this challenge on The StoryGraph you kind find it here! And for here on tumblr, you can use the tag reread 2026

[buddieloustat]

We have lost the meaning of queerbait

[buddieloustat]

Just because what you wanted didn't happen, doesn't mean it's queerbaiting. It is now being used an excuse when the ship you want didn't get together. Queerbaiting has to do with marketing.

[shamebats]

Queerbait: A cookbook that you learned about from ads with pictures of people eating tasty looking soups and the author's social media posts about how soup lovers are going to love it, proves to have no soup recipes.

Not queerbait: A cookbook has no soup recipes. You assumed there would be some based on vibes and wishful thinking. No soups were ever advertised or promised.

Also not queerbait: A cookbook that was advertised as containing soup recipes has soup recipes but not for the types of soups you like.

[alezinmuggleland]

I can buy my self flowers, but you can buy me books

[aroaessidhe]

aro & ace books: Jewish authors

authors; not necessarily all of the books/characters are Jewish.

The Sins on Their Bones - dark fantasy duology, gay demisexual MC, aroace & aroallo SCs

The Siren The Song and The Spy - YA fantasy sequel, 2 aroace MCs (of cast, book 2)

Pluralities - scifi/contemp novella, aro-coded MC

Two Dark Moons - YA fantasy trilogy, arospec MC, acespec MC (2/3)

This Dark Descent - YA fantasy duology, demi-aroace MC, aroacespec MC

(also Ravenfall (MG, aroace), and The Library of Amorlin (A, demi) by the same author)

The Lighthouse At The Edge of the World - historical urban fantasy, ace lesbian MC (1/2)

Sargassa - speculative trilogy, demi-coded MC (1/5)

The Spy With The Red Balloon - YA historical fantasy, gay demisexual MC (1/2)

The Deep - speculative novella, demi-coded love interest

(An Unkindness of Ghosts by Solomon has an aroace SC)

The Liars Guide To The Night Sky - YA contemporary, aro 'love interest'

#aspec books / aspec database / tumblr masterpost

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

[an-endless-library]

from penguinteen's instagram

[cheschi]

honestly bring back slow publishing and let authors release a book once a year MAX

[elexuscal]

also on the topic of Cozy Fantasy: I feel like the Circle of Magic books by Tamora Pierce are criminally neglected in this conversation. Like that series has so Many of the popular hallmarks: found fantasy! A magic system based on crafting! Psychic soul bonds! The two main mentor figures are literal cottage core lesbians.

But, crucially, the books manage all of this while having stakes. There are the relationship, personal level ones-- will these orphaned kids become friends? Will they learn to overcome the traumas of their respective backstories? Will they learn to master their magic?

And then there are Larger, life-threatening stakes... but crucially, not 'save-the-world' level. Pierce made the excellent choice for the first quartet (when the kids are like ~10-12 ish) to generally have the threats be natural. An earthquake, a forest fire, a pandemic; there's a pirate raid, but even then the framing feels more like a force of nature. As the kids age, the threats do become more human, but remain generally localized. A crime syndicate, a serial killer. The focus of the story remains what can we do to improve things, here, now, where we are?

They really are such delightful reads and I think they could offer a lot of insight into how stakes don't need to be End of the World to still be tense and impactful.

[rainbowcrate]

🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this June? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer releases you know of?

Check out our fully linked version on our website!

🌈 What's COMING OUT (pun intended) this June? Which books are you excited for? Which books are you adding to your TBR? Any other queer relea

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Note: Some dates may have changed. We haven’t read all of these books, so please check reviews for more details on queer identities represented and The StoryGraph for content warnings!

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The Grand Duke's Betrothed (A Man that Smells like Flowers Book 4) by Rori Thornton

On Deck by Derek Wilks

Downtown by J.S. Jasper

The Artificial Intelligence Artist by Eel Lovesick

Love at First Snapshot coordinated by A. Winchester

Knitting Needles by Ezra Wren

So I'll Know (Pacific Northwest Boys) by Sara Elisabeth

In My Embrace (The Latch Trilogy Book 3) by Briar Townsend

Galeas the Keen (Out of True Book 4) by Rien Gray

Is This What You Really Want, Adelaide Black? by RJ Martin

Bad at Love by Shannon O'Connor

Shades of Onyx by TJ Williams

The Way We Swing (Out at Home Book 1) by Logan Lane

Shadows We Cast (Our Dark Mirror Book 3) by James Chance

Grief Eater by Emma Osborne

My Year in Fairyland: Grief, MAID and a Lifetime of Books by Sarah Ellis

How to Love a Prince (Being Royal Book 2) by Hayden Stone

The LGBTQ+ Mental Health Workbook: Find Emotional Resilience, Self-Love, and Queer Joy with Dialectical Behavior Therapy by Kiki Fehling

A Clinician's Guide to Gender-Affirming Care: Working with Trans and Nonbinary Clients by Anneliese A Singh

Rainbow Flirt (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Brina Brady

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Not Straight by Savy Leiser

The Dawn Throne (The Dark Gods Book 3) by Tara Sim

A Smile Like Yours by Emily Thomas

Nothing to Hide (Wicked Games Book 2) by Jenn Plummer

Team Up (The Rise & Fall of Hopeburn Book 2) by W.A. Grace

Among the Wildflowers (Greyfin Bay) by Anita Kelly

The Last Time We Drowned by Saratoga Schaefer

Good Morning Moon: A Snapshot of an American Family by Brad Gooch

Serpent Song (The Great Remaking Book 2) by Atlas Laika

Damage: Notes on a Queer Aesthetic by Jonathan Alexander

They All Fall in Love at the End by Haili Blassingame

Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez

Encore! by Miles Toriko Burks

Big Baby: On Endings, Beginnings, and an Interdimensional Cat by Kevin James Thornton

He's Not for Me by Sadie Hepworth

Peter in Progress by Andy Barrow

Troubled Bodies by Jake Vangaurd

Phoning Faust by Sophie Mutiara Nova

A Promise of Gold (Magick & Malice Book 4) by Stephanie Lee

Red Light (Pride in Pine Grove) by Frances M. Thompson

Lovers XXX by Allie Rowbottom

The Seduction by Sara Torres and Mara Feye Lethem (Translator)

All the Days Before Tomorrow by Rebecca Brodkey

Dreams in Which I'm Almost Human by Hannah Soyer

The Heirs by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé

The Secret World of Briar Rose by Cindy Pham

The Hyacinth Labyrinth (The Absinthe Underground Universe) by Jamie Pacton

Field Guide for the Formerly Villainous (Everyday Magic Book 1) by Autumn K. England

Pure Men by Mohamed Mbougar Sarr, Lara Vergnaud (Translator)

There's Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newson

The Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir by Phill Branch

Let the Forest Go: Poems by Justin Wymer

Missing in Soho (A Misty Divine Mystery Book 2) by Holly Stars

The Disaster Gay Detective Agency by Lev AC Rosen

The Dallas Way: Gay Rights in a Conservative City by M. Rhys Dotson

A Pocket Guide to Pride Flags: An Illustrated History of Queer Community Symbols by Sindri Sparkle Freyr

For the Bride by Becca Grischow

Puck by Samantha Allen

The Guest Book by Mae Marvel

Open Liner (Alchemy Ink Book 1) by Katherine McIntyre

The Open Era by Edward Schmit

The Long Con by Jenna Voris

The Names We Buried by Mia Siegert

Advice No One Asked for: Essays by Jenny Hagel

Mad Eden by Morgan Thomas

Bad Queer by Gayathiri Kamalakanthan

Let's Not Go Overboard Here by Erica Hendry

Girl's Girl by Sonia Feldman

The Grief Shop: And Other Stories from a Broken World by Alex Difrancesco

Golden Terrace Vol. 1 by Cang Wu Bin Bai, Me.Mimo (Illustrator)

Low Tide in Twilight Vol. 2 by Euja

Run Wild: Sa Ye Vol. 5 by Wu Zhe, Ding Yue Rong (Illustrator)

The Feisty Omega and His Twin Mates Vol. 4 by Ryo Ayamine

Where You'll Find Us by Jen St. Jude

Sea Melt Lover by Yuki Kazami

Last First Date (Last First Series Book 3) by Tatiana Gómez

Love is All Vol. 9 by Xio Axelrod, Victoria Denault, A.D. Ellis, Merry Farmer, Gabbi Grey, Regina Kyle, R.L. Merrill, Connor Peterson, Sophia Soames

Hungry, Hungry Horrors (Human Flavor Book 1) by Layman Kingsford

Shattered Gods (Dark Olympus Book 10) by Katee Robert

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Pup, Pup, and Away (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Gabbi Grey

The Ties Between Us by Chencia C. Higgins

Scars & Honey by Jo Morgan Sloan

Furious (The Pointe of Love Book 4) by Sonia Blue

Bright Dead Things (Bitter Legacies Book 1) by Hailey Turner

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Literally: A Joyful Guide to the Ups and Downs of being Autistic by Ella Willis

One Knight Stand (Lady's Knight Book 2) by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

Betrothed in Fury by Devon McCormack

The Queer Bookshelf: A Reader's Guide by Layla McCay

All Booked Up: A June to Remember in Sleighbell Springs (Sleighbell Springs Book 5) by E.J. Stoll

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Pulse by Maria Nazos

The Magicless Elf by K.J. Bradford

25 Days in Athens by Jack Strange

It Ends with Her: A Sapphic Horror Anthology edited by Kelley York, Syd Tomac & Kala Godin

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The Girls Will Be Okay by Linnea Peterson

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Remember the Main: The Gay Bar That Started a Movement in the Northland by Meg Gorzycki

The Boy with the Heart of Sea Glass by Laura Livingstone

When We Almost Came Undone by Georgia K. Boone

Transcendent: A Memoir by Laverne Cox

Mister Magic: The Graphic Novel by Kiersten White, Scott E. Peterson (Adapter), Veronica Fish (Illustrator), Andy Fish (Illustrator), Greg McKenna (Letterer)

Deer to My Heart (Camp Cryptid Book 2.5) by B.L. Brown

Ellis Academy by Cassie Snowberry

Earth 7 by Deb Olin Unferth

The Unmagical Life of Briar Jones by Lex Croucher

God's Own Country by Mathew L. Reyes

Bride of the Shark Clan Vol. 1 by Satomichi

Her Sharp Embrace (Nightshades Book 1) by Kate Koenig

Endless Blue Beneath (Daughters of Atlantea Book 1) by Shannon K. English

The Silent Paths of Night (The Gods of Night & Day Book 2) by David R. Slayton

Sol Goes for Goal! (Hillside Valley Book 2) by Julio Anta, Gabi Mendez (Illustrator)

Silent Reading: Mo Du Vol. 3 by Priest, Yuka (Translator), Nande M (Translator), Rylee (Illustrator)

The Dangerous Convenience Store Vol. 7 by 945

Autistically Me: How to Understand and Celebrate our Unique Minds by Bradley Riches

Nymph by Sofia Montrone

Dear Kenneth by Cole Degenstein

Devils We Know (Devils Like Us Book 2) by L T Thompson

LGBTQ Religious Activism: Rethinking Identity, Faith, and Social Change edited by Jonathan S. Coley & Golshan Golriz

You Won't Forget Me by Mazey Eddings

Cages by Chantel Acevedo

BL Game Rebirth: My New Life as the Hero's Younger Brother Vol. 4 by Yui Hanaka, Kana (Illustrator)

I Can't Stand Being Your Childhood Friend Vol. 3 by An Momose

No God in Eden Vol. 4 by Yuma Ichinose

My Little Road Trip (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Lynn Michaels

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Only the Mighty Fall (Dreadful Boys) by Myka Loren

Love, Gods and Sinners by Camille Chong

Velvet Goldmine by Katherine Reed

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Baggage (Soulmate Book 3) by Cass Morgan

Before the Ghost Sea (The Tides that Reign Book 3) by R.D. Pires

The Call-Up (On Thin Ice Book 2) by K.C. Carmichael

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Hitchhiker's Guide to Daddy's Heart (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Leslie Ayla

Against the Line (The Advantage Book 7) by V.K. Alenko

Andy, You're a Star by Britney Mitchell

Shadow World by Dahlia Amy

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What Rough Beast? (A Tale of Goatskin) by Bryn Hammond

Let Your Queerness Bloom selected by Rainbow Crate & edited by Rachel Skelton

Lost Tales from The Borun-Ma (The Borun-Ma Series Book 1) by Ruth Miranda

Where the Tides Meet by Elijah Her

Hearth & Heartbreak (Witches of Starbrook Book 4) by Elle Lavendelle

Falling Forward (Fall Series Book 2) by Simone Holiday

Heartbreak Blog by Kate Butler

The Earth, Our Body by Nicole L. Soper Gorden

Camp Pride Outreach Tour (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Janice Jarrell

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Such a Lucky Girl by Wendy Heard

Prince of Storms (Born to Sea & Storms Book 2) by Kit Rocha

Let Me See the Real You, Senpai! Vol. 3 by Yuho Okita

The Shape of Monsters (The Moon Heresies Book 2) by Tessa Gratton

Embers of Analon (The Emberborn Book 1) by Paul Michael Winters

Rein Ready (Riverlight Book 1) by Astra June

Síltharíel (A Faerie Tale Book 0.5) by Kalob Dàniel

Sweeter than Honey (Pride in Pine Grove) by Sarah Zane

Rebellion (Freedom Book 3) by Gun Brooke

Riverbend by Karis Walsh

Under Construction by Aurora Rey

Bank Shot (Lakeside Green Coyotes Book 2) by Josie Mae

Everything That Falls by Nicole Disney

Bump, Set, Sparks by Jennifer Moffatt

A Prince Among Pirates by Katie Abdou

Just Ask Elsie by Ari Koontz

Charity and Sylvia by Tillie Walden

Wild Love: A BL Guide to the Animal Kingdom by Aratama Tsubuko

Murder and Mayheim by Ronica Black

Sex in Public: The Transformative Social Power of Our Erotic Lives by Angela Jones

Trans Geographies of Joy: Building Community in Atlanta by Elias Capello

Femmephilia: Love Letters to Trans Mermaids, Queer Mothers, and Marilyn Monroe by Sophie Lewis

The Hooves Belonged to the Deer by Makram Ayache

Stegosaurus Moon by Scott Beal

Dearly Departed by Chip Pons

Begin Again by Sara Radley

A Cry for the Deep (Three Bells Book 2) by Amanda Linsmeier

Ayaka Is in Love with Hiroko! Vol. 3 by Sal Jiang

Bottom Feeders by Arielle Hebert

Heaven's Graveyard by Grace Curtis

If We Could Fly by Kristin Keppler

Lucky Creatures by Joseph Trinidad

Thrice Married to a Salted Fish Vol. 3 by Bi Ka Bi, Mulliga K (Illustrator)

Love Is a Contact Sport by Frederick Smith

Dogs on Dates by Luke Healy

Bridging the Gap (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Sam E. Kraemer

Wildflower by Becky Jenkinson

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Facing Leeward (A Siren's Point Story Book 2) by JJ Mulder

The Comeback King (Necessary Roughness Book 1) by Riley Hart

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Mead Cute by Sam Parks

The Leveret by Anna Goldreich

When Trauma Affects Sex: An integrated and inclusive approach to understanding and treating individual and systemic trauma in sexual health therapy by Sarah Ashton, PhD

Orlando: A Graphic Novel Biography by Jules Scheele

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Vagabond Tracks (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Layla Dorine & TL Travis

Queering African Law: Identity, Inclusion and Rights Protection for LGBTQ+ People Across Africa edited by Adam D. Dubin, Frida Lyonga, and Rui Garrido

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Bone Deep (Damaged Hearts Book 2) by J.P. Joseph

Love & Other Drunken Mistakes (Your Ex or Mine Book 1) by J.E. Ridge

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Daddy Dyke on a Bike (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Ellie Rose

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Nemesis Mine by Amy Archer

The Ghosts of Greenville by Gerri Hill

Supergay! by Frankie Grande

The Bloodweaver (The Weaver Saga Book 1) by C. N. Kuster

Hunt the Ever Wild by S.E. Kiser

Doe by Rebecca Barrow

Cauldrons & Campfires by Ali K. Mulford & K. Elle Morrison

Bratva's Mercy (Bratva's Undoing Book 3) by Gianni Holmes

Cherry Season (Claremont Shores Book 2) by C.L. Blossom

Nat and Cami's Guide to Running an Undercover GSA by Karis Rogerson

Why Do You Like Me? by Hannah Rose

Spectrum & Smoke (Rochester Copperheads Book 1) by RJ Scott & VL Locey

blue roses: Tennessee Williams, Memory, and the Queer Archive by Daniel Ciba

A Great and Powerful Tyranny (Song of the Ghost Queen Book 1) by Victoria Carbol

A Treason of Magic (A Treason of Magic Book 1) by Melissa Marr

Long Island Girls by Gabrielle Korn

For the Greatest Good by Blair Hanson

The Cursed Fate (Arcana Book 2) by Sam Prentice-Jones

Wait, I Love You Vol. 2 by Omayu

Gender Bound: Prisons, Trans Lives, and the Abolitionist Horizon by Joss T Greene

Fish and Water by Gengoroh Tagame, Anne M. Ishii (Translator)

Good Luck, Babe! by Erin Baldwin

Edge of Mercy (Sugar & Vice Book 3) by Allie Therin

The Monsters We Made by Peyton June

Skin Contact by Elisa Faison

The Lovers, the Liars, and Me by Deandra Davis

The Actress: Canceling Cordelia (The Actress Series Book 2) by Kimberly J.M. Wilson

Queer Expressions: Expressive Art and Somatic Therapy Practices for Healing Body Trauma by Wednesdae Reim Ifrach

Ripples in the River Vol. 3 by Zeniko Sumiya

Punch Drunk Love Vol. 5 by Moscareto

My Name was Baby: An Intersex Memoir by Chris Arnone

Little Wild by Laura Evans

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High & Dry (Pride Road Trip 2026) by Ari McKay

Fouled in Open Play by Pat Voss

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Fellow Creatures by Emma Lowther

Home Ice by Saxon James

Birdie (Whiskey Creek Book 1) by Tilly Ridge & C.S. Silverne

Outplayed by Love by Frankie Fyre

When I'm in Your Arms (Powell Productions) by Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan

Together on Parade (Powell Productions) by Sarah Wallace & S.O. Callahan

A Dance of Serpents (A Curse of Crows & Serpents Book 2) by Lauren Dedroog

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Price of a Thousand Blessings Volume 4 by Ginn Hale

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Arcanist's Curse (Grimoire Archive: Shrouded Curses Book 1) by Amanda N. Newman

The Librarian's Familiar by TJ Nichols

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Endless Depths (Deep Water Book 1) by Thea Verdone

Skyborn by Liam Reid

One Wrong Step (Pride Road Trip 2026) by D.K. Sutton

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Quake by Kitty Mrosovsky

Twin Jades of Jiangdong Vol. 2 by Fei Tian Ye Xiang, Moon (Translator), IdleDee (Illustrator)

Pasha the Storm by Linda H. Codega

Hothead (Hothead Book 1) by Kent Holland

Tempting Venom (Vipers Book 3) by Rina Kent

The Feywild Job by C.L. Polk

Homecoming (Sex Wizards Book 5) by Alethea Faust

Until He Found Him (An Omegaverse Trilogy Book 1) by Rachel O'Rourke

The Weight of I Love You by Mike Jakubowski

Pride & Picnics (Pride in Pine Grove) by Hannah Danielle & K.F. Starfell

Moss'd in Space (Moss'd in Space Book 1) by Rebecca Thorne

Bone Horn by Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain

Dream the Deep by Clara Ward

Hold Me Like a Grudge by Celine Ong

The Widening Gyre by Amy Debellis

Wasp's Nest by Kat Stoddard

He Craves to Be Teased by His Favorite Asmr Streamer Vol. 2 by Coco Aino

Mistakenly Saving the Villain Vol. 3 by Feng Yu Nie, Yuka (Translator)

Their Summer Rescue by Sera Taíno

What Happened to Those Girls by Carlyn Greenwald

Remnant: The Beastmen Omegaverse Saga Vol. 1 by Hana Hasumi

What If I Said, I Love You? Vol. 1 by Kumosoku

ID: A post of twenty-three slides. The background is made up of a diagonal oriented 6-stripe rainbow for each slide. Slide 1 has a white square which reads "258 queer books coming out in Pride Month". The 258 is in matching horizontal rainbow stripes and Pride Month is in rainbow text. Text between the number and month are all caps black font.

Slides 2-22 features a white grid outline with a column on the left that has the release date in white font over a blue rectangle and book covers in three rows of 4 book covers each.

Slide 23 features a similar set up but with 6 books displayed. Row 1 is full with 4 book covers. Row 2 has 2 books and 2 pale blue rectangles. Row 3 has no book covers and four pale blue rectangles. The column on the left that has the release date in white font over a blue rectangle. End ID.

[bibliophilecats]

Read this month: May 2026

I read a total of seven books in May (this can't continue, normally by May the number of books I read starts to drop drastically and does not increase):

T. Kingfisher - The Wonder Engine

J. Rundberg - Der Ruf des Nachtraben (ebook, ARC)

M. Wells - Fugitive Telemetry (ebook, library)

A. Herring Blake - Delilah Green doesn't care (ebook, library)

F. Remus - Olver and out (ebook, ARC)

K. Hörnlein - Eine wie sie fehlt in dieser Zeit (ebook, library)

D. Wynne Jones - Howl's Moving Castle (reread)

There was only one book I did not enjoy at all, while I had several surprises. Johan Rundberg's The Night Raven is a great, although rather dark, middle grade mystery set around 1880. Fugitive Telemetry was a really enjoyable Muderbot book, though I will very likely not continue the series (the books have been very hit-or-miss for me and the next ones all seem to be closely tied together). The Wonder Engine was solid - I love the world though I could do without the romance in all the books set in that universe (which somewhat goes against what they are supposed to be focused on).

I read two great German books: the non-fiction "Eine wie sie fehlt in dieser Zeit). The author looks at the legacy of Astrid Lindgren, 20 years after her deatth. And Olver and out is a very good midlife-crisis/coming out story.

Howl's Moving Castle was my take on this month's prompt for the 2026 Re-Reading Challenge by @franticvampirereads: a sports romance or something sports-adjacent (it has rugby!). As hoped, it was delightful though I did not remember the ending being so abrupt.

For my yearly goals, I am ahead in number of books and pages, but I have some catching up to do for audiobooks.

[godzilla-reads]

In my opinion these are some underrated queer books for Pride month.

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

Batty.About.Books' Queer Book Recs for UnCover's Pride Month Challenge 🌈

Good afternoon, book lovers and bookish bats! I'm so incredibly excited to share this with you today, the first day of Pride Month! As someone who constantly creates book lists (and loves a visual), Uncover is my go-to bookish app. This year, they're hosting their first Pride Month reading challenge! The categories include (drum roll please!): 🌈

Queer Non-Fiction Books ❤️ Bisexual or Pansexual MCs 🧡 Queer Coming of Age Books 💛 Gay / Achillian Books 💚 Queer Horror 💙 Trans or Nonbinary MCs 💜 Lesbian / Sapphic Books 💛 Queer Awakening Books 🧡 Asexual or Aromantic MCs ❤️

Want to challenge yourself to read more queer books this Pride Month? Download Uncover from your app store (it's available on Android and Apple devices), create your account, and start reading! Any queer books you read that fit the above categories will automatically appear on Pride Month board. Challenge yourself to read a book within every category! 🌈

While you're at it, make sure to find me @battyaboutbooks. You can find all my book guides on Uncover (where they're updated every month!). 🦇

I've also included two bonus categories for my book lovers and bookish bats who strive to read queer all year! These include: Queer Graphic Novels 🌈 Coming Out Stories 🌈

What are you planning to read for Pride Month this year? ❓ Are you joining any reading challenges (and will you join me in completing the Uncover app Pride Month Challenge)? ❓

PS: I need your help! More queer content creators are getting suppressed (many of my monthly queer guides don't appear in the tags). PLEASE help by sharing this post! I would really appreciate it! Happy Pride Month, my loves. 💜

[dkafterdark]

Pride Reads 2026, Day 1: Restart After Growing Hungry

Sequel to Restart After Coming Back Home. A soft story about two men in their late 20s living in a rural town in Japan. After attending a friend's wedding, they're left questioning their own relationship status: are they friends, lovers, boyfriends? With so much left unspoken they have to work on expressing their feelings and finding out what they want. I love the art, the rural setting, the gentle pacing, and the support they receive from family and friends.

(Side note: the first manga was made into a live action movie! I need to watch it)

[boooks-and-tea]

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[logarithmicpanda]

I should read what I have instead of buying more books and only reading stuff from the library 🫣

[logarithmicpanda]

I said that but my local bookshop is having a sale so likely I'll go buy books tonight lmao

[logarithmicpanda]

Books!

[asexualbookbird]

I really enjoyed Volatile Memory it was cool!!

[logarithmicpanda]

It was on my radar and I saw your monthly wrap up this morning so I thought it would be a good choice 👀

[asexualbookbird]

I hope you enjoy it!!

[thebibliosphere]

Every so often I catch a glimpse of the book drama going on over on the Insta/Threads sphere of the Internet, and it makes me so glad I’m considered too Tumblrina to sit at their tables.

What do you mean an author is railing against people using libraries/the Libby app because it’s “free” (it’s not. you as the author get money from the library purchasing the digital lending license) and meanwhile their book is on Amazon for free to try and get readers??? Hello????

[thebibliosphere]

“But if people read it for free they might like it want to buy the rest of my work!”

You mean like how people read books at libraries, and end up buying them if they like them?

“That’s not the same 😡”

Correct! Because again, libraries pay us. You putting your books up on Amazon for free means you get nothing.

[thebookewyrme]

I am staring directly into the camera like I’m on the Office in Librarian. Libraries are literally an author’s best friend. We get books to people they never would have known about otherwise, & create Fans out of disinterested bystanders. And! Libraries are often paying MORE for a book than the average user, at least for digital editions, because it is expected that the library will lend it to more people, so theoretically we need to pay more to compensate the authors! (This is not I think how it works in practice, it more often just benefits the digital lending company instead of the actual author but. Greed is ever thus). Also, in some countries (sadly not the US, boo hiss) authors get paid for every checkout of a book. So, you can literally get royalties on those “free” books. (Also, they’re not free, they’re paid for with tax dollars for the good of everyone). How some fool can think temporary freeness on Amazon Kindle is superior to libraries I cannot fathom. Like, how does this person even manage to function in the real world?

Anyway. Authors. Love your librarians. We love you and seek only to help you get more readers so you can write more books. We have a symbiotic relationship, each needs the other.

[thebibliosphere]

#I thought if you were self pubed#you basically couldn't get into the library#sounds like being mad at a club#that won't let them in

Just saw this in my notes and thought I'd reply. You can't get into libraries if you only use Amazon, but platforms like Draft2Digital, Ingram and Kobo Writing Life make it possible for self-pub authors to have their work made available to libraries across the global network.

You're sometimes more likely to get picked up by libraries if you list yourself as having a publisher, but as a self-pub author you can do that by registering as an LLC (which for me was $250 back in 2020, I don't know what it is now) and then listing the name you used as the publisher. But even that's becoming an unnecessary step with how prominent self-pub has become.

Really at this stage, this person is shooting themselves in the foot by opting to remain an Amazon exclusive author and being a twit about it on main, but that's their hill. They can die on it.

[franticvampirereads]

Happy pride month! June’s tbr is a bit all over the place, but all the books I picked sound amazing and like they’d be great summer reads. So here’s what I’ve got planned:

King & Queen -currently reading

Paladin -currently reading

Pole Position

Punks Triangle

In The Care Of Magic

Vengeful

Space For More

The Summer Hikaru Died vol 1

I hope this month is filled with so much queer joy and some amazing reads!

[glaciya]

Jaytim + omegaverse + Mpreg

@franticvampirereads AAH I love this I wish I could write 20K of secret relationship surprise pregnancy Jaytim it’s such a good flavorrr

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The thing about it is, Tim is used to the general public assuming he’s pregnant. Ever since he presented, speculation articles appear after every heat if Tim so much as yawns or eats in public, wondering if his cheeks are perhaps blushed because he is with child. 

What’s new is that this time the headlines are true. 

Timothy Drake pregnant? Online sleuths speculate who the father could be. 

What Timothy Drake’s bold pregnancy reveal says about this generation of omegas. 

How Tim Drake’s heir marks a new beginning for the Wayne legacy. 

Tim sees a video of a man he vaguely recognizes and clicks it. 

“You could tell from the moment he stepped foot in the office that day,” the man drawls, smug and pompous. “He had that milky-sweet scent to him that ‘megas get when they’re due. I was surprised he came in without scent blockers, but we’ve always been like family here at Wayne Enterprises. It makes sense we’d be the first he would tell.”

Tim cuts off the beginnings of a growl and feels the solid warmth of a familiar body pressing up against his back. 

“Want me to kill him?” Jason murmurs, his cheek stubble pressing into Tim’s cheek. 

Tim laughs, though he’s never really sure if Jason is serious or not when he offers to take care of Tim’s problems. It’s the first time he’s felt a little tempted to say yes and see what Jason will do. But, “It’s my fault I forgot scent blockers that day. At least the media seems to think I did it on purpose.”

He ran to Jason’s nearest safehouse the second he realized what the strange smiles and lingering looks at his stomach had been about and hasn’t left Jason’s bed unless necessary since. 

“Still fucked up that he went to the media about it,” Jason says. “You should fire him.”

“Or just make him so miserable in the coming months he quits,” Tim says, losing himself in the daydream for a moment. Wondering how to make the revenge the sweetest. Reality hits him once he realizes that he’ll need a certain head of the company’s approval to really do anything. “I wonder how Bruce is taking the news.”

Jason hums and rolls over on his back. “He got here about an hour ago while you were napping. He was out on the balcony, hovering, last I checked.”

Tim drops his phone and sits up. “He’s here? Jason!”

“You were sleeping,” Jason says, tucking his arm behind his head. “Figured he could wait it out.”

He looks way too pretty with the sheets bundled up around his waist, showing teasing flashes of his nudity underneath for Tim to stay mad. Tim also doesn’t fail to notice that Bruce came looking for Tim at Jason’s safehouse and not one of his own.

“He knows about us.”. 

“World’s greatest detective.” Jason’s eyes drop to Tim’s stomach. “Do you think he--” Jason cuts and curls forward, dropping his face on Tim’s thigh. 

He’s nervous, Tim realizes. His fingers finding themselves in Jason’s curls, scratching gently at his scalp. “I don’t think he’ll react as badly as you think,” Tim says softly. 

“You only say that because you haven’t been on the receiving end of his Disappointed Dad face, Mr. Goody Two-shoes.”

Tim laughs. “Of course I have. You remember the whole blowing up the league thing right?”

“The hottest you’ve ever been? ‘Course I remember.”

Tim swats him lightly. “I’m just saying, if he didn’t approve of us he wouldn’t be here. He’s reaching out.”

“I guess there’s only one way of finding out which one of us is right.” Jason rolls out of bed and tightens the sheet around his waist. “If he has any doubts on who the father is, seeing me like this will get rid of them.”