In 2021, I wrote a list called Queernorm Worlds: 35 Fantasy Books With No Homophobia or Transphobia. I always intended to make a complementary queernorm sci-fi list, and four years later, I finally have! “Queer normative” or “queernorm” stories are set in worlds where transphobia and homophobia doesn’t exist. After all, if you’re creating a
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The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong “Because to remember is to fill the present with the past, which meant that the cost of remembering anything, anything at all, is life itself. We murder ourselves, he thought, by remembering.” “You see, carrots become bright orange because it’s so dark in the ground. They make their
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Katabasis by R.F. Kuang Alice Law has always wanted to be one of the brightest names in Magick, and she’s sacrificed everything to work with Jacob Grimes at Cambridge. But then Grimes is killed in a magical accident that could be Alice’s fault, and now, she must journey to Hell to save his soul and
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Is it too early to think about Halloween? Not according to grocery stores across the continent. Besides, you don’t want to wait until the last minute for costumes. What if there are shipping delays, or what if they
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In the nearly 15 years that Book Riot CEO and co-founder Jeff O’Neal and I have been talking about books on the internet together, we’ve heard from a lot of people who feel like they missed the window to read the so-called “important” books, or who just never wanted to slog through them alone. That’s
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Catch up on the news you missed this week with the stories Today in Books readers were most interested in. School Phone Ban Leads to Increased Library Use Students in Kentucky’s Jefferson County Public Schools are checking out library books at record rates, a “culture shift” correlated to the district’s new cellphone ban. Here are just
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It’s September, which means it’s time for the Sapphic September readathon, hosted by Landice (aka ManicFemme) and Lexi (aka EvilQueenReads). This is the sixth Sapphic September readathon, and each year, they put out a bingo board of challenges
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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Dark academia fantasy written by one of our most versatile and talented contemporary writers, who also happens to come from the world of academia? Yes, please. Today, I’m talking about August’s biggest new release, which also happens to
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Eileen’s primary literary love is comic books, but she’s always on the lookout for her next literary adventure no matter what form it takes. She has a Bachelor’s in media studies, a Master’s in digital communication, a smattering
Having written this column since mid-2021, I sometimes forget what I’ve covered. In some ways, I haven’t written anything new in the world of book censorship because the tactics, goals, and outcomes have not changed much at all over the course of this significant era of censorship. The guide to 56 tasks you can take to end book
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Welcome to Today in Books, our daily round-up of literary headlines at the intersection of politics, culture, media, and more. Fall publishing season is basically here, and it’s evident in the volume of interesting book-adjacent stories that crossed
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First up was Every Step She Takes by Alison Cochrun, which I read for the September 2nd episode of All the Books. It’s a sapphic romance set in the Camino trail. I enjoyed it, though Here We Go Again is still my favourite. Then I picked up Lu and Ren’s Guide to Geozoology by Angela