Picky readers with a love for fandom, romance, and culture will love the books on this list.
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I'm not a basketball fan, but I loved this framing - Abdurraqib is a master at discussing pop culture in ways that feel raw and whole.
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
One of my favorite essay chapbooks of all time. Fall Out Boy forever.
They Can’t Kill Us Until They Kill Us: Expanded Edition by Hanif Abdurraqib
A gripping story about love and feeling worthy and that unrest in the desire to create.
Alone with You in the Ether | A Love Story
Imagine: you are y/n, going through a very public divorce from your politician husband. You are powerful in your career as a PR strategist but this event has made you feel so small. But your favorite boy band member from your youth reaches out to you...
Big Fan a book by Alexandra Romanoff
This book will make you happy! :)
This book made me CACKLE and cry, a feat that is harder than it sounds. This family is a mess, but it’s sooo silly and full of heart and good. Think: Arrested Development, but younger, hotter, and with…. magic?
Gifted & Talented a book by Olivie Blake
I ADORED this. Full of tropes and while I have seen people say that they learned too much about the world’s wool trades, I think it served as a perfect vehicle for how no nonsense one character is… and how it makes the romance feel well earned.
Swordcrossed a book by Freya Marske
If you have not yet heated your rivalry, the books are GRIPPING. They are so easy to get into and burn through, and the relationship between Shane and Ilya is DELICIOUS.
Heated Rivalry (Game Changers #2) by Rachel Reid, Paperback
Kate Goldbeck sets out to write a modernized answer to When Harry Met Sally and I think she knocks it out of the park here. Ari is meant to be the “Harry” of the two, and she is frustrating and emotionally unavailable and so deeply relatable, while J...
You, Again a book by Kate Goldbeck
Moving, poetic, perfect for the queer lapsed Catholic in your life.
Dayspring by Anthony Oliveira, Paperback
This book CRUSHED me.
Shark Heart: A Love Story
Hands down one of my favorite romance reads, and excellent author.
The Seven Year Slip
Beautiful, striking poetry.
Life of the Party: Poems
Pep talk time.
All the Cool Girls Get Fired: How to Let Go of Being Let Go and Come Back on Top
TBR
The description for this was very much giving CaitVi a la Arcane. Into it.
Heavy Metal Lover
I've been eyeballing this for a while - as a boy band fan, looks like a must read!
Superfan: A Novel
Heard this one had canon polyamory.
Running Close to the Wind
And who am I to say no to lesbian knights IN SPACE?
Cosmoknights (Book One)
The summary really got me…. excited to finally read it!
Moth Dark
aka “the green yuri”
The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All, Vol. 1
