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2026 Reading List ๐
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items reading girlie who only has time for audio books ๐ฎโ๐จ๐ง
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When you link your library card you get access to so many cool documentaries, movies, books, etc. This is a super cool website that Iโve used to watch documentaries! Iโm pretty sure Iโve watched the Miyazaki documentary on here before too ๐ซฃ๐๐ผ
Kanopy
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*NOW USES AI ๐คข* THIS APP RIGHT HERE!?! Sheโs my savior. Connects to my library cards, I can connect more than one card if the wait at my go to is too long, audio AND e-books, blah blah etc. This app is #1 is all Iโm saying ๐ฎโ๐จ๐ซถ๐ผ + as a graphic d...
Libby
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I havenโt used this personally, but I love that you get to buy audio books through local bookstores like Bookshop!
Libro.fm
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I looove this non bezos created, black woman founded app! โบ๏ธ๐ซถ๐ผ I keep track of everything I read on here and you can import from goodreads ๐ซฃ I just found out that you can change which edition of the book youโre reading if you need to. All of mine ...
The StoryGraph
Fiction ๐ง๐ผโโ๏ธ
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My girlfriend Tamaris is writing a queer, punk, superhero comic called Silver & Gold! Sheโs been working really hard on it + just wants to get it out there so itโs free to read on GlobalComix! This is a passion project going on 3 years now and it...
Silver & Gold | ๐ฆธ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐ฏ๏ธ
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The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption | โ๐ผ๐ง๐ป
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Can an assassin also be a good dad? I guess youโll have to read and see ๐ซฃ
The Mantis | ๐๐ง
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If Millennium Actress and Perfect Blue had a white main character ๐๐ผ
Here in the Dark: A Novel | ๐ง
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I looove Nghi Voโs Singing Hills series and I was ready to read something different! A queer Asian actress in old Hollywood fights against its exploitative nature backed by dark magic.
Siren Queen | ๐๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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A suicidal cab driver reflects on his violent past and childhood trauma while struggling in the present ๐ซฉ
The Boy in the Earth | ๐ง ๐
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I loved how this was written, mushrooms are so interesting! Itโs so eerie and I love the queer representation ๐ซฃ๐ซถ๐ผ
What Moves the Dead | ๐๐ชฆ
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The second book in the series! A battle that leaks into the dream realm due to a spooky folklore legend ๐ซฃ
What Feasts at Night | ๐ชฆ๐
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Oooo I loved how spooky this one was. There were times where I was a lil confused, but I loved how it was written! Very demure, very mindful.
Ghost Music | ๐ชฆ๐ถ
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This one had me confused at times, but I enjoyed it! It feels like it was written like a dream ๐ซฃ
You Are Eating an Orange. You Are Naked. | ๐
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The amount of loss in this book is so fucking sad ๐ญ I LOVE the graphic design of the cover, it conveys the story really well!!
The Memory Police: A Novel | ๐ฌ๐
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Slow burn mafia Romeo and Juliet in 1926 Shanghai with a monstrous twist ๐ซฃ๐ซถ๐ผ
These Violent Delights | ๐๐
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The second book in the Dr. Wren Miller series! Honestly I didnโt like the pacing of the first book, but I wanted to give the second book a try.
The Butcher Game | ๐๐
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Iโm really liking Eve Woodsโ writing! I resonated with the main character more than I thought I would. This one had historic and paranormal twists I didnโt expect!
The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris | ๐๐
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The things that this family goes throughโฆI canโt imagine ๐ญ I checked this out to see if it would change my perspective about my family and it did somethin to me ๐ฎโ๐จ
Please Look After Mom: A Novel | ๐ญ๐งโ๐งโ๐งโ๐ง
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18+ TikTok Recommendation: Honestly, Iโm used to reading on ao3 and there was so much smut in this book it made me feel like it was a lil excessive. But if you like that, go for it ๐ฎโ๐จ
Priest | ๐๐
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TikTok Recommendation: I took a class on global disability and we learned about the history of the word โfreakโ and this book really embodies it. Dunn is very descriptive and it really is like a car crash that you canโt look away from. Near the middl...
Geek Love: A Novel | ๐๐
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Tbh Iโve never been a fan of slow burn, but I DO like this series! I love the contrast of the couples/families and their relationships ๐ซฃ๐ซถ๐ผ
Our Violent Ends | ๐๐
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Currently reading! ๐ง
Idk what I can say that hasnโt been said. Iโm shook rn
Tender Is the Flesh | ๐๐ง
Non-Fiction ๐ฆ
from autobiographies to religious text and beyond
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I checked this one out because I really resonated with the title, but Anna Kendrick is actually really funny and relatable ๐ญ๐
Scrappy Little Nobody | โ๐ผ๐
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As a bisexual child of immigrants, this book really hit close to home for me ๐ฅน On top of that, Gomez writes of his experience of the Pulse nightclub shooting and gives insight to their life moving forwards.
Alligator Tears | โ๐ผ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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I think I read these out of publishing order, but I loved this one too! My family, who are not conservative out loud, are similar to Gomezโs in how supportive they are despite not really understanding other sexualities. While reading, I felt seen in ...
High-Risk Homosexual: A Memoir | โ๐ผ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
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I checked this one out from my local library as research material ๐ค Itโs a huge book full of art and interviews with women designers from different time periods. Really hard to find on the internet to buy, but a really cool read!
Frauen und Grafik-Design Women in Graphic Design 1890โ2012 | ๐จ๐
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Checked this one out from my local library for research ๐ค Iโm Lao and since there arenโt many books on my culture I thought Iโd look into the brotherland lol. I was looking for specific patterns + history on the arts in general and this book had a n...
Arts and Crafts of Thailand | ๐จ๐