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Rhys
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24 | he/him | trans 🏳️‍⚧️ | 🇨🇦 | Seven Devils #1 stan 😌 | fantasy/sci-fi lover | trans book recs | https://linktr.ee/Rhys.reads
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I love using libby, especially since I recently figured out I could get an Edmonton Public Library card as a U of Alberta student, it’s been a GAME CHANGER for reading on my kobo! I’m reading Blood Like Magic rn (LOVING it), and hoping to start Babel this weekend!
Screenshot of my libby loan page with Babel by RF Kuang audiobook and These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs audiobook Screenshot of my libby loan page with Blood Like Magic and Blood Like Fate by Liselle Sambury ebooks Screenshot of my libby loan page with The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis ebook and The Spear Cuts Through Water by Simon Jimenez audiobook Screenshot of my libby loan page with Valid by Chris Bergeron ebook
April 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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My March reading has been very good. I love it. So many new favourites, plus reread some old favourites that hold up (Catching Fire, Mockingjay, Truth Telling, The Wicked Bargain, The Companion)! Read quite a few for my Trans Reading Challenge! Hope to finish 2/3 of my CRs too!
#transbooks #books
Storygraph March 2025 ratings collage; Catching Fire and Mockingjay (5), Oathbound (5), Emberclaw (5), Truth Telling (5), Tempest Take Me Home (5), The Revenge of Captain Vassia (5), The Wicked Bargain (5), By Way of Sorrow (3.5), Survivor’s Guilt (4), Sunrise on the Reaping (5), The Woods All Black (4), Paper Dolls (5), The Gentleman’s Gentleman (4), Strange Bedfellows (4), Muted Vol 1 (4), This Delicious Death (4), Miss Major Speaks (5), The Flowered Blade (5), The Companion (4), The Perks of Loving a Wallflower (4).
March 31, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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April 2025 #transbooks releases 🏳️‍⚧️

#trans #books #diversebooks
Slide 1- a pink and light red gradient background with a white border. Title is in black block letters and says “April 2025 Trans Book Releases” and a rainbow in the trans colours is to the top right of the title, with my username readwithrhys underneath it. Slide 2- a pink and light red gradient background with a white border. Books: Unsex Me Here by Aurora Mattia (April 1, litfic/short stories, trans femme MCs), A/S/L by Jeanne Thornton (April 1, adult, trans femme MCs), Realistic Fiction by Anton Solomonik (April 1, litfic/short stories, trans masc MCs), Ollie in Between by Jess Callans (April 8, middle grade, nonbinary MC), Make Sure You Die Screaming by Zee Carlstrom (April 8, adult thriller, nonbinary MC), Family Week by Sarah Moon (April 15, middle grade, trans masc MC). Slide 3- a pink and light red gradient background with a white border. Books: Notes From a Regicide by Isaac Fellman (April 15, adult sci-fi, trans masc MC), Chaos King by Kacen Callender (April 15, YA fantasy, trans boy MC, genderfluid MC, sequel), Saint Death’s Herald by C.S.E. Cooney (April 22, adult fantasy, nonbinary MC, sequel), The Lilac People by Milo Todd (April 29, historical, trans man MC), My Best Friend’s Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner (April 29, adult romance, nonbinary MC), Awakened by A.E. Osworth (April 29, adult fantasy, trans femme MC, trans masc MC, nonbinary MC).
March 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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The vibes of my current reads are:
- Trans 🏳️‍⚧️
- Queer af 🏳️‍🌈
- Queer pirates 🏴‍☠️

And I love it 😤🙌🏼 might even reread The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

ps, thanks @cknightwrites.bsky.social for an ARC! I’m loving it 🙌🏼
Screenshot of my storygraph profile showing my bio (“Trans reader focusing on trans stories 🏳️‍⚧️ host of the Trans Reading Challenge 🏳️‍⚧️) and my 2 current reads: The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen and Tempest, Take Me Home by Charlie Knight
March 10, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Here are the rest ✨

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#books #booksky #diversebooks #transbooks
blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. Books included: The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas, Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse, The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson, Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón. blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. Books included: Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon, The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill, The Prospects by KT Hoffman, Angels in the Dark by Shannon Elliot. blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. Books included: A Vicious Game by Melissa Blair, Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa, To Shape a Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose, This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron. blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. The title for this page says “...and 5 more books because it’s MY birthday” in black block letters. Books included: Blood Justice by Terry J. Benton-Walker, The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa, Deck the Hulls by Kat Cassidy, So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole, Snowglobe by Soyoung Park.
February 27, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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It’s my birthday so have 24 (or more…) recommendations from me! If you take any recommendations from me, make it these ✨

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#books #booksky #diversebooks #transbooks
blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. The title is in black block letters and says “24 Books for my 24th Birthday”, with my username readwithrhys underneath in smaller black block letters. blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. Books included: Seven Devils by L.R. Lam and Elizabeth May, Dragonfall by L.R. Lam, The Falconer by Elizabeth May (2025 edition), Legendborn by Tracy Deonn. blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. Books included: Jade War by Fonda Lee, The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon, Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore. blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. Books included: The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi, A River of Golden Bones by A.K. Mulford, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White, Mistress of Lies by K.M. Enright.
February 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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I just stayed up wayyyyy past my bedtime to finish this book…SO worth it. The Broposal by Sonora Reyes is phenomenal and you should read it
Screenshot from Storygraph of The Broposal by Sonora Reyes. I rated it 4 stars
February 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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March 2025 Trans Book Releases 🏳️‍⚧️

#booksky #books #transbooks
Blue and pink gradient background. Title in black block letters “March 2025 Trans Book Releases” with my username readwithrhys underneath. To the right of the title is a cowboy hat in the trans flag colours Blue and pink gradient background. Books included: a song for you and I (March 4th; middle grade fantasy, nonbinary MC), Strange Bedfellows (March 4th; YA fantasy graphic novel, trans boy MC), They Bloom at Night (March 4th; YA horror, nonbinary MC), Wood Working (March 4th; litfic, trans woman MCs), Glitch Girl! (March 4th; disabled trans girl MC (ADHD)), Emberclaw (March 4th; Adult fantasy, genderfluid MC) Blue and pink gradient background. Books: A Single Brutal Fate (March 11th; YA fantasy, nonbinary MC (supposed pub date)), Paper Dolls (March 11th; memoir), A Gentleman’s Gentleman (March 11th; historical romance, trans man MC), Stag Dance (March 11th; litfic/short stories, trans femme MCs), Homegrown Magic (March 11th; Fantasy romance, nonbinary MC), We Are Villains (March 25th; YA mystery, (disabled?) aroace trans boy MC)
February 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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I’m going to make a thread of my trans book releases IG posts here, starting with January/February!
yellow and pink gradient background with a thin white border around the edges. In black block letters, the title in the middle says “January/February 2025 Trans Book Releases”, and to the left is the word “love” in the trans flag colours (light blue, light pink and white). Underneath the title is my username readwithrhys in black. yellow and pink gradient background with a thin white border around the edges. “January” books: Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto (adult sci-fi; BIPOC a gender MC), Trans & Disabled (essays), Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan (adult litfic; BIPOC trans woman MC), Single Player by Tara Tai (adult romance; BIPOC nonbinary MC), The Dark One by Taylor Hubbard (adult erotica; trans man MC, trans man LI, T4T), The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill (adult magical realism; trans man MC) yellow and pink gradient background with a thin white border around the edges. “January” books: This Feast of a Life by Cynthia So (YA contemporary; BIPOC nonbinary MC), Ring by Michelle Lerner (adult litfic; nonbinary MC), Don’t Let Cha Cha Die by Carrie Hetherwell (adult sci-fi; nonbinary MC), The Quick and the Dead by Emma Hinds (historical fiction; nonbinary MC), Sweet Girls and Bluebirds by Caroline Sophia Hamel (YA contemporary: trans woman MC) yellow and pink gradient background with a thin white border around the edges. “February” books: Murder in the Dressing Room by Holly Stars (adult mystery; nonbinary MC), A World Worth Saving by Kyla Lukoff (middle grade fantasy; trans boy MC), A History of Transgender Medicine in the United States (nonfiction), Name Her Holy by Aubrey Ennis (adult fantasy; trans lesbian MC), Love in Exile by Shon Faye (memoir), Orion and the Cloudkillers by Harri D. Gordon (YA contemporary; trans boy MC), Ikarys and the Damned by Taylor Hubbard (adult fantasy; trans masc MC), Cleavage by Jennifer Finney Boylan (memoir)
February 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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I have so many books on my physical tbr and what do I do? Go to the library and get 5 more books (bottom 5) 🧍🏼 HEHE WHOOPS. I love the 2 local libraries near me 😌
Stack of library books. In order from top to bottom: the knowing by tayla talaga, immortal dark by tigest girma, the t in lgbt by Jamie Raines, false hearts by lr lam, bellies by Nicola dinan, the art thieves by Andrea l Rogers, the brightness between us by Eliot schrefer, dear Medusa by Olivia a Cole, metal from heaven by August clarke, and black leopard red wolf by Marlon James
February 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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This picture is like a month old now (gotten some new ones since then) but this is like 45% of all the books I own, and most (not all) of these books feature LGBTQ main characters. I’ve read quite a few, but if you see a favourite of yours, do comment so I can bump it up if I haven’t read it LOL
February 12, 2025 at 4:27 AM
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I’m on page 172 of The Jasmine Throne and once again, WHY DID I WAIT SO LONG TO READ THIS?? My physical tbr is definitely full of books that when I read them, I’ll say “WHY TF DIDNT I READ IT SOONER”
Book cover of The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
February 12, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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I started reading this earlier, didn’t really know what it’s about but it got me hookedddddd
Book cover of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
February 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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I started my reread of The Final Strife for my Trans-cendent Tales book club February pick, and oh my GOD I love this world and this trilogy 😭🩵
February 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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This book should be required reading for every Canadian. I’m rereading it for a class so I can write a book review on it through the lens of an educator, and I’m reminded of how this peels back the layers of history in Canada that isn’t usually taught in k-12.
The book cover of Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada by Michelle Good
February 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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I started this earlier today and I can already tell it will be a favourite of 2025! I love Edward Underhill’s writing, and this is his adult debut with a trans man MC 🏳️‍⚧️ I’m 30% through and it’s amazing

#trans #transbooks #books #booksky
Book cover for The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill
February 2, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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January was a great reading month! So many new favourites and reread 4 favourites! 5th year in a row that seven devils is my first read of the year (and I love my little tradition) 😌

#books #booksky #transbooks #diversebooks
Storygraph January wrap up. 25 books read, 8,735 pages, 4.46 average rating. 3 highest rated reads shown are Nona the ninth, Harrow the ninth, and the falconer (all 5 stars). Average book length 347 pages, average time to finish 2 days. 100% fiction. Highest genres are lgbtqia+, young adult, fantasy, science fiction, and romance. Compared to December is 0% books, + 60% pages. Graph in the bottom left for amount of pages read each day. Print All of my January reads & star ratings ; seven devils 5, an honored vow 5, the sapling cage 4, yesterday is history 4, crownchasers 4.5, self-made boys 5, thronebreakers 5, the dark tide 2, adrift in currents clean and clear 4, single player 5, the brilliant death 4, so let them burn 5, this ends in ember 5, this poison heart 5, this wicked fate 5, the z word 3, leap 3.5, the witches of silverlake 4.5, the dark one 5, Gideon the ninth 5, the falconer 5, harrow the ninth 5, nona the ninth 5, ruin road 4.5, I shall never fall in love 4
February 1, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Graphic novel with a trans masc nonbinary main character! 🏳️‍⚧️ finally read this graphic novel (I tried reading it in December but the ebook just wasn’t working for me) and it was so good 🩷🩵 I’m always a sucker for historical books, but when queer characters are included?? COUNT ME IN
Book cover for I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
February 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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Romance books with trans MCs! 🏳️‍⚧️

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#trans #books #booksky #diversebooks #transbooks
pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “On my TBR” Books included: the full moon’s problem (trans masc mc), all roads lead to this (trans man mc), wish lists lead to this (nonbinary mc), gaming at randy’s (trans man mc), hitched at randy’s (trans man mc), cramming at randy’s (demiboy and genderqueer mcs, T4T) pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “On my TBR” Books included: aftercare at randy’s (trans femme, nonbinary and trans masc mcs, T4T4T), temptation at randy’s (trans femme mc and nonbinary mc, T4T), written at randy’s (trans man mc, bigender mc, T4T), finding home at randy’s (trans man mcs and nonbinary mc, T4T4T), striking a chord at randy’s (trans man mc), roleplay at randy’s (trans man mc), final boy at randy’s (trans man mc), composed at randy’s (trans man mc) pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “On my TBR” Books included: a matter of disagreement (trans masc mc), the craft of love (trans man mc), the doctor’s discretion (trans masc mc), to touch the light (trans masc mc), for the love of april french (trans woman mc), fake it (trans woman mc) pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “On my TBR” Books included: love language (trans masc mc), triple sec (nonbinary mc), a gentleman’s gentleman (trans masc mcs, T4T), their troublesome crush (trans masc mc), make room for love (trans woman mc), a shore thing (trans man mc)
January 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Romance books with trans MCs! 🏳️‍⚧️ left out the ‘title’ page because I have 8 slides of recs so I’ll make it 2 posts instead of 3!

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#books #booksky #diversebooks #transbooks
pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “Adult” Books included: Sunset springs (trans man mc), the prospects (disabled trans man mc), blessed by the cupid distribution system (disabled trans woman mc), the companion (3 trans mcs, T4T4T), the longest night (trans masc MC, trans masc LI, T4T), deck the hulls (trans man MC) pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “Adult” Books included: angels in the dark (nonbinary mc, trans man mc), so much more (nonbinary mc), rules for ghosting (trans man mc), the demon’s bargain (nonbinary mc), sing anyway (nonbinary mc), love & other disasters (nonbinary mc) pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “Adult” Books included: a shot in the dark (trans man mc), second chances in new port stephen (trans man mc), chef’s choice (trans woman mc, trans man mc, T4T), single player (nonbinary mc), a nightclub for the holidays (nonbinary mc), returning to you (nonbinary mc) pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “On my TBR” Books included: hide n’ seek (nonbinary mc), the spy and her serpent (trans woman mc, trans woman li, T4T), the support group (trans woman mc, trans woman li, T4T), black kitten (trans man and trans woman mcs), they were roommates (disabled trans masc mc), the dandelion & the thistle ((gray)ace demiboy mc, trans man mc)
January 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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This novella features a trans man MC and a trans man love interest, and it was SO good. I read it this month and loved it!

#trans #books #booksky #transbooks
Book cover of The Dark One by Taylor Hubbard
January 31, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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And the rest that are on my (very long) tbr! LOL

#books #booksky #transbooks
blue gradient background from dark blue-black to navy blue. “On my TBR” is i white block letters. Books- escape velocity (trans woman mc), unexploded remnants (trans femme mc), the blighted stars (trans woman mc), junker seven (nonbinary mc), dreams bigger than heartbreak (trans girl mc), galaxy the prettiest star (trans mc) blue gradient background from dark blue-black to navy blue. “On my TBR” is i white block letters. Books- dreadnought (trans girl mc), failure to comply (trans mcs), key like sky (disabled nonbinary mc), teleportation and other luxuries (nonbinary mc & trans femme mc), the last gift of the universe (nonbinary mc), these burning stars (nonbinary mc), pluralities (trans masc mc) blue gradient background from dark blue-black to navy blue. “On my TBR” is i white block letters. Books- hammajang luck (agender mc), power to yield (nonbinary mc), floating hotels (nonbinary mc), the transitive properties of cheese (trans femme mc), cascade failure (nonbinary mc), in universes (nonbinary mc), if we were stars (nonbinary mcs, also t4t), a psalm for the wild-built (nonbinary mc)
January 29, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Sci-fi books with trans main characters 🏳️‍⚧️ I have not read as many sci-fi books featuring trans MCs which is shocking! I love sci-fi as well, and thought I’ve read more but nope haha!

#books #booksky #transbooks
blue gradient background from dark blue-black to navy blue. Title is in white block letters and says “Sci-Fi books with trans main characters” blue gradient background from dark blue-black to navy blue. “Young Adult” is in white block letters. Books- Across a Field of Starlight (nonbinary mc), time and time again (disabled nonbinary mc), bad dream (trans girl mc), lunar boy (trans boy mc, middle grade), magodiz (two-spirit mcs, adult) blue gradient background from dark blue-black to navy blue. “Adult” is in white block letters. Books- these fragile graces this fugitive heart (trans woman mc), seven mercies (trans woman mc), the deep (trans woman mc), light from uncommon stars (trans woman mc), finna (nonbinary mc), all systems red (nonbinary mc) blue gradient background from dark blue-black to navy blue. “On my TBR” is i white block letters. Books- adrift in starlight (nonbinary mc), X (nonbinary mc), at the end of everything (nonbinary mc), the first sister (nonbinary mc), how we end (trans mc), in the city of time (trans femme mc)
January 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Just a few of my favourite books that I need to talk about more for yall to read them #books #booksky #diversebooks
Books: magical boy vol 1, when the moon was ours, these violent delights, rabbit chase, most ardently, old wounds, self-made boys, dear Mothman Books included: A river of golden bones, the prospects, single player, second chances in new port Stephen, mistress of lies, blessed by the Cupid distribution system, coexistence, the bone shard daughter Books included: magodiz, her majesty’s Royal coven, the crimson crown, we used to live here, black sun, Jade city, a broken blade, heir to thorn and flame Books included: what’s the t?, pretty a memoir, it was never going to be okay, homebody, disintegrate/dissociate, trans love, all boys aren’t blue, how we do family
January 28, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Looking for a book that feels like Percy Jackson mixed with The Hunger Games featuring a trans MC? Look no further than The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas!! This is one of my all time favourite duologies and I adore Teo 💚
Book cover of The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas Book cover of Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas
January 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM