rating: x/5 stars
Tips: Ctrl + F gives a search bar where you can search for authors or titles mentioned on this page! Also I started out marking books as f/f and m/m relationships, but then there were books with multiple lgbt characters (who knew! hah) or without labels/trans and some are just tagged lgbt.
Short stories
The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu five stars
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories by Ken Liu four stars
The Cybernetic Tea Shop by Meredith Katz five stars
Comics/Graphic novels
Lore Olympus s1 by Racel Smythe five stars
Through the Woods by Emily Carrol five stars
When I Arrived at the Castle by Emily Carroll three stars
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina vol. 1 two stars
Paper Girls vol. 1 three stars
Paper Girls vol. 2 four stars
Emotions Explained with Buff Dudes by Andrew Tsyaston five stars
Quiet Girl in a Noisy World by Debbie Tung three stars
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh five stars
There Is No Right Way to Meditate by Yumi Sakugawa four stars
Deadly Class by Rick Remender vol. 1-9 everything between five stars to one star
I Think I Am In Friend-Love With You by Yumi Sakugawa i liked it
Fence vol. 1-3 by C. S. Pacat one star
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman five stars, m/m
Heartstopper vol. 2 by Alice Oseman three stars, m/m
Heartstopper vol. 3 by Alice Oseman three stars, m/m
Adulthood is a Myth by Sarah Andersen four stars
Big Mushy Happy Lump by Sarah Andersen two stars
Herding Cats by Sarah Andersen three stars
Thriller/horror
I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells four stars, morally-gray character
Wilder Girls by Rory Power five stars, f/f
Zero Sum Game (Cas Russell #1) by S. L. Huang five stars, anti-heroine
Null Set (Cas Russell #2) by S. L. Huang four stars, anti-heroine
Critical Point (Cas Russell #3) by S. L. Huang four stars, anti-heroine
They Never Learn by Layne Fargo four stars, f/f, dark academia
Contemporary fiction
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides two stars, crime
The Lessons by Naomi Alderman four stars, gay & bi mc’s, dark academia
A Separate Peace by John Knowles four stars
Running with Lions by Julian Winters four stars, m/m
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston five stars, m/m, politics
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath four stars, classic
1984 by George Orwell DNF, classic
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro three stars
An Absolutely Remarkable Thing by Hank Green five stars and its own spoiler-filled review, f/f
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo five stars
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami four stars
If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio three stars, dark academia
The Secret History by Donna Tartt five stars, dark academia
Historical fiction
The Unbinding of Mary Reade by Miriam McNamara three stars, pirates
Magical realism
Wild Beauty by Anna-Marie McLemore DNF
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore DNF
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin four stars, alternate historical fiction
The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye Walton four stars
The Price Guide to the Occult by Leslye Walton two stars
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami four stars
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater three stars
Call Down the Hawk (dreamer #1) by Maggie Stiefvater four stars, m/m
High Fantasy
City of Strife by Claudie Arseneault four stars, so queer
The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson five stars
Warbreaker by Brandon Sanderson four stars
Edgedancer by Brandon Sanderson four stars
Fantasy
Foundryside by Robert Jackson Bennett sapphic mc
The Secret Commonwealth by Philip Pullman one star
The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson four stars, morally-gray characters
Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir four stars, f/f, morally-gray characters
Winterkeep (Graceling #4) by Kristin Cashore four stars
Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo one star
The Shadows Between Us by Tricia Levenseller two stars
The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi dnf
Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller three stars, genderfluid mc
Ship of Smoke and Steel by Django two stars
The Midnight Lie by Marie Rutkoski four stars, f/f
Of Poseidon by Anna Banks four stars, mermaids
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo three stars, sirens & pirates
Circe by Madeline Miller four stars, greek mythology
Labyrinth Lost by Zoraida Córdova DNF, bi mc
Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim three stars
Once A Witch by Carolyn MacCullough two stars
An Enchantment of Ravens by Margaret Rogerson two stars
These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling four stars (lgbt characters; lots of queer girls)
The Wicked Saints by Emily A. Duncan four stars (lgbt characters)
The Wicked Deep by Shea Ernshaw three stars (witches, small-town)
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi four stars
Written in Red (The Others #1) by Anne Bishop four stars
The Cruel Prince (the folk of the air #1) by Holly Blackfour stars
The Wicked King (the folk of the air #2) by Holly Black three stars
The Queen of Nothing (the folk of the air #3) by Holly Black two stars
Wake of Vultures by Lila Bowen four stars
Fawkes by Nadine Brandes three stars
In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan four stars (sirens, m/m)
Lord of Shadows by Cassandra Clare three stars
Angelfall by Susan Ee three stars
More by T. M. Franklin one star
Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman three stars
The Library at Mount Char by Scott Hawkins four stars
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland three stars
Nevernight by Jay Kristoff two stars
Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller four stars
A Court of Frost and Starlight by Sarah J. Maas two stars
Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass #5) by Sarah J Maas three stars
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley three stars
Uprooted by Naomi Novik five stars
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik two stars
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta (Lumatere chronicles #1) three stars
Touch of Power by Maria V. Snyder three stars
Storm Glass by Maria V. Snyder two stars
Ilusions of Fate by Kiersten White three stars
A Mage’s Power by Casey Wolfe four stars (m/m)
Urban Fantasy
Borderline by Mishell Baker three stars, bi mc, mental illness & disability
Jade City by Fonda Lee three stars
Silence Fallen by Patricia Briggs three stars
Halfway to the Grave by Jeanie Frost three stars
Science Fiction
Scythe by Neal Shusterman didn’t like it at all (more dystopia)
The One’s Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. Guin five stars
The Legion Series by Brandon Sanderson five, four and two stars and
a short review of the first Legion book
Dark Matter by Blake Crouch four stars
Legion by Brandon Sanderson five stars
Head On by John Scalzi three stars
Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente four stars
Poetry
Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong four stars, lgbt
Felicity by Mary Oliver four stars, lgbt
Soft Science by Franny Choi two stars, lgbt
Soft Magic by Upile Chisala two stars
Whiskey Words & a Shovel by r h Sin two stars
She Used to Be on a Milk Carton by Kailey Tedesco one star
Counting Descent by Clint Smith five stars
Bright Dead Things by Ada Limon
Monument by Natasha Trethewey two stars
Glass Moon by Megan Pollak two stars
The Year of the Femme by Cassie Donish
Lord of the Butterflies by Andrea Gibson five stars
The Universe of Us by Lang Leav three stars
The Future by Neil Hilborn four stars
Leave This Song Behind three stars
Alt som ikke har blitt tjoret fast, Eirin Gundersen
Mary Oliver’s New and Selected Poems Vol. 2 four stars
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver five stars
Upstream by Mary Oliver four stars
Mary Oliver’s New and Selected Poems vol. 1 four stars
Crush by Richard Siken three stars
the sun and her flowers by rupi kaur three stars
graffiti by savannah brown four stars
Young adult contemporary
The Selection (#1-3) by Kiera Cass like overall three stars
When We Collided by Emery Lord four stars, bipolar disorder
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic four stars, lgbtq: demisexual mc, gay characters
The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson two stars, mental illness
Uninvited by Sophie Jordan four stars (dystopian)
Unleashed by Sophie Jordan three stars (dystopian)
Solitaire by Alice Oseman two stars
The Truth About Keeping Secrets by Savannah Brown four stars (f/f)
Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard three stars (lgbt characters)
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo four stars (culture)
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness four stars
I Was Born for This by Alice Oseman four stars (lgbt characters)
Radio Silence by Alice Oseman five stars (lgbt characters)
The Benefits of Being an Octopus by Ann Braden four stars
Sadie by Courtney Summers three stars
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel three stars
Turtles All the Way Down by John Green five stars
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli five stars (m/m)
Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson five stars
The Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious #2) by Maureen Johnson four stars
The Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious #3) by Maureen Johnson four stars
The Art of Escaping by Erin Callahan four stars
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin two stars
See How They Run by Ally Carter two stars
All Fall Down by Ally Carter three stars
Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour four stars, f/f
The Inexplicable Logic of My Life by Benjamin Alire Sáenz fours stars, m/m
Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson three stars
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness three stars
The Diviners by Libba Bray two stars
A Time to Dance by Padma Venkatraman four stars
We Are Okay by Nina LaCour four stars (f/f)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas five stars
We Are the Ants by Shaun David Hutchinson four stars (m/m)
The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee four stars (m/m)
Fairytale retellings / mythology
Silver in the Wood (Greenhollow Duology #1) by Emily Tesh two stars, m/m
Valkyrie Rising by Ingrid Paulson three stars, norse mythology
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman four stars
The Language of Thorns by Leigh Bardugo four stars
Ash by Malinda Lo two stars, f/f
The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest by Melanie Dickerson one star
Just romance
Non-fiction
It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh three stars
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg four stars
10 Steps to Earning Awesome Grades (While Studying Less) by Thomas Frank five stars
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami four stars
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer two stars
The Life-changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo five stars
Science
Women in Science by Rachel Ignotofsky five stars (illustrations)
Six Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman four stars
The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking five stars
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari three stars
Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli three stars
Memoir
An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison five stars, bipolar disorder
A Woman in the Polar Night by Christiane Ritter five stars, travel to Arctic
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi five stars
My Fight / Your Fight by Ronda Rousey four stars
Secrets for the Mad by dodie four stars
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah five stars
Other
The More or Less Definitive Guide to Self-Care: from A to Z by Anna Borges four stars
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