So I was here almost two weeks ago asking for suggestions for books, as I’ve made a resolution to read at least 2 per month. I got a lot of advice from people who also have ADHD and struggle with reading, which helped me quite a bit. I started with audio books and worked in some physical books, and I took a trip to my local bookstore to buy at least one book that caught my eye.
Since starting on January first, I have now finished two audiobooks (collective 13 hours) and I’m a few stories into 2 different short story anthology books (collective 210 pages). I’ve also added some new things to my list and done some thinking about what I’m looking for in suggestions.
I’m primarily interested in fantasy, horror, and LGBTQ+ (particularly lesbian and non-binary) themes. I would also like fiction or nonfiction focusing on the voices and lives of poc and other cultures/religions/ethnicities, as well as neurodivergence.
This is my current reading list, for reference:
1. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward by H.P. Lovecraft
2. We Have Always Lived In The Castle by Shirley Jackson
3. Unmasking Autism by Devon Price [UP NEXT]
4. Butch Is A Noun by S. Bear Bergman
5. Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
6. Blackwater by Michael McDowell
7. Sabriel by Garth Nix
8. The Sellout by Paul Beatty
9. Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir
10. Running In The Family by Michael Ondaatje
11. In My Father’s House by Kwame Anthony Appiah
12. Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber
13. The Good Immigrant by Various
14. The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
15. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy [FINISHED]
16. Coraline by Neil Gaiman [FINISHED]
17. Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Lindsay C. Gibson
18. Out There Screaming by Various [READING]
19. To Hold The Bridge by Garth Nix [READING]
20. The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean [UP NEXT]
21. Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson
22. Taste by Stanley Tucci
23. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
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– Nevermoor by Jessica Townsend is probably my favorite fantasy, and the audiobook is great! There’s a bit of queerness later in the series, and the author is bi!
– The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet is super fun and definitely queer
– The Pentecost and Parker series is a historical mystery series with a bi protagonist