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Ace but too romantic, a work in progress, not the adultiest adult in the room,
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Eeeep, All Of Us Murderers has been picked for NPR's Books We Love selection!
cvbell.bsky.social Carole V. Bell @cvbell.bsky.social · 1d
Like an Edwardian Succession, this stylish gothic romp centers a nest of fortune-hunting vipers vying to inherit a fortune. But this is a novel by the phenomenal @kjcharleswriter.com so it’s also stylish and sexy. Fun fun fun. apps.npr.org/best-books/#...
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Well deserved! Twisty, great atmosphere, suitably creepy, wonderful MC, overall great read.
kjcharleswriter.com KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 7d
Eeep! ALL OF US MURDERERS is one of BookPage's Best Mystery and Suspense of 2025!
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November 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES are on sale for a limited time!
Grab all 3 books for $6 (or $2 each) exclusively on Itchio.
Pick them up if you want
🌈mm historical paranormal romance
💀an autistic necromancer
🪦his accidentally reanimated crush
⚰️and watching a couple grow together from book to book
The Reanimator Mysteries So Far Bundle by Kara Jorgensen
A bundle by Kara Jorgensen, $5.97 for The Reanimator's Heart (The Reanimator Mysteries #1), The Reanimator's Soul (The Reanimator Mysteries #2), The Reanimator's Remains (The Reanimator Mysteries #3)
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November 18, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
I have 6 books in Kobo Plus! Fantasy, romance, horror, short stories. These free trials are a fantastic way to sample new-to-you authors and support indie authors without supporting Amazon. And Kobo is a Canadian company!
quartzen.bsky.social Sandstone @quartzen.bsky.social · 14d
Kobo is doing a 30 day free trial promotion for their Kindle Unlimited competitor service Kobo Plus for new subscribers (not sure if this is US only), if you like queer indie books, small press SFF, and backlist SFF from large publishers there's a lot to choose from on this service that's not on KU!
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November 13, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 4 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
#romancelandia #booksky 🌈📚
Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge cover reveal soon. preorder now, out January 29th. autistic necromancer x undead ADHDer, mm romance, book curses and malicious magic, mutual aid, support, community, a new beginning, if im not a weapon, what good am i?, gwen to the rescue, the paranormal society is in peril, book 4 final book
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
✨🐈‍⬛🎃🖤 Happy Halloween! 🖤🎃🐈‍⬛✨
ardenpowell.bsky.social Arden Powell 🍂🍁 @ardenpowell.bsky.social · 26d
It's Halloweentime! Come get some queer horror for the weekend! Southern gothic, historical western, horror-romance, folkloric fae, and it's all gay 🖤🎃🍂

Itchio: ardenpowell.itch.io
Amz/KU: www.amazon.com/stores/Arden...
The Bayou illustrated cover art: a minimalist black church surrounded by bare trees in front of a full moon or a pale sun, with a staring alligator underneath. Queer 1930s southern gothic horror. In the Pit of Your Stomach: An Interactive Horror Story illustrated cover art. Comic book style drawing of a ramshackle house and shed in an overgrown yard. Stone steps lead to a pit under the house where a giant skeleton lays. A skinny humanoid figure creeps out from behind the house. Colours are solid blacks and sickly yellow-greens. A CYOA choose-your-path horror story. Flesh and Bone: an MM horror romance novella by Arden Powell. Cover art: yellow silhouettes of two cowboys on horseback ride inside the body of a huge black dog on a crimson background under an outline of the Rocky Mountains. Gay 1800s gothic western horror-romance with werewolf body horror. The Faerie Hounds of York illustrated cover art: a woodcut-style wolf rearing up against a dark green background. Gay 1800s gothic romance with a bittersweet ending.
October 31, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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Available at all stores, price drop still going through so check back if it's not showing yet.

Also at gumroad with no DRM!
Slippery Creatures (Will Darling Adventures 1)
Will Darling came back from the Great War with a few scars, a lot of medals, and no idea what to do next. Inheriting his uncle’s chaotic second-hand bookshop is a blessing...until strange visitors sta...
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October 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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THE REANIMATOR'S FATE (TRM #4) is coming January 29th! Preorder your copy for:
📚A conspiracy to take down the society
📚Gwen getting the promotion she deserves
📚Oliver finally standing up for who he is
📚Felipe finally looking to the future
📚A way for them to save their community
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cover reveal soon. preorder now, out January 29th. autistic necromancer x undead ADHDer, mm romance, book curses and malicious magic, mutual aid, support, community, a new beginning, if im not a weapon, what good am i?, gwen to the rescue, the paranormal society is in peril, book 4 final book
October 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
He also steals a rare magical plant from the botanical gardens at Kew. And breaks into a pawnshop with a magical alarm system. And steals a priceless necklace called the Rose Diamond from a jeweller. Because he's incorrigible 🌈💜
ardenpowell.bsky.social Arden Powell 🍂🍁 @ardenpowell.bsky.social · Oct 20
Shameless marketing to say that if you love a jewel heist, you should read my mm romance A THIEF AND A GENTLEMAN! Set in 1920s London with magic, a con artist robs the National Gallery of its Cheapside Hoard jewellery exhibit 💎✨

Ebook, paperback, and KU: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCCC9YPD
A Thief and a Gentleman illustrated cover art: silhouettes of two men waltzing on a violet background, with rose bushes in the foreground and orange trees above. - be gay do crime - con artist and jewel thief - habitual flirt dared to seduce the straightlaced one - estranged childhood friends to lovers - fake relationship leading immediately to real feelings - 1920s london with magic - heists with magic - partners in crime - male/female friendships - men in makeup - stolen kisses - sex magic - stolen diamonds and lost treasure hoards - gift-giving as a love language - stuffy gentleman artist bored to death of his predeictable life
October 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Shameless marketing to say that if you love a jewel heist, you should read my mm romance A THIEF AND A GENTLEMAN! Set in 1920s London with magic, a con artist robs the National Gallery of its Cheapside Hoard jewellery exhibit 💎✨

Ebook, paperback, and KU: www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCCC9YPD
A Thief and a Gentleman illustrated cover art: silhouettes of two men waltzing on a violet background, with rose bushes in the foreground and orange trees above. - be gay do crime - con artist and jewel thief - habitual flirt dared to seduce the straightlaced one - estranged childhood friends to lovers - fake relationship leading immediately to real feelings - 1920s london with magic - heists with magic - partners in crime - male/female friendships - men in makeup - stolen kisses - sex magic - stolen diamonds and lost treasure hoards - gift-giving as a love language - stuffy gentleman artist bored to death of his predeictable life
October 20, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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authorkaraj.bsky.social
I cannot wait to dig into UNBROKEN. I love this series so much 🥰
jordanlhawk.bsky.social Jordan L. Hawk @jordanlhawk.bsky.social · Oct 17
NOW AVAILABLE!

The hunt for the evil Books nears its end, as Ves and Sebastian track an elusive killer who can raise the dead. Out now in ebook and paperback, with audiobook coming next year.

Buy from me: jordanlhawk.com/products/unb...
Buy from a corporation: buy.bookfunnel.com/6pbn12izk1
A book in ebook and paperback formats is displayed on a blue background. The cover shows two White men in vintage suits, one tall and blond with glasses, one shorter with dark hair. They are looking at one another. The blond man is holding a book with veins growing on the cover. Behind them in an old fashioned town with fireworks exploding overhead. Cover text reads: Rath & Rune 4, Unbroken, a novel of widdershins, Jordan L. Hawk. The imagine text against the blue background reads Unbroken, Rath & Rune 4, Now Available, www.jordanlhawk.com. Smaller text with a list of tropes surround the books with arrows pointing to them: Librarians, Evil book, family secrets, Consentacles.
October 17, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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No spoilers, but whatever horrible thing is haunting THE BAYOU counts! There are peaceful ghosts in my winter-magic romance THE SOLSTICE CABIN, and a ressurrected prison rat in WINTER'S DAWN. The monster in FLESH AND BONE is kind of an animated vengeful corpse.
cometkins.bsky.social Ian Haramaki 🏳️‍⚧️✨ @cometkins.bsky.social · Oct 16
Tell me about your undead (that aren’t vampires)! Zombies, ghosts, etc! 👻 #WritingPrompt
October 16, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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I am very excited that ALL OF US MURDERERS has been picked as one of Kobo's Best of the Month!

It's out everywhere today, in e at all platforms, in print at all good bookshops (it's the BA Indie Book of the Month!) and in audio read by Sonny Archer. Have at it!

books2read.com/u/mloE7q
Flyer with ALL OFUS MURDERERS cover and text saying 'One of Kobo's Best of the Month'
October 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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Autumn reading for people who want to be sad 🖤
applesncinnamon.bsky.social Alex Larkspur 💛 Queer Fantasy @applesncinnamon.bsky.social · Oct 4
My third book of October will be The Faerie Hounds of York by @ardenpowell.bsky.social !
A copy of The Faerie Hounds of York sitting on a side table
October 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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ardenpowell.bsky.social
#Swordtember is done! I wrote 17 new knight-centric fantasy shorts this month, including...

⚔️4 new Fionn+Marten pieces
🪲a collection of beetle swords
⛏️an archeologist+his guide
✨a newly sentient automaton
🌸a sword that creates flowers
🧡a sapphic knight/lady pairing
👑a knight+his exiled prince
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September 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 (going on 4) books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge
September 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Absolutely fantastic! Do not miss this book, it's a marvelous read. Just go buy it.
ardenpowell.bsky.social Arden Powell 🍂🍁 @ardenpowell.bsky.social · Aug 24
One more day for this! 400+ pages of disaster gays navigating a sentient island that wants to infiltrate their dreams and eat them. There's romance, there's adventure, there's really questionable historical surgeries. There's a giant sea monster! All links are downthread, 99c on all platforms.
ardenpowell.bsky.social Arden Powell 🍂🍁 @ardenpowell.bsky.social · Aug 23
My queer fantasy novel OBSIDIAN ISLAND is 99c on all platforms this weekend: Amz, Itch, Kobo, Smash, and more 🌈💜

320+ SFF indie books on sale: indiebook.sale

Itchio Fantasy Bundle (23 books for $27) itch.io/b/3239/narra...

Itchio Mid-Length Novel Bundle (31 books for $36) itch.io/b/3245/narra...
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This is a really good series. So looking forward to the next book.
authorkaraj.bsky.social Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · Aug 22
THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 (going on 4) books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge
August 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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I need to write a proper review for this but MR COLLINS IN LOVE is such a lovely romance - a sweet, quiet, and introspective character study with beautiful writing and kindness at its heart. And the boiled potatoes were commendable.
leewelchwriter.bsky.social Lee Welch @leewelchwriter.bsky.social · Aug 1
My new book is out! Mr Collins in Love is a m/m romance retelling of Pride and Prejudice from the POV of young clergyman Mr Collins.

⭐️Autistic clergyman
🌿His gardener
❤️Friends to lovers
✋️One sex scene (no touching)
🥔Excellent boiled potatoes.

Get it now from Amazon, Apple, Kobo, Smaswords etc
Book cover of Mr Collins in Love by Lee Welch shows ferns, raspberries, potato flowers, a blackbird and a horse and gig
August 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 (going on 4) books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge
August 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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kjcharleswriter.com
This is a lovely read, unusual and moving!
leewelchwriter.bsky.social Lee Welch @leewelchwriter.bsky.social · Aug 10
MR COLLINS IN LOVE, my m/m romance retelling of Pride and Prejudice, is out now. Big thanks to @kjcharleswriter.com for the wonderful blurb quote ❤️

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Graphic shows book cover of Mr Collins in Love by Lee Welch. Cover has ferns, raspberries, potato flowers, a blackbird in flight and a silhouette of a horse and gig. Quote from KJ Charles, author of The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, reads "A deeply kind retelling. I loved the warmth, the wisdom, and the way it offers a realistic but profound happy-ever-after to people who rarely get such a thing in romance."
August 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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kjcharleswriter.com
This is an absolutely amazing piece. ❤️❤️❤️
August 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Highly recommend the series
authorkaraj.bsky.social Kara Jorgensen @authorkaraj.bsky.social · Jul 17
Happy Disability Pride Month!
THE REANIMATOR MYSTERIES series is perfect for lovers of Gothic coziness. There are 3 books with
💀Pushing Daisies x Sleepy Hollow vibes
🫀An autistic necromancer
⚰️His reanimated lover
🪦 Solving mysteries in 1890s NYC
🏳️‍🌈MM paranormal historical romance
🔗⬇️Available wide!
Available now in ebook, audiobook, or paperback The Reanimator's Heart by Kara Jorgensen Mm romance, forced proximity, a lavender marriage, murder/magic/mysteries, food tour of 1890s NYC, unbury your gays, an autistic necromancer, everybody's queer The Reanimator's Soul by Kara Jorgensen is out now in ebook and paperback, book 2, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, mm romance, a sinister clinic, new powers, 1890s NYC, a murdered patient, a cure for magic, a horrible ex, rich people behaving badly, the tether becomes a #problem The Reanimator's Remains by Kara Jorgensen, out now in ebook, audiobook, and paperback, book 3, mm romance, autistic necromancer x undead adhd-er, the trees are watching, dealing with trauma... poorly, dont go where I can't follow, family secrets, breaking the cycle, the dead are out for revenge
July 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM