Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social on X
Building community and exploring the intersections of climate feelings, art, and writing. Also into dogs, fat politics, #penpalooza. She/her

Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir
Sometimes I find a book enjoyable/engaging while reading, but then afterwards I process it and feel mehhhh about it. I just read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, and it definitely activated the part of me that went through a hard sci-fi phase in middle school,
Paperback, 2022
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Stage Dreams
Melanie Gillman
Book #9 for the #TransRightsReadathon: Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman. It's a beautifully-illustrated YA graphic novel about a trans runaway and an infamous outlaw who plan a heist together in the Old West. https://t.co/qtEGiRrFCE
Paperback, 2019
$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Kelly Hayes
I just finished reading @prisonculture and @MsKellyMHayes's new book, Let This Radicalize You, and loved it! It's so full of wisdom about how to build and sustain movements in these terrifying times. https://t.co/4kdYaDPjNn
Paperback, 2023
$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
Kit Heyam
Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman
Paperback, 2024
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea
Kai Cheng Thom
Trans book #22: From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom, illustrated by Kai Yun Ching and Wai-Yant Li. This is a gorgeously-illustrated book about a child who is both non-binary and a shape-shifter. https://t.co/go7TLwrS6t
Hardcover, 2017
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Light from Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki
Items included in the basket: Real Sugar is Hard to Find by @sim_kern Light from Uncommon Stars by @ryka_aoki Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2 by @EditrixNia
Paperback, 2022
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Best of Assigned Male
Sophie LaBelle
Trans book #26: The Best of Assigned Male by Sophie Labelle. I have enjoyed reading this comic online, so it was fun to read a whole bunch of it collected in one place in chronological order. https://t.co/UbvnJveF6x
Paperback, 2021
$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity
Theresa Thorn
It Feels Good to Be Yourself is a gorgeous picture book about the wide variety of gender identities, written by Theresa Thorn, a cis woman with a trans daughter, and illustrated by Noah Grigni, a trans artist who lives here in Boston.
Hardcover, 2019
$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Upright Women Wanted
Sarah Gailey
Trans book # 17 (I'm aiming for 25 this year): Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey. It takes place in a dystopian future where technology and culture have reverted back to the 1800s, and https://t.co/eP4hSKx1s0
Hardcover, 2020
$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
Akwaeke Emezi
Trans book #20: Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi. I really loved Emezi's YA novels Pet and Bitter, so I decided to read more of their books in other genres, and...I'm still not quite sure what to think about this one. https://t.co/JVxCmVWN91
Paperback, 2022
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book