Xan van Rooyen ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Xan van Rooyen ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ ๐ณ๏ธโโง๏ธ on X
๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ฎ Tattooed story-teller, climber, and peanut-butter connoisseur. Non-binary & autistic. They/them. SILVER HELIX is available for pre-order right now!!

A Dowry of Blood
S. T. Gibson
Started reading A Dowry of Blood by @s_t_gibson published by @NyxPublishing and WOW!! If you're into vampires, you should absolutely be reading this! ๐ฆ๐ฉธ๐ฆ๐ฉธ๐ฆ
Paperback, 2023
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Snake Falls to Earth: Newbery Honor Award Winner
Darcie Little Badger
@WknightWriters Not indie but just finished A Snake Falls to Earth by Darcie Little Badger which was pretty awesome! I'm also beta-reading an absolutely fantastic novel by @CL_Hellisen, the sequel to their indie-pubbed Thief Mage, Beggar Mage which is equally fantastic!
Hardcover, 2021
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
By the Blood of Rowans
Xan Van Rooyen
Apparently it's #NonBinaryAwarenessWeek so here's a little reminder that my latest books all feature non-binary MCs ๐๐ค๐๐ค By the Blood of Rowans - on special from Smashwords My Name is Magic - available wherever you buy books & from me directly Silver Helix coming Sept 19 https://t.co/mTvG7Tvt5W
Paperback, 2021
$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Strange Beasts of China
Yan Ge
I'm reading Strange Beasts of China by @YanGeMay and it is absolutely wonderful! I've never read a book with this sort of episodic structure, but I'm loving it. Highly recommend!
Paperback, 2022
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse
@AshVanOtterloo Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse is one of the best audiobooks I've ever listened to. Highly recommend!
Paperback, 2021
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Golden Compass
Nikki Pattillo
๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ erm... no. It was glorified Golden Compass fan fic back when I didn't even know what a query was! I think it was my third completed novel that actually got me my first agent. https://t.co/4Ml84I7MYg
Paperback, 2022
$13.00$6.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Scapegracers
H. A. Clarke
So The Scratch Daughters by @sapphomancer was my last read of the year and it was spectacular, and spectacularly queer. If you haven't read The Scapegracers yet, what even are you doing with your life!?!? These books are brilliant. Go get 'em.
Paperback, 2022
$12.95$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
If We Were Villains
M. L. Rio
@kierongillen Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite, The Crow by James O'Barr, Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, NK Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy, If We Were Villains by ML Rio, The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and gosh, I could just go on...
Paperback, 2018
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Gathering of Shadows
V. E. Schwab
Here's a list of the best books I read this year: Empty Monsters by @CatHellisen A Gathering of Shadows by @veschwab All Systems Red by @marthawells1 If We Were Villains by @SureAsMel Wild Beauty by @LaAnnaMarie The Bone Witch by @RinChupeco Thank you authors! #amreading
Paperback, 2023
$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Lost Souls
Poppy Brite
@kierongillen Lost Souls by Poppy Z Brite, The Crow by James O'Barr, Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse, NK Jemisin's Broken Earth trilogy, If We Were Villains by ML Rio, The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, and gosh, I could just go on...
Paperback, Mass Market, 1993
$7.99$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book