The Trans Rights Readathon Debrief is here!

Let's talk about my thoughts on the books and how much money I donated!

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Not me, preparing to buy the hardcover version the day my order of the paperback arrives at the store (which I bought before I even finished the ebook)…

Can you tell this was one of my top reads from the #transrightsreadathon ?

Stack of books on a wooden deck. Text reads: Final Trans Rights Readathon wrap-up Stack of books, from top to bottom: Black Hole Science is Filled with Apologies by Never Angeline Nørth Valerin the Fair by Rien Gray LSBN by Emma Jayne This Book is Full of Filth by Rosalarian dd's Umbrella by Hwang Jungeun Life as a Unicorn by Amrou al-Kadhi Make Room for Love by Darcy Liao A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander All the Hometowns You Can't Stay Away From by Izzy Wasserstein Femmedom Gangbang Erotica by Esmeralda Quick Wound From the Mouth of a Wound by Torrin A. Greathouse Orders of Service by Willie Lee Kinard III Dream the Deep by Clara Ward Trans/Rad/Fem by Talia Bhatt We Want It All: Anthology of Radical Trans Poetics Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo & Ren Graham Kisses for Jet by Joris Bas Backer Stone Fruit by Lee Lai Us by Sara Soler To the right of the bookstack are two images of audiobook "covers": The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman by Niko Stratis Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

A final wrap-up for my #TransRightsReadathon reading! Twenty-one books is not too shabby (even if it fell far short of my goal).

As in the past, I refuse to pick "favorites," so instead you get a list of superlatives for them all:

book cover: Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller #TransRightsReadathon For the Trans Rights Readathon Trans colors in the background

44. Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller
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Text Reads: ACTION ITEM.Thank you so much for supporting the 2026 Trans Rights Readathon. Fill out the exit survey (also the digital prize pool entry form) on our website. This helps the TRR volunteers to calculate approximately how many readers we reached, how many books we read, and how much money we raised for trans organizations and mutual aid this year. Check out the actions tab on our website to see how you can continue taking action to protect and advocate for the trans community beyond the TRR.

We'd love it if you took the time to fill out our exit survey, and if you donated or fundraised this year, you can win prizes. 💙💗🤍 The form is open through the end of the day at transrightsreadathon.carrd.co

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💙📚I crushed my #TRR26 goal and read 21 books!

Now that it's April, I'll be back to my regular reading, which still includes lots of queer books! I also need to catch up on the Netgalleys I've been neglecting (3 April 7th pubs!)

My top books of this #TransRightsReadathon were: (alphabetical order)

#TransRightsReadathon final days includes cover images of three books: Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa (audiobook version) Orders of Service by Willie Lee Kinard III Femmedom Gangbang Erotica by Esmeralda Quick

The books I finished in the final two days of the #TransRightsReadathon.

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Covers for 22 recent reads: Pantomime (Micah Grey #1) by LR Lam, On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden, Copper Script by KJ Charles, The Reanimator's Soul (Reanimator Mysteries #2) by Kara Jorgensen, Drowned Country (Greenhollow #2) by Emily Tesh, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White, Nevada by Imogen Binnie, Orange (Vol. 1) by Ichigo Takano, A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey, Detransition Baby by Torrey Peters, There Is No Antimemetics Division by QNTM, Don't Let Me Go by Kevin Christopher Snipes, Shampoo Unicorn by Sawyer Lovett, Daddy Boy by Emerson Whitney, The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy, Single Player by Tara Tai, Culture Smart: Japan, A Lady for All Seasons by TJ Alexander, Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas, Brighter than Scale, Swifter than Flame by Neon Yang, Something Fabulous by Alexis Hall, Mrs Death Misses Death by Salena Godden

This March reading update reporting in from halfway around the world (Japan!) #AmReading #BookSky #QueerReads #TransRightsReadathon

9 books against a wood background. Infinity Alchemist, Kacen Callender; A Lady for a Duke, Alexis Hall; And They were Roommates, Page Powars; Felix Ever After, Kacen Callender; Dulhaniyaa, Talia Bhatt; Most Ardently, Gabe Cole Novoa; Hell Followed With Us, Andrew Joseph White; Doom Bringer, Marcel Liemant; The Love Study, Kris Ripper. What I planned to read for #TRR 2026

12 books against a green background. Running Close to the Wind, Alexandra Rowland; Infinity Alchemist, Kacen Callender; I Wish You All the Best, Mason Deaver; And They Were Room Mates, Page Powars; The Mermaid, the Witch and the Sea, Maggie Tokuda-Hall; An Unkindness of Ghosts, Rivers Solomon; Witchlore, Emma Hinds; The Love Study, Kris Ripper; The Hate Project, Kris Ripper; Volatile Memory, Seth Haddon; Most Ardently, Gabe Cole Novoa; Witch King, H.E. Edgmon. What I actually read!

What can I say? I got so many fabulous recs and being spoilt for choice is a mood-reader’s dream! My faves were probably The Love Study/Hate Project and The Witch King and I look forward to reading the rest throughout the year.

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Eleven book covers with the heading March reads and March 2026 at the foot. Gravity Let Me Go by Trent Dalton Tadek and the Princess by Alexandra Rowland A Taste of Gold and Iron by Alexandra Rowland Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland Reputation by Lex Croucher Swerve by Phillip Gwynne Star Shipped by Cat Sebastian Hemlock Y Silver by T. Kingfisher Jay Moriarty Violates the Official Secrets Act by Kit Walker Return of the Thief by Megan Whalen Turner Thick as Thieves by Megan Whalen Turner

Favourites this month were my two #transrightsreadathon books The Casefile of Jay Moriarty and Running Close to the Wind. I also thoroughly enjoyed the new Cat Sebastian and T Kingfisher novels.

Day 15, Final Day of #TransRightsReadathon
Finished
19. Disintegrate/Dissociate by Arielle Twist
20. Prokaryote Season by Leo Fox
21. Your Body is Not Your Body from Tenebrous Press

🌈📚💙📚 #trr26

[image: cover of the book The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy. the illustration shows a skull inside an ornate silver cage with plants sprouting all around it.]

[image: cover of Fine: a Comic About Gender by Rhea Ewing. the illustration shows a diverse crowd of people all around Rhea, who holds a notebook and pencil, looking unsure.]

these last two i haven't quite finished yet, but i'm enjoying them both so much that i wanted to give them a shout. SAPLING CAGE has some of the coolest witches i've seen in a while, and FINE is pretty darn fascinating. thus we close another #transrightsreadathon, and i'm off to do my donating.

My final book for the month and the #TransRightsReadathon. Today is the Trans Day of Visibility and I’m reading this novella about a Trans man pitched as: “Equal parts historical horror, Trans romance, and blood-soaked revenge, all set in 1920s Appalachia”

This dedication is amazing.

[image: cover of the book And They Were Roommates by Page Powars. the illustrations shows two teenagers in school uniform, one pulling the other closer by his tie.]

a much lighter pick for #transrightsreadathon, wonderfully fun and silly. it's giving KISS KISS FALL IN LOVE energy, about which i never complain. i read this to fit my romance book club theme, secret identities, but i wasn't expecting to be so charmed by the MC and his lovely, quirky friend group.

[image: cover of the novel Queen of Faces by Petra Lord. tagline: "A pawn dies. A queen rises." the illustration shows the bottom half of a face with a castle growing out of it, a small figure of a girl in a doorway at the bottom of the castle. the face is surrounded by waves and flowing hair, on which sits a butterfly. the illustration is blue and gold against a black, starry background.]

next for #transrightsreadathon is a magical dark academia full of twists and turns. really neat body-swapping concept, and of course i love the ragtag criminal found family.

[image: cover of the novel Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore. the illustration shows two Latinx teenagers standing chest-deep in a colorful lake with butterflies landing on them.]

another #transrightsreadathon that'd been on my list awhile! my first McLemore, actually, which is kinda wild. the descriptions in this are so artistic, loved the way the magical realism tied into the characters' emotional journeys. also, always excited when @vico-ortiz.bsky.social is narrating.

[image: audiobook cover of Old Wounds by Logan-Ashley Kisner. the illustration is an ominous inhuman face consisting only of teeth and eyes, rendered in light pink and blue against a stark black background. inside the eyes are the drawn profiles of two teenagers, facing each other.]

before #tdov is over, it's time for a #transrightsreadathon roundup!

i've been meaning to read OLD WOUNDS forever, and it totally lived up to expectations. love the weird tension between the MCs and the complexity of their bond, love the horror movie tropes, love the mystery creature.

it's #tdov and you can download IS MY CHAINSAW A HEART: 13 CENTOS for free for #transrightsreadathon along with the rest of the @kithbooks.bsky.social catalog. with foreword by @sgj.bsky.social ! @csecooney.bsky.social @jordanshiveley.bsky.social & @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social approved!

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In March I read 27 books! My biggest month yet, with #WomenInHorrorMonth and #TransRightsReadathon packing the heat!

Join me for the March Review Roundup tomorrow on my blog!

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book cover: The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard #TransRightsReadathon For the Trans Rights Readathon Trans colors in the background

43. The Flowered Blade by Taylor Hubbard
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Review by fierceandtender - Fell Swoop A short and sweet graphic novel with transmasc human and masc-presenting non-human romance, wi...

Review of 'Fell Swoop' by Aleksi Gray. A short and sweet graphic novel with transmasc human and masc-presenting non-human romance, with a side of space adventure. This was perfect for a relaxing read to unwind to. app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9942... 💙📚 #TransRightsReadathon

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For the last day of Trans Rights Readathon and TDOV I wanted to recommend some comic featuring Trans Vampires - yeah there are more of us than you'd expect! Read more: patreon.com/posts/154457361

#trans #vampires #comics #transrightsreadathon #tdov

Have finished 3 amazing books & read more than half of 2 more that I will finish in the next couple days. At $20/book, I’ll be making a $100 donation to our local queer youth center. #TransRightsReadathon

I think I especially recommend The Woods All Black for those of us who read way too many frontier teacher historicals growing up during national park vacations (e.g. Tisha, Christy, etc) before our tastes moved on to include horror. #TransRightsReadathon

The Woods All Black was brilliant fun! Asks what if one goes into the wilderness of the Kentucky hills as a transman working in the Frontier Nursing Service in 1929, and there was something more terrifying in those woods than the residents? #TransRightsReadathon

Cover of Man o' War by Cory McCarthy. A transmasc individual is partially submerged in water, face obscured above the chin level but top surgery scars visible

8. Man o' War by Cory McCarthy

Read for #TransRightsReadathon #trr26

Rating: 3.75/5 stars

It’s #TransDayOfVisibility and the last day of the #TransRightsReadathon as well as the last day of #WomenInHorrorMonth! What are you reading today? I’m reading “Moonflow” by @bitterkarella.bsky.social and listening to “Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars” by Kai Cheng Thom. #TVOD 💙📚🩸🌈⚧️