part 3 of the 2023 version of this post: adult books!
part 1: middle grade books | part 2: young adult books
this is a very incomplete list, as these are only books I've read and enjoyed. not all books are going to be for all readers, so I'd recommend looking up synopses and content warnings. feel free to message me with any questions about specific representation!
list of books under the cut ⬇️
yerba buena by nina lacour
if we were villains by m.l. rio
everyone in this room will someday be dead by emily r. austin
i want to be a wall by honami shirono
portrait of a thief by grace d. li
the thirty names of night by zeyn joukhadar
on earth we're briefly gorgeous by ocean vuong
love & other disasters by anita kelly
take a hint, dani brown by talia hibbert
boyfriend material by alexis hall
almost like being in love by steve kluger
the charm offensive by alison cochrun
something wild & wonderful by anita kelly
red, white & royal blue by casey mcquiston
something to talk about by meryl wilsner
honey girl by morgan rogers
one last stop by casey mcquiston
once ghosted, twice shy by alyssa cole
kiss her once for me by alison cochrun
a spindle splintered by alix e. harrow
finna by nino cipri
every heart a dooryway by seanan mcguire
the starless sea by erin morgenstern
under the whispering door by tj klune
space opera by catherynne m. valente
light from uncommon stars by ryka aoki
dead collections by isaac fellman
the city we became by n.k. jemisin
light carries on by ray nadine
an absolutely remarkable thing by hank green
feed them silence by lee mandelo
summer sons by lee mandelo
upright women wanted by sarah gailey
lavender house by lev a.c. rosen
fried green tomatoes at the whistle stop cafe by fannie flagg
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid
a master of djinn by p. djeli clark
witchmark by c.l. polk
a marvellous light by freya marske
a restless truth by freya marske
when women were dragons by kelly barnhill
plain bad heroines by emily m. danforth
a lady for a duke by alexis hall
infamous by lex croucher
passing strange by ellen klages
even though i knew the end by c.l. polk
the chosen and the beautiful by nghi vo
whiskey when we're dry by john larison
wake of vultures by lila bowen
silver in the wood by emily tesh
the once and future witches by alix e. harrow
the kingdoms by natasha pulley
a tip for the hangman by allison epstein
she who became the sun by shelley parker-chan
the song of achilles by madeline miller
spear by nicola griffith
this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max gladstone
gideon the ninth by tamsyn muir
some desperate glory by emily tesh
all systems red by martha wells
a psalm for the wild built by becky chambers
the mimicking of known successes by malka older
winter's orbit by everina maxwell
fireheart tiger by aliette de bodard
empress of salt and fortune by nghi vo
legends and lattes by travis baldree
the house in the cerulean sea by tj klune
other ever afters by melanie gillman
the priory of the orange tree by samantha shannon
a day of fallen night by samantha shannon
a strange and stubborn endurance by foz meadows
the unbroken by c.l. clark
real queer america by samantha allen
fun home by alison bechdel
in the dream house by carmen maria machado
better living through birding by christian cooper
why fish don't exist by lulu miller
yk considering bruce is such a paranoid bat, i'm surprised he didn't have a whole high-heel wearing fighting routine like he's fought catwoman and other female characters who wear heels and fight, heels would make the training 10x harder and help for everyone to have a better center of balance, as well as good for learning to muffle your footsteps with shoes that are typically noisy with every step; not to mention that if undercover work required heels for some reason or other, the person going won't be hindered by heels
also heels can be a deadly weapon, make the heel part of a high stiletto be an actual blade and ik damian and jason are all for it
which brings me to my conclusion that dick, while being a bit wobbly at first, actually takes to it like a duck to water; cass only needed a few minutes to get used to it, she's a ballerina, heels are nothing to her; surprisingly jason doesn't struggle as much as a man of his size typically would but it still takes him a good while before he's as good on heels as not; duke and steph struggle greatly as they keep forgetting they have heels on; tim surprisingly does pretty well in comparison but complains over how much it hurts and still struggles being able to stay standing when pushed too hard; damian learns in like a week simply because he's too stubborn to admit defeat and spent almost every waking hour wearing them, getting used to them, and training with them (i wouldn't put it past him to go to school wearing some black, easily non noticeable smaller heels just to continue his training)
bonus: bruce, while training them for heel combat, wears heels and makes it look v easy but then one night catwoman comes over or smth and she cackles when she tells the batfam stories of when bruce had asked her for help on that and the many trials and errors he struggled through; no one noticed but during that time, batman added heels to his usual get up for extra training (he got rid of them after he was much more proficient in heel combat but tim and barbara were able to find some old footage of batman swinging thru gotham; there they were able to confirm that batman was sporting some high thigh length platform heel boots because ofc if the bat is going to do anything, it must fit his aesthetic and be dramatic too)
btw! I was made aware that many people don't know that we're boycotting Eurovision this year, so.
don't watch the stream, don't engage with the videos, don't post it about it on social media using hashtags that are going to trend.
i worry that someday, furina might actually try and sue venti. Not because venti could be stronger than her, and i'm certainly not worried about venti.
I worry because venti is a bard and bards are known to talk well. Not only will he talk himself out of all charges, he will probably somehow push them all onto furina and the fontaine justice system will need months to figure out what the fuck just happened.
And chief justice neuvillette will not speed up the process. Let the hydro archon learn her lesson as she spends like two months in jail.
Imagine the uproar. The hydro archon, god of justice, in jail. Venti would visit her daily.
ykw i'm gonna add to this.
agent stone and mikey meet up regularly to exchange recipes and how they tweak it for their loved ones cause they have peculiar food quirks.
raph likes to tag along because he gets to try the new stuff they make.
leo likes to take the time to mess with g.u.n, especially director rockwell cause he doesn't like how she's quick to turn on anthropomorphic animals with powers (majority of his family falls in that description) and she's just fun to annoy. he does small pranks like moving her stuff around, making her trip up a bit every now and then, moved all her furniture an inch to the left.
they eventually do meet the wachowskis, and raph loves when maddie lets him tag along to her workplace to see the small animals. leo and mikey like to ask for rides on the cruiser from tom and ask about being a sheriff. donnie likes to compare notes with maddie about new physiology of life forms not studied as he had helped leo learn about their own mutant physique and maddie is basically on her own to figure out her own kids' biology. (tails had helped maddie out a bit but he's better at machines than people, and while donnie is better at plants than people in comparison, he does have really good points of how he went about with himself and his own brothers that help her a lot)
there was also that moment of-
"oh you're aliens too?"
"nah, we were turtles mutated with super soldier ooze created by a warring warrior scientist yokai who wanted to wage war against all humankind because of some prophecy he misinterpreted."
"..."
"don't worry tho! barry's chill now!"
"HE THREW ME OFF A ROOF"
"THAT WAS YEARS AGO, LEO, LET IT GO, HE APOLOGIZED!"
sonic and leo after seeing how much they have in common become pranking menaces and nobody is ever safe. raph and knuckles are sparring partners (duh) but knuckles does talk to mikey a lot about his tribe and mikey helps him work out some emotions. donnie and tails obviously talk shop but donnie does help tails feel reassured cause they both have things that make them think at times that maybe they're too different and need to make up for it somehow.
meeting splinter was. an experience.
"your dad is a rat?!"
"SONIC! MANNERS!"
splinter laughs and just goes "you're very much like my blue, furry blue"
in my head, splinter calls sonic, knuckles, and tails: furry blue, furry red, and furry yellow, respectively.
maddie and tom have talks with splinter about how it is raising boys with enough power and/or smarts to destroy the world if they wanted. tom was also a lou jitsu fan. arrive at any conclusions you wish but i know that at least is a fact, don't fight me on that.
i think i only want to see a rottmnt x sonic (live action) crossover because i would love to see donnie and robotnik meeting each other.
they would love to hate each other, is how at least i think it would go.
like i just imagine them seeing each other and their fight or flight instincts kicking it, and its immediately fight, but with knowledge.
"what's the 99th digit of pi?!"
"longest word in the dictionary?!"
"this is my FULLY SENTIENT robot ai son, shelldon"
"THESE are my beautiful egg babies"
"i have combined mysticism and science!"
"i have 5 phds and fluent in several languages!"
then they also meet up later for coffee (made by agent stone and michelangelo respectively) and actually compare notes like colleagues, but as soon as the coffee is done and they leave, they go back to hating each other
They share one brain cell in the entire spiderverse. Different people, same font.
Trust me guys. This is in the next movie. I was in the writing room. (Lie)
vroom vroom bitch
behind every hot girl is a tbr of 100+ books
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