Rhys

@readwithrhys.bsky.social

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24 | he/him | trans 🏳️‍⚧️ | 🇨🇦 | Seven Devils #1 stan 😌 | fantasy/sci-fi lover | trans book recs | https://linktr.ee/Rhys.reads

Screenshot of my libby loan page with Babel by RF Kuang audiobook and These Burning Stars by Bethany Jacobs audiobook
Storygraph March 2025 ratings collage; Catching Fire and Mockingjay (5), Oathbound (5), Emberclaw (5), Truth Telling (5), Tempest Take Me Home (5), The Revenge of Captain Vassia (5), The Wicked Bargain (5), By Way of Sorrow (3.5), Survivor’s Guilt (4), Sunrise on the Reaping (5), The Woods All Black (4), Paper Dolls (5), The Gentleman’s Gentleman (4), Strange Bedfellows (4), Muted Vol 1 (4), This Delicious Death (4), Miss Major Speaks (5), The Flowered Blade (5), The Companion (4), The Perks of Loving a Wallflower (4).
Slide 1- a pink and light red gradient background with a white border. Title is in black block letters and says “April 2025 Trans Book Releases” and a rainbow in the trans colours is to the top right of the title, with my username readwithrhys underneath it.
Screenshot of my storygraph profile showing my bio (“Trans reader focusing on trans stories 🏳️‍⚧️ host of the Trans Reading Challenge 🏳️‍⚧️) and my 2 current reads: The Revenge of Captain Vessia by Leslie Allen and Tempest, Take Me Home by Charlie Knight
blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. Books included: The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas, Mirrored Heavens by Rebecca Roanhorse, The Shadow Cabinet by Juno Dawson, Màgòdiz by Gabe Calderón.
blue gradient background (light blue to a darker but still light blue) with a white border around the edges. The title is in black block letters and says “24 Books for my 24th Birthday”, with my username readwithrhys underneath in smaller black block letters.
Screenshot from Storygraph of The Broposal by Sonora Reyes. I rated it 4 stars
Blue and pink gradient background. Title in black block letters “March 2025 Trans Book Releases” with my username readwithrhys underneath. To the right of the title is a cowboy hat in the trans flag colours
yellow and pink gradient background with a thin white border around the edges. In black block letters, the title in the middle says “January/February 2025 Trans Book Releases”, and to the left is the word “love” in the trans flag colours (light blue, light pink and white). Underneath the title is my username readwithrhys in black.
Stack of library books. In order from top to bottom: the knowing by tayla talaga, immortal dark by tigest girma, the t in lgbt by Jamie Raines, false hearts by lr lam, bellies by Nicola dinan, the art thieves by Andrea l Rogers, the brightness between us by Eliot schrefer, dear Medusa by Olivia a Cole, metal from heaven by August clarke, and black leopard red wolf by Marlon James
Book cover of The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
Book cover of The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
The book cover of Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada by Michelle Good
Book cover for The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill
Storygraph January wrap up. 25 books read, 8,735 pages, 4.46 average rating. 3 highest rated reads shown are Nona the ninth, Harrow the ninth, and the falconer (all 5 stars). Average book length 347 pages, average time to finish 2 days. 100% fiction. Highest genres are lgbtqia+, young adult, fantasy, science fiction, and romance. Compared to December is 0% books, + 60% pages. Graph in the bottom left for amount of pages read each day. Print
Book cover for I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner
pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “On my TBR” Books included: the full moon’s problem (trans masc mc), all roads lead to this (trans man mc), wish lists lead to this (nonbinary mc), gaming at randy’s (trans man mc), hitched at randy’s (trans man mc), cramming at randy’s (demiboy and genderqueer mcs, T4T)
pink and blue gradient background. In black text, title is “Adult” Books included: Sunset springs (trans man mc), the prospects (disabled trans man mc), blessed by the cupid distribution system (disabled trans woman mc), the companion (3 trans mcs, T4T4T), the longest night (trans masc MC, trans masc LI, T4T), deck the hulls (trans man MC)
Book cover of The Dark One by Taylor Hubbard
blue gradient background from dark blue-black to navy blue. “On my TBR” is i white block letters. Books- escape velocity (trans woman mc), unexploded remnants (trans femme mc), the blighted stars (trans woman mc), junker seven (nonbinary mc), dreams bigger than heartbreak (trans girl mc), galaxy the prettiest star (trans mc)
blue gradient background from dark blue-black to navy blue. Title is in white block letters and says “Sci-Fi books with trans main characters”
Books: magical boy vol 1, when the moon was ours, these violent delights, rabbit chase, most ardently, old wounds, self-made boys, dear Mothman
Book cover of The Sunbearer Trials by Aiden Thomas
Book cover of Dragonfall by L.R. Lam
Book cover of Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
Book cover for The Witch King by H.E. Edgmon
Photo of my LR Lam/Elizabeth May shelf. To the right in front of the books I have 2 candles (Honeysuckle Bouquet and a small tin candle), and to the left in front of a stack of books I have a candle (titled ‘Smells like Fae Asshat Kiaran MacKay’ that i got from a friend) and a small jar that says ‘Fucks to Give’ with tiny wooden cutouts of ‘Fuck’. Left side I have the US YA versions of The Falconer trilogy stacked, and on top standing upright are paperbacks of the first 2 and another hardcover of The Falconer; then a US paperback of Goldilocks by LR Lam, 2 paperbacks of Pantomime by LR Lam, UK trade paperback of Seven Devils (SD) and a US paperback of SD. In the standing upright section, I have the Illumicrate rerelease New Adult versions of The Falconer trilogy by Elizabeth May, US hardcovers of SD and Seven Mercies (SM), and painted copies of SD and SM with the pages sticking out; stacked on top of these are the Barnes & Noble paperback of Dragonfall and another US paperback of SD. Booked stacked on the right from bottom to top: UK hardcovers of SD and SM, illumicrate hardcover of SD, illumicrate hardcover of To Cage a God by Elizabeth May with the pages facing out (stained glass design), US hardcover of To Cage a God by Elizabeth May, US hardcover of Dragonfall by LR Lam, UK tall paperback of SD, US paperback of SM, and lastly another US paperback of SD. Hanging down from the top of the shelf are gold ball lights, and on the left I have a printout of art of the Seven Devils from a friend. On the left shelf (hard to see) I have a fan art piece of The Falconer
The book cover of The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi
The cover of Seven Devils by L.R. Lam and Elizabeth May
a blue and red gradient background with the title “On my TBR”. Books included are: Tiger Honor by Yoon Ha Lee (nonbinary MC), The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb (genderqueer MC), Almond, Quartz, and Finch by Lisa Bunker (nonbinary aroace MC), Rise of the Battlebitch by Drace Domino (trans woman MC), Dreams of a Demon by D.I. Quinn (trans woman MC), Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha Lee (nonbinary MC)
a blue and red gradient background with the title “Young Adult”. Books included are; Mask of Shadows by Linsey Miller (nonbinary MC), The Brilliant Death by A.R. Capetta (nonbinary (genderfluid) MC, also T4T), The Baker and the Bard by Fern Haught (nonbinary MC), Blackwater by Jeannette Arroyo (disabled trans boy MC), Magical Boy by The Kao (trans boy MC), Mooncakes by Wendy Xu (nonbinary MC)
a blue and red gradient background with the title “Fantasy books with trans main characters” in white block letters with my username readwithrhys underneath in smaller white text.
A screen grab of Dwight from The Office screaming
blue to pink gradient background. V- Venom and Vow (trans boy mc, nonbinary mc), W- The Witch King (trans boy mc), X (in the title)- Station Six (nonbinary mc)
blue to pink gradient background. J- Just Happy to be Here (trans girl mc), Kindling (nonbinary mc), L- Lunar Boy (trans boy mc)
blue to pink gradient background. Title is “Books with trans main characters for every letter of the alphabet”. Top right corner has a shooting star with the trans flag as the tail, and the bottom right corner has a phone with the screen saying “Trans lives matter”
Books in order: Pet, This Poison Heart, Blood Debts, The Sunbearer Trials, Cemetery Boys, Godly Heathens, The Witch King Crownchasers, Kindling, The Diablo’s Curse, These Violent Delights, So Let Them Burn, Otherworldly, The Crimson Crown, Seven Devils, Her Majesty’s Royal Coven, A River of Golden Bones, Dragonfall, Black Sun, Màgòdiz, The Final Strife, To Cage a God, Mistress of Lies, Jade City, The Seep
Books in order: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, The Brilliant Death by AR Capetta, Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore, The Sunbearer Trials and Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, Godly Heathens and The Witch King by HE Edgmon, Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa, Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee, The Diablos Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth and Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White, Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore, A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige Obrien, Seven Mercies by LR Lam and Elizabeth May, The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy, A River of Golden Bones by AK Mulford, Dragonfall by LR Lam, Angels in the Dark by Shannon Elliot, The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia, The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi, Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System by Robin Jo Margaret, Deck the Hulls by Kat Cassidy, The Prospects by KT Hoffman, Single Player by Tara Tai
Storygraoh rating collage of my January reads (so far). Seven Devils (5), An Honored Vow (5), The Sapling Cage (4), Yesterday is History (4), Crownchasers (4.5), Self-Made Boys (5), Thronebreakers (5), The Dark Tide (2), Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (4), Single Player (5), The Brilliant Death (4), So Let Them Burn (5), This Ends in Ember (5), This Poison Heart (5), This Wicked Fate (5), The Z Word (3), Leap (3.5), The Witches of Silverlake (4.5), The Dark One (4.5)
The cover of A Sky of Emerald Stars by A.K. Mulford, book 2 of The Golden Court
Pink and purple and blue watercolour background with ‘2024 TRANS BOOKS CHOICE AWARDS’ in a thick uppercase white font. Underneath the title is my username @readwithrhys in a black font
Ember law by L.R. Lam
Deck the Hulls by Kat Cassidy
Merry and Bright by Jenn Collignon
The Fae Keeper by H.E. Edgmon
Dragonfall by L.R. Lam
Album cover of Up! by Shania Twain: white background with Shania in the middle posing with her arms behind her head and wearing a white tank top and white shorts