Supernormal Reads

A queer space for queer people reading queer books

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Supernormal Reads is a queer-focused instance of Book Wyrm. Anyone can join regardless of their gender and sexual or romantic orientation. We welcome any kind of book: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, comics, cooking books, instruction manuals, etc. Queerness lies in the eyes of the beholder.

You can follow and interact with users on other BookWyrm instances and on Mastodon.

Supernormal Reads is run by Supernormal, a queer literary collective based in Amsterdam. You can find them on Instagram: [@supernormalbooks](https://www.instagram.com/supernormalbooks/?hl=en)

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Recent Books

Saidiya V. Hartman: Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments (Paperback, Serpent's Tail) 5 stars

Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments

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At the dawn of the twentieth century, black women in the US were carving out new ways of living. The first generations born after emancipation, their struggle was to live as if they really were free.

These women refused to labour like slaves. Wrestling with the question of freedom, they …

Ocean Vuong: The Emperor of Gladness (Hardcover, 2025, Jonathan Cape) 4 stars

The Emperor of Gladness

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One late summer evening in the post-industrial town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai stands on the edge of a bridge in pelting rain, ready to jump, when he hears someone shout across the river. The voice belongs to Grazina, an elderly widow succumbing to dementia, who convinces him to …