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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

GET 50% OFF all of our used books 📣 These mesmerizing queer stories are very gently used and in pristine condition! 🏳️‍🌈📚 Shop discount used LGBTQ+ books here: thelavenderrhino.com/collections/...

Gently Used Books - Now 50% Off
The Danish Girl, Golden Boys, Razorblade Tears, Greenland, The World We Make, One Life

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth by reading books about women who love women 🧡🤍🩷 Check out these recs and browse more here: thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #sapphicbooks #wlw #sapphicreads #womenbooks #booksky 📚💙

Sapphic Book Recs: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, Taiwan Travelogue, One Last Stop, The Priory of the Orange Tree, Black Cake, Cleat Cute

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

SALE ALERT 📣 Get 50% all (very gently) used books on our site for a limited time! Our used books are in pristine condition - you would’ve thought they were new if we didn’t tell you otherwise 📚🏳️‍🌈 Discount automatically applied at checkout 🛒 thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #booksky 💙📚

Used LGBTQ+ Book Sale!
For a limited time, 50% off all used books.
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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Go beyond the gender binary with these non-binary stories! As always, you can browse more non-binary here: thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... 💛🤍💜🖤 #nonbinarybooks #nonbinary #queerbooks #booksky 📚💙

Books You Should Read with Non-Binary Representation on background with non-binary flag colors yellow, white, purple, and black

Non-Binary Book Recs: The Pairing, Sargassa, No Road Home, He/She/They, No Gods No Monsters, Daniel Deconstructed

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The horrors persist but so do we 👻 Check out these spooky queer books and browse more here: thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #booksky 📚💙 #horrorbooks #queerbooks

Queer Horror Books (with a pic of a creepy book). Swipe to see our spooky recs

Spooky and Queer Novels: Don’t Let the Forest In, The Bright Lands, Boy Parts, Gideon the Ninth, Bath Haus, The Sins on Their Bones

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day Eve!! 🥰 Here are some queer romance novels to make you swoon! 💞🏳️‍🌈📚 Browse more here: thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #queerromancebooks #romancebooks #valentinesday #loveislove #queerlove #booksky 💙📚

Queer love is queer power. Love yourself, love each other, love your community

Queer romance novels for Valentine’s Day. The Charm Offensive, The Pairing, In Memoriam, Single Player, Cleat Cute, Swimming in the Dark

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Black history is queer history & Black history is American history. Let’s educate ourselves about the contributions & experiences of Black folks throughout history. Start by supporting queer Black authors & reading their work! 🖤🏳️‍🌈 thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #blackhistorymonth #booksky 💙📚

Books by queer Black authors for Black History Month

Giovanni’s Room, Unprotected, Isaac’s Song, Where Sleeping Girls Lie, Family Meal, and Congratulations the Best is Over!

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Trans stories matter!! 🏳️‍⚧️ Check out these books with transgender representation and browse more on our site. And always stand up for our trans friends and neighbors ✊ thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #transbooks #transgenderbooks #transrightsarehumanrights #booksky 💙📚

Books You Should Read with Transgender Representation

The In-Between Bookstore, Mad Honey, American Teenager, He/She/They, Boy Parts, In the Form of a Question

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Totes are now in stock!! Initial inventory is limited (we have 12 of each bag) so order now before they sell out 🤩 thelavenderrhino.com/collections/...

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Don’t miss out on these hot new releases! 🔥 Browse the latest queer books here: thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️📚 #newreleases #newbooks #queerbooks #lgbtqbooks #gaybooks #transbooks #booksky 💙📚

Isaac’s Song, The In-Between Bookstore, Girls on the Rise, Single Player, When the World Tips Over, I Might Be in Trouble

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Trans people exist. Trans rights are human rights. We see you, we love you, and we stand with you 🏳️‍⚧️✊🩵🩷🤍

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

QUEER BOOK TOTES! 🤗 You can now preorder our brand new tote bags - made with 100% cotton, they’re comfortable, durable, spacious, and a little cheeky 😉 Share your love of queer books and preorder yours now (supply is limited)!! 🏳️‍🌈📚👜 thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #booksky 💙📚

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Whether you’re asexual or an ally who wants to learn more, these books featuring ace representation or about asexuality itself are the perfect place to start! 🖤🩶🤍💜 Browse more here: thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #asexualbooks #asexuality #queerbooks #bookrecs #booksky 💙📚 #tlr

Books you should read with asexual representation graphic

Don’t Let the Forest In; The Summer of Bitter & Sweet; ACE: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex; The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy; Gender Queer; No Gods, No Monsters

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Now available in paperback: the book everyone’s talking about! Get your copy of Martyr! in paperback (or hardcover) today 🤗💙📚 thelavenderrhino.com/products/mar... #martyr #paperback #newbooks #queerbooks #booksky #tlr

Now in Paperback: Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar - National Book Award Finalist - One of the NYT Book Review’s 10 Best Books of 2024
“An existential comedy about the difficulty of finding beauty in banality and sense in suffering…” -The Atlantic

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Patrick Hart @patrickhart.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

Looking for some fun queer reading to close out the holidays? I loved The Nightmare Before Kissmas by @sararaaschbooks.com -- excellent queer fantasy romance! Also, shoutout to @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social -- the awesome queer bookstore where I bought the book! thelavenderrhino.com/products/the...

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The Nightmare Before Kissmas (Royals and Romance #1)

By Sara Raasch — Red, White & Royal Blue meets The Nightmare Before Christmas in a sexy, quirky rom-com where the golden-hearted Prince of Christmas falls for the totally off-limits Prince of Hallowee...

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Jonathan Bailey is the man of the hour/year/decade and if hunky British lit lovers are your cup of (English Breakfast) tea, check out our roundup of queer books we think Mr. Bailey would probably lap up like a glass of milk🥛😋 Disclaimer: we don’t know what he likes to read, but we wish we did! 📚💙

Books that Jonathan Bailey would probably like - pic of Jonathan Bailey shirtless and reading

Biography: Sondheim - His Life, His Shows, His Legacy

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

🎁 Time for our next 2024 Holiday Gift Guide! Today’s guide features gift ideas for people with kids - check out this selection of inclusive children’s books! 👶👧🧒 Browse more: thelavenderrhino.com/collections/...

B is for Broadway, Pink is for Boys, Neither, Maiden & Princess, And Tango Makes Three

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

‼️ FRIDAY FEATURE ‼️ A New York Times Editor’s Choice, “Necessary Errors” chronicles the experiences of a young gay American expat in 1990s Prague in a country at the crossroads of Communism and Capitalism thelavenderrhino.com/products/nec... #booksky #bookrecs #queerbooks #gaybooks 📚💙

Necessary Errors by Caleb Crain. “Post-Iron Curtain Prague is the resonant setting of Caleb Crain’s entertainingly digressive first novel…about a young expat coming into an understanding of what he believes and who he loves.” - Vogue

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

🎁 Introducing our 2024 Holiday Gift Guides! Every Wednesday & Saturday, we’ll be sharing gift ideas from our store for various people in your life (LGBTQ+ folks and allies alike!). Today’s guide features gift ideas for Broadway fanatics 🎭😍 thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #giftguide #booksky 💙📚

Holiday Gift Guide: Gift Ideas for Broadway Fanatics

Unprotected by Billy Porter, Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan, Fun Home by Allison Bechdel, Sondheim by Stephen M Silverman, Camp by LC Rosen, Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

NEW: I Might Be in Trouble by @danaleman.bsky.social! In this suspenseful dark comedy, a struggling writer wakes up to find his date from the night before dead & must decide how far he’ll go to spin this into his next book. Order now & get a signed bookplate! 👬☠️📕 thelavenderrhino.com/products/i-m...

Praise for I Might Be In Trouble by Daniel Aleman

Cover of I Might Be In Trouble - “Signed copies available!”

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

LAST CHANCE! Our biggest sale of the year ends tonight, December 2, at 11:59pm ET. Now’s the time to stock up on queer books and merch for yourself and your loved ones! 🛍️📚🏳️‍🌈 Get 20% off all order of two or more items by using the code QUEER2024 at checkout 🤑 thelavenderrhino.com 💙📚

Sale Ends Tonight - 20% off all orders
thelavenderrhino.com - use code QUEER2024 at checkout

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Patrick Hart @patrickhart.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

For anyone looking for LGBTQ+ books this holiday season (or anytime), I highly recommend @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social -- a wonderful queer independent bookstore!

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Happy #SmallBusinessSaturday! Please consider supporting our indie, queer-owned, online bookstore today, rather than those corporations (*cough* Am*zon) 🏳️‍🌈📚💜 thelavenderrhino.com #booksky #shopsmall 💙📚

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

The sale has begun!! 🥳 Shop now: thelavenderrhino.com

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

This Thanksgiving, we’re so grateful for queer books and for our customers and for everyone who has supported us in our mission to amplify queer stories and to make queer books more discoverable. Thank you!! 💜💜💜

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

🚨 BLACK FRIDAY SALE 🚨 Starting this Friday, Nov. 29 and running until Tuesday, Dec. 2 at 11:59pm ET, get 20% of all orders of two or more items at The Lavender Rhino by using the code QUEER2024 at checkout! 🏳️‍🌈📚🤑 thelavenderrhino.com #blackfriday #booksale 📚💙

Queer book sale! 11/29-12/2 - 20% of all orders

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

A great book, especially one with accurate and thoughtful representation, can change a person’s life. Which book’s existence are you grateful for? Or which author would you thank if you could? 🙏🥰 #booksky 💙📚

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Pre-order now: A whimsical & healing novel about a trans man, who - almost 30 & broke - moves back to his hometown, walks into the bookstore he worked at in high school…and slips through time to come face-to-face with his pre-transition, teenage self 😱🏳️‍⚧️ thelavenderrhino.com/products/the... 💙📚

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Sticker lovers rejoice! We’ve got two new die-cast TLR logo stickers - available now 🤩 Get both stickers for just $1.99 on our site. They make a great add-on to any order! 🦏💜 thelavenderrhino.com/products/tlr...

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

It’s a match! You’ve matched with books featuring a problematic hottie 😎😭🥵 Don’t feel bad - the heart wants what it wants 😬 Who’s your favorite problematic hottie from a book? #queerbooks #gaybooks #bookcharacters #booksky 📚💙

It’s a match with Providence, The Sins on Their Bones, Boy Parts, The Picture of Dorian Gray

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

🚨 FRIDAY FEATURE 🚨 Every Friday, we’ll highlight a queer book recommended by our staff! Some may be old, some new - and they’ll cover a variety of genres and identities. Today’s Friday Feature is “Sea of Tranquility” by Emily St. John Mandel 🌖 thelavenderrhino.com/products/sea... 💙📚

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

What are you currently reading and how are you liking it? Sound off below! 📣 #booksky #currentread #nowreading 📚💙

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

There’s just something about a queer enemies to lovers storyline that makes us feel alive 👿😈🔥 What’s your favorite enemies to lovers book? #enemiestolovers #booktropes #gaybooks #queerbooks #booksky #tlr 📚💙

A Marvellous Light, Red White & Royal Blue, The Darkness Outside Us, Boyfriend Material

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We don’t dream of labor, we dream of books 💭📚💙

Meme: Born to read books all day, forced to send emails

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Fight fascism - read banned books!! TLR believes strongly in the freedom to read, and LGBTQ+ books are often the most targeted by bigots 📢 🏳️‍🌈📚 See our full Banned Books collection: thelavenderrhino.com/collections/... #bannedbooks #fightbooksbans #readbannedbooks #freedomtoread 💙📚

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Happy Transgender Awareness Week!! 🏳️‍⚧️ No matter what happens over the next four years (and beyond), we stand with our trans siblings ✊ One way to support? Read trans books! Here are a few recs, but you can find more on our website 🩵🩷🤍 P.s. We have signed copies of American Teenager! #transbooks 💙📚

Trans Awareness Week
Books: American Teenager, Felix Ever After, The In-Between Bookstore, Mad Honey, Detransition Baby, Pageboy

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Clarabelle (normal type) 🍓 @clarabelle.xyz · 17/12/2023

Welcome to BookSky! 💙📚 1️⃣ save/pin the feed if you're enjoying it 2️⃣ repost to help us find more bibliophiles 3️⃣ use 💙📚 or 📚💙 to post to feed 4️⃣ more niche feeds on my profile (some are NSFW) FAQ 👉🏻 bit.ly/bookskyFAQ

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The Lavender Rhino @thelavenderrhino.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Nothing like getting cozy with a mystery novel as the weather gets colder ❄️🍵 Find out what your murder mystery would be titled by selecting the words based on your first initial and birth month! Let us know your title below👇 💙📚 #booksky #titlegenerator #murdermystery

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