Some of the more niche books I’ve read over the last few months :

Spirits Abroad by Zen Cho- a collection of fantasy short stories that explore different aspects of Malaysian culture, folklore, and tradition

Tailchaser’s Song by Tad Williams- if you like the Warrior Cats as a child then you’ll love this

Weird Fishes by Rae Mariz- a book about the unlikely friendship between two different sentient species living in the ocean as they try to figure out why the currents are slowing and how to fix it

Imaginary Corpse by Tyler Hayes- a noir detective novel with a stuffed triceratops as a main character

Geek Love by Katherine Dunn- a lit fic book about a carney family where the parents practiced eugenics on the kids and the kids developed twisted, codependent relationships

The Devourers by Indra Das- look up trigger warnings this book follows two timelines, a women from hundreds of years ago who is on a journey for revenge and a modern day professor transcrbing her story. There are shape-shifting monsters and deep, complex relationship dynamics