Celestial

i do vibe with soulmates, but i'm just a girl who prefers her reads romance-free! 

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☆ everything I mentioned (in order)  ↓
- The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
- The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark
- The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
- The Ballad of Perilous Graves by Alex Jennings
- Elatsoe by Darcie Little Badger

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📖 goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/147956803-steph-starrysteph
💌  email: starrystephbooks@gmail.com
more: https://beacons.ai/starrysteph

☆ resources ☆ 
🇵🇸  learn more about the history of Palestine: https://decolonizepalestine.com/
🇨🇩 learn more about what's happening in the DRC: https://friendsofthecongo.org/
🇸🇩 Sudan Solidarity Collective: https://sudansolidarity.com/

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if you love diverse otherworldly stories and romance isn’t your thing … hey hey hey! 

new youtube video just dropped.

(this one goes out to our almost-entirely aroace discord.)

i do vibe with soulmates, but i'm just a girl who prefers her reads romance-free! 

minimal romance sci fi & fantasy book recs

from underwater communities to lands that fight back, these books have gorgeous nature imagery!

📚 books mentioned:
- The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri
- The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
- The Necessity of Rain by Sarah Chorn
- The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
- Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon

dress rented from @nuuly! 

#naturebooks #fantasybookrecs #fantasybooks #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

fantasy books with nature imagery

🐈 i’m out here giving the IMPORTANT sorts of book recs.

📚 books mentioned:
- The Deep Sky by Yume Kitasei
- Open Throat by Henry Hoke
- To Shape A Dragon’s Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose
- The Blood Trials by N. E. Davenport

#warriorcatsclans #warriorcats #fantasybooks #scifibooks #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @flatiron_books @mcdbooks @delreybooks @harpervoyagerus @harpercollins

warrior cats book recs

it’s fun to set a number and challenge myself, but it’s much more helpful for me to create reading goals outside of those parameters! 

so i’d love to hear about yours. :) 

#readinggoals #2025books #readingchallenge #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

2025 reading goals

these books altered my child brain in the (hopefully) best ways. staying up all night to read and then zoning out to imagine myself in these worlds during math class was ELITE. 

📚 books mentioned:
- Warrior Cats by Erin Hunter
- Animorphs by K. A. Applegate
- A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
- The Girl Who Owned a City by O. T. Nelson
- Scary Stores to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

#childhoodbooks #kidbooks #childrensbooks #nostalgicbooks #warriorcats #animorphs #aseriesofunfortunateevents #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram

nostalgic childhood reads!

WELCOME (formally)!! I'm so excited to be here and to get to know you all in 2025.

☆ featured links ☆ 
💫 join me on bindery (celestial - exclusive content, discord, book club, and more): https://celestial.binderybooks.com/

↓ find me in more places ↓
🎵 tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@starrysteph
📸 insta: https://www.instagram.com/starry.steph
📚 storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/starrysteph
📖 goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/147956803-steph-starrysteph
💌  email: starrystephbooks@gmail.com
more: https://beacons.ai/starrysteph

☆ resources ☆ 
🇵🇸  learn more about the history of Palestine: https://decolonizepalestine.com/
🇨🇩 learn more about what's happening in the DRC: https://friendsofthecongo.org/
🇸🇩 Sudan Solidarity Collective: https://sudansolidarity.com/

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booktube newbie tag *2025* | bookshelf tour, theatre chats, and chaotic community | diverse reads

WELCOME (officially)!! With the TikTok ban at 50/50, it feels like a pretty good time to lean into something exciting & new. 

I'm so excited to really dive into my journey with long form content. Let me know what you'd like to see on this channel and answer the booktube newbie prompts with me (there's a lot of Steph Lore here). I can't wait to watch this community develop.


booktube newbie tag (let's go, long form content!)

my favorite reads of 2024 eeeeep!! ⬇️ drop yours below. 

📚 books mentioned:
- Little Rot by Akwaeke Emezi
- The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino
- Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kyle Lee Baker

#bestbooksof2024 #favoritebooks #fivestarbooks #favoritebooksof2024 #2024bestbooks #readingwrapup #annualreadingwrapup #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @riverheadbooks @delreybooks @spiegelandgrau @fsgbooks @_mira_books_ @htpbooks @htp_hive

my favorite reads of 2024!

DON’T TURN THE PAGE!! the original spark for so many horror lovers 😂. here are some spooky suggestions!

📚 books mentioned:
- The Unfinished by Cheryl Isaacs
- Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White
- Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina

(shirt gifted from Out of Print @outofprint!)

#dontturnthepage #horrorbooks #scarybooks #spookybooks #horrorbookrecs #outofprintpartner #outofprint #gifted #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram @harpercollins @peachtreeteen @berkleypub

DON’T TURN THE PAGE!!

fantasy books i discovered through booktok!

*disclaimer: i have no idea who initially rec’d each of these books to me (especially since it’s been YEARS omg), but everyone i follow has the best taste in the world and these books flooded my FYP!

**it was 90% Rae who initially convinced me to pick up Raybearer, though!! her love for this duology is so infectious 🥰 @raethereviewer you’re a STAR!

📚 books mentioned:
- The Fifth Season by N. K. Jemisin
- Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko
- The Deep by Rivers Solomon

#fantasybooks #fantasybookrecs #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #booktok #IGShareYourPassion @orbitbooks_us @abramskids @sagapressbooks

fantasy books I found through booktok

🎭 books recs based on your favorite musicals!

(if anyone comments “just read the books they’re actually based on 🙄”, i’m going to reach through the screen and smack you because you’re a theatre person & you should be more creative than that!!!)

📚 books mentioned:
- The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings (Wicked)
- Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson (Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812)
- Fury by Shirley Marr (Heathers)
- This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (Hadestown)
- All the Lonely People by Mike Gayle (Come From Away)
- The Sunbearer Trials (The Lightning Thief)

#bookrecsfrommusicals #broadwaybooks #ifyoulikethismusicalreadthisbook #musicaltheatre #starrysteph #nycinfluencer #bookstagram #IGShareYourPassion @amistadbooks @groveatlantic @blackdogbooks @sagapressbooks @grandcentralpub @fiercereads

book recs based on musicals

Hi friend! I’m Steph – let’s devour some otherworldly stories together.

Steph

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Reading is better in community, and I’m grateful to welcome you to mine! I’ve been a content creator most of my life & an avid reader my entire life. Celestial is our home base to celebrate imaginative stories from galaxy-wide voices. (Think: fantasy, horror, sci-fi, magical realism & beyond.) I love being playful with my recommendations, but I always read with intention – this is a discerning and deliberately diverse space. Join my chaotic community … and let’s have fun while uplifting all voices. 

steph ✨ 📚 ✡︎ (@starrysteph)

Hi! I'm Steph. You can mostly find me on booktok (@starrysteph). I love reading & sharing book reviews and recommendations.

book reviews & recs 📚 • animal lover 🐇 • actor & content creator 🎭
