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💭 what’s your favorite 2025 book?

drum roll please … welcome to the THIRD annual StarrySteph Book Awards! no questions at this time! 

📚 books mentioned:
- The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones
- The River Has Roots by Amal El-Mohtar
- The Phoenix Pencil Company by Allison King
- Saltcrop by Yume Kitasei
- Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal by Mohammed El-Kurd
- Detained: A Boy’s Journal of Survival and Resilience by D. Esperanza and Gerardo Iván Morales
- Fate’s Bane by C.L. Clark
- Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto
- Magic in the Melanin by C.M. Lockhart
- Somadina by Akwaeke Emezi
- Love Be Damned by Briana Garrett
- The Coven Tendency by Zoe Hana Mikuta

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- dress is from Free People, rented from Nuuly
- eyeshadow is In Trance palette from Colourpop
- lip combo is Lingerie Lip Liner Stain (Send Nudes) and Jelly Job Gloss (Honey, It’s Jelly) from NYX Cosmetics
- (also if you have a question about my makeup or something i’m wearing, most of it is curated in my shopmy!)

thank you to Saga Press, Tordotcom, William Morrow, Flatiron, Atria/Primero Sueño Press, Harper Voyager, Ingram, Get Underlined, and Disney Hyperion for the gifted copies!

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💭 what’s your favorite 2025 book?

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

Steph

During this phase, we're reviewing manuscripts and deciding which book we want to publish. At the end of this phase, we offer an author a book deal.

Consideration

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Editorial & Design

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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.

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