Homebody MN

Our Trans Books Playlist is live on Libro.fm 🎧✨

We rounded up 9 of our favorite trans rep reads — memoir, sci-fi, YA, romance, and everything in between — and put them all in one place on Libro.fm 🎧
Because trans stories deserve more than one shelf.

Want the physical copies instead? Check out our new shop on Bookshop — links in the comments 📚

📖 Retreat Fund Applications are LIVE! 📖
This fund exists because of YOU: our community coming together at checkout to support the Retreat Fund with donations from $1 to $100. Thanks to your support, we get to send someone on a Reading Retreat who might not otherwise get the chance. This round, we'll be awarding two applicants! 💛

How to apply:
1️⃣ Tap the link in our bio
2️⃣ Answer a few questions about you, your relationship to reading, and what these retreats mean to you (no "right" answers — just be honest!)
3️⃣ Submit before the deadline below 👇

📅 Applications close: September 1st at 11:59 PM 📬 Award notifications: By September 7th

If awarded, you'll receive 25% off your retreat (a $347.50 savings!), a stay in one of our Treehaus Queen rooms, and the balance split into two payments. Link in bio to apply. We can't wait to read what you have to say. 🌲📚

It's Election Day — so you're already in voting mode, might as well keep it going 🔥
Cast your (much easier) ballot for our new Fireplace candle name in the comments:

1️⃣ Kiss My Ash
2️⃣ Hot and Bothered
3️⃣ Tax the Rich

No lines, no waiting, just comment your pick. Every vote counts — this one too.

Get ready for when the Retreat Fund Application opens August 13th — here’s a bit of what we’ll ask, so you can start thinking now: 📖
→ What draws you to our Reading Retreats?
→ Describe your relationship to reading
→ How would you help support our retreats as a space of peace for trans and q***r folks?
→ What was your last favorite read?

No “right” answers — just be honest, be you. ✨ If awarded: 25% off ($347.50 in savings!), toward a Treehaus Queen room!

📅 Apply for Feb, March, or April 2027 dates 🔓 Applications open August 13th ⏰ Applications close September 1st at midnight 📬 Awards announced by September 7th
Link in bio (starting 8/13). 💛

Santa Daddy is getting a makeover 👀🔥

We’re renaming our fireplace scented candle and we need YOUR brain for this one. Punny, cozy, unhinged — we want it all. Need some inspiration? Let’s go with something about how billionaires don’t need so much money. Or go whatever direction calls you. Drop your best (worst? we don’t judge) name ideas in the comments 👇 Winner might just become our next label 😏

📚✨ UPDATE: We're at 82% of our Tier 2 Retreat Fund goal!!

That's SO close, homebodies. This fund exists so that Reading Retreats can be accessible to more people — more scholarships, more cozy weekends, more new book friends made.

We just need that last little push to get us over the line. Even $5 makes a difference (yes, really — every donation adds up fast when this community shows up for each other 🥹).

👉 Link in bio to give to the Retreat Fund
Let's get to 100% together 💚

📚 LIBRO.FM GIVEAWAY! 📚 Say it with us: Read. Relax. Repeat. 🎧✨ We're giving away a Libro.fm audiobook credit for a free audiobook — because listening to your TBR while curled up with a Homebody candle burning is basically self-care in its purest form. Perfect for people who love a good story (and supporting local bookshops while they're at it). Grab your tbr, this credit expires at the end of the month!

How to Enter:
Make sure you're following us!
Like this photo.
Tag your book-loving friends (one person per comment & one entry per person tagged)
Share in your story and TAG US for an extra 3 entries!
We will compile all entries and choose a winner via random selection in 4 days.

Other Details: MUST be 18+ and located in the continental US to enter. This giveaway is not run, promoted by, or associated with Instagram or Facebook in any way.

📚✨ HUGE news for our audiobook homebodies: We’re officially a Libro.fm partner bookstore!

That means that you can select us as your bookstore and then every audiobook you buy directly supports Homebody MN (and keeps your money out of the pockets of *checks notes* certain billionaires 👀).

Whether you want a membership (1 credit a month + 30% off everything else) or to snag your next audiobook at your own pace, it’s a really easy way to support a small trans-owned business while getting your next great read.

🎧 Sign up + start listening through the link in our bio. Make sure to select Homebody MN as your bookstore to support!

🌞 Summer is here, and we’re lighting our way into the season! Our summer collection is giving you full permission to soak up the sun, slow down, and chill out with your favorite scents ✨

🏖️ Books on the Beach (Mango Coconut Milk) - Juicy mango and creamy coconut milk for the days you’d rather have sand between your toes than anything on your to-do list
🪴 Plants Are My Friends (Cactus Flower & Jade) - For those of us who talk to our houseplants and absolutely mean it. Fresh aloe and floral greens bring major greenhouse energy — bright, earthy, and just vibey enough to justify another pothos
🥒 Cheers, Qu**rs (Cucumber Water & Melon) - Fresh, juicy, and here to celebrate YOU. Cucumber, melon, lime, and honeydew keep things light and proud all season long
😏 Live, Laugh, Love, Laid (Beachwood) - Salty air, sun-warmed skin, and zero plans past sunset. Warm beachwood keeps it grounded and a little flirty — main character summer energy, activated
☀️ Sun Makes Me Happy (Pineapple & Palm) - Juicy pineapple and fresh greens without being too sweet bring a sun-drenched burst of optimism to any room. Basically a tropical serotonin boost in candle form
🙄 J.K. Rolling My Eyes (Sparkling Grapefruit) - Bright, zesty, and unapologetically over it. Grapefruit gives that wink of sass — for calling out nonsense with flair
🌸 Warm Breeze & Vitamin D (Jasmine & Honeysuckle) - Light lemon and ginger lift your spirits while honeysuckle and jasmine soften the edges. It’s the scent of warmth on your skin and fresh air in your lungs, finally

These aren’t just candles — they’re an invitation to slow down, soak it in, and chill with us all summer long. Light one up, crack a window, and let summer do its thing 🕯️ Ready to keep the chill vibes going all season? Shop our summer collection now - link in bio [link in the comments]! 🛒