Dylan Mulvaney is many things: Broadway star, TikTok creator, trans rights advocate — and now — the leader of a virtual book club.
Launched in partnership with Allstora, RuPaul’s book marketplace, the Dylan Mulvaney Book Club will launch on January 1 of 2025 and will feature a selection of books including “fierce female leads, steamy rom-coms, empowering self-help, and amazing LGBTQIA+ reads,” per an Allstora web page.
The book club will also support the distribution of banned books to LGBTQ+ organizations across the country through RuPaul’s charity, The Rainbow Book Bus.
“Having a book club was on my vision board for 2024, and I’m so excited to be able to fulfill this dream with a company like Allstora, which champions all voices,” Mulaney said in a statement.
She will be publishing her debut memoir, “Paper Doll: Notes From a Late Bloomer” in 2025, as well.
“The Dylan Mulvaney Book Club is for the girls, the gays, and the theys like me, who don’t have a ton of time to read,” Mulvaney said in a video promoting the new venture. “So, when we do, we want to know it’s going to be a sure-fire good time.”
Folks who want to join the book club through Allstora can sign up for monthly or quarterly subscriptions, which includes a book delivered through the company as well as access to a subscribers-only portal, which will presumably include updates and content from Mulvaney.
“We are gonna keep each other in check,” Mulvaney continued in the video. “12 books in 12 months feels doable. All of the picks will be an extension of me, and what I’m craving in my life that month.”
The first title is Amanda Montell’s “The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality,” which Mulvaney said is an opportunity to “examine our shared human quirks while holding space for growth, vulnerability, and yes, maybe even a little magical thinking.”
Allstora has also partnered with Olympic medalist Gus Kenworthy to launch another book club focused on a collection of coffee table books.
Together, Mulvaney and Kenworthy’s book clubs will distribute 2,500 banned books through the Rainbow Book Bus, which is on track to donate 10,000 banned books to communities impacted by restrictions by the end of 2024.
“I love what The Rainbow Book Bus is doing, and would have loved to have these books when I was going up,” Kenworthy said in a statement. “Everyone should have access to books that make them feel seen, loved, and supported.”
Their virtual communities join a handful of other Allstora book clubs, all of which help bring inclusive reads to members and supporters of the LGBTQ+ community.
“We’re not just connecting readers to books; we're fighting for the right to read them,” Allstora CEO Eric Cervini said in a statement.
“With the help of these incredible hosts, we’re shining a spotlight on vital stories while standing up to censorship.”
Header image courtesy of Dylan Mulvaney/TikTok
