The Dirt: May 2026

πŸŒ‹ post-apocalyptic & dystopian recs 🌍

worms share their favorite post apocalyptic & dystopian books! is the world going to end? welllll here are a few books to see what could happen πŸ§Ÿβ€β™€οΈβ˜„οΈ

thank you to the wormies and prowormies who suggested these books: gincity, queserasarah, cathy_reads, Papas_Bookeria, fishbait, sourcherry, and MableGrl3!

by Octavia E. Butler

by Gabrielle Korn

by Ava Reid

by Agustina Bazterrica

by Emily St. John Mandel

by Lauren Oliver

by Ernest Cline

by Lois Lowry

by Micaiah Johnson

wiggling with BrainyHeroine

put your wiggling worms together for wormfluencer BrainyHeroine, a reader who is finding genuine enjoyment in books again πŸ«ΆπŸ“–πŸŒ»

BrainyHeroine is may’s featured wormfluencer. they are an avid reader (likely read over 2000 books by now!!) with an eye for detail. besides reading and writing 24/7, BrainyHeroine offers services as a beta reader, book editor, writing consultant, and book curator! check out their insta for more info πŸ”ŽπŸ“

every month, you’ll meet a new wormfluencer: a wormie who embraces their favorite reads, delivers hot takes, and recruits more worms 🫑

What are your bookish reading habits? (ie a cup of earl grey tea while you read, need to read outside, etc.)

I absolutely love going on reading dates with my partner, I love reading in bed and in the park. I am always the first to get in the car for a bookstore date and honestly an indie store crawl totally tops a bar crawl. Give me a hot bevvy and lil sweet treat and I'll be glued to my book for ages.

πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ welcome to our new bestie 🩷

you voted for our next worm bestie and we are excited to announce...wuffle as our new worm family member! Wuffle will be available to proworms soon, but Leos say hello to your zodiac sign twin β™ŒοΈπŸ’–

want wuffle to be your new worm bestie? become a proworm today

🌷 it's time to start Digging Literature πŸ›

our spring reading challenge is wrapping up soon! get your shovels because we are digging, wiggling, and reading πŸŒΈπŸŒΌπŸ’

join our Digging Literature challenge on bookworm reads

That’s all for now β€” thanks for reading, and we’ll see you in Bookworm.

Happy reading,

Team Worm