Quiz: Which Wintery Queer Book Should You Read This Holigay Season?

Whether or not you love the winter holiday season, Autostraddle’s resident lesbrarian has got some great reads for you this December! Just take this quiz and I will match you with an amazing queer book. Looking for a sweet Christmas-themed rom com? Got you covered. Want to indulge in holiday melancholy while reading short stories featuring queer Black characters? Check! Looking for a kinky Hanukkah-themed story? Oh, we’ve got that option too. How about a group of trans women friends supporting each other through the winter in Winnipeg? Yes, that’s also one of the choices. Let us all know in the comments which book you got and share any other wintery queer book recommendations for this time of year.

What, if anything, is your favorite holiday to celebrate in the winter months?(Required)

Hanukkah

Winter Solstice

Las Posadas

Gregorian Calendar New Years

Christmas

Lunar New Year

No winter holiday celebrations for me!

Kwanzaa

What mood are you in?(Required)

Optimistic

Nostalgic

Sexy

Sad, but hopeful

Romantic

Introspective

Lonely

Intellectual

Where would you like to go on a winter vacation?(Required)

Pick a literary genre:(Required)

Kinky romance

Historical YA

Smutty romance

Urban-set literary fiction

Rom com

Rural-set literary fiction

Realist YA

Literary short stories

What's your favorite part about the winter holiday season?(Required)

Finding new meaning in old holiday traditions and celebrations

Spending time with queer found family

The food, duh!

Staying out of the cold with long nights drinking in the bar, shooting the shit with your friends

Every activity filled with Christmas spirit: carol singing, Christmas cookie baking, kissing under the mistletoe…

Connecting with your family of origin and finding out who’s also gay now

Honestly, nothing! Every year I can’t wait for the winter holiday season to be over

Indulging in holiday melancholy

Which wintery beverage would you like to sip by the fire?(Required)

What is the best Christmas song?(Required)

Little Saint Nick by The Beach Boys

Carol of the Bells, sung by a choir

Feliz Navidad by Jose Feliciano

Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee

All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey

Pour la première fois, Noel sera gris by Coeur de Pirate

Let It Snow by Boyz II Men and Brian McKnight

Holiday by Lil Nas X

What representation would you like to see in your holiday read?(Required)

Poly, kinky, autistic, disabled, Jewish, fat, pansexual, and/or asexual characters

Asexual characters, queerplatonic relationships, and disability

Latinx queer women

Lots of trans women characters

Lesbian and bisexual main characters

Asian, multi-racial trans characters

Sad lonely white lesbians

Queer Black characters

Pick a holiday food:(Required)

What's your approach to holiday gift giving?(Required)

Everyone gets goods from your local queer feminist sex store

Picking up traditional handmade gifts at a holiday craft market

Baking dozens of holiday cookies and gifting them in fun vintage cookie tins

Stopping at the liquor store on the way to buy your loved one’s favorite booze

You get so excited about holiday shopping that you are done by November

Knitting / carving / crafting / etc thoughtful homemade presents

Making personalized cards and nostalgic scrapbooks

Everyone gets a sweater

What's the best way to take advantage of snow?(Required)

Snowball fight

Snowshoeing

Making a snowperson complete with candy eyes, mouth, and nose

Tobogganing down a steep hill with your friends

Snow angels

Taking a quiet walk in the snowy forest

Reminiscing inside about girlfriends past and all the fun you had together playing in the snow

Staying inside to drink wine, read, and gaze out the window at the falling flakes

Pick a wrapping paper:(Required)

Choose a Christmas movie:(Required)

A Muppet Christmas Carol

It’s a Wonderful Life

Happiest Season

Die Hard

Any Hallmark made for TV Christmas movie

A Charlie Brown Christmas

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Carol

What's your favorite winter activity?(Required)

Holiday play parties

Horse-drawn sleigh rides

Being stuck somewhere cozy overnight with your crush, and there’s only one bed!

Supporting your queer and trans friends through the darkest time of the year

Everything! There is nothing about the holiday season you don’t love

Trips to the snowy wilderness

Snuggling up in bed

Reading, sex, great conversation…pretty much the same activities you love the rest of the year

You'd be thrilled to unwrap a present and find…(Required)

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