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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for October 2025

It’s October, and you know what that means! Lots of new queer and trans horror heading your way! And plenty…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Oct 7, 2025

Chappell Roan with the books Homie by Danez Smith, Tomboyland by Melissa Faliveno, and Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby

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Which Queer Midwest Writer To Read Based on Your Favorite Chappell Roan Song

Growing up in a Missouri trailer park, Chappell has been outspoken about the Midwest as a center of cultural revolution.

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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Jul 2, 2024

You're Embarrassing Yourself by Desiree Akhavan. The Pairing by Casey McQuiston. A Map of My Want by Faylita Hicks

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46 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out This July and August

As usual, all genres are represented, but there’s a surprising amount of creepy reads in the thriller/horror realm coming out the rest of summer.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Jul 2, 2024

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Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Get a Sneak Peek of Amy Spalding’s Upcoming Sapphic Rom-Com ‘On Her Terms’

Check out the first chapter of On Her Terms, a sapphic rom-com with a fake relationship plot.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 1, 2024

collage of three articles in this month's TIRTL

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Things I Read That I Love #336: The Brat Pack, Buying Sperm, Conversational AI and Streaming Wars

Annie Hamilton befriends Tavi Gevinson and gets unhinged about it, the future of streaming, literary it-girls, MTV’s “The Real World,” Colleen Hoover has writer’s block, Kindbody sucks, a really funny…

Riese

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Jun 28, 2024

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‘Unsuitable’ Looks at the Dynamic History of Lesbian Fashion

From Sappho’s violets to monocles to bandanas in your back pocket, queer women have long used fashion as a signal to find their community.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Jun 27, 2024

The Book of Juju: Africana Spirituality for Healing, Liberation, and Self-Discovery

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Your Ancestors Are Your Best Friends: Juju Bae’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Approach to African Traditional Religion

Like many young Black people in the United States, I was raised in the church.

Eva Reign

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Jun 26, 2024

Why Are People Into That?: A Cultural Investigation of Kink by Tina Horn

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‘Why Are People Into That?’ Asks Incisive Questions About Kink

Tina Horn’s new book will challenge some of your problematic notions no matter how confident you are in your sex positivity.

Summer Tao

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Jun 19, 2024

Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous by Mae Marvel

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‘Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous’ Is a Perfect Sapphic Second-Chance Summer Romance

For fans of second-chance romance, friends to lovers, and ‘celebrity falls for regular person’ tropes.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Jun 13, 2024

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Literature

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for October 2025

Which Queer Midwest Writer To Read Based on Your Favorite Chappell Roan Song

46 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out This July and August

Exclusive Cover Reveal + Excerpt: Get a Sneak Peek of Amy Spalding’s Upcoming Sapphic Rom-Com ‘On Her Terms’

Things I Read That I Love #336: The Brat Pack, Buying Sperm, Conversational AI and Streaming Wars

‘Unsuitable’ Looks at the Dynamic History of Lesbian Fashion

Your Ancestors Are Your Best Friends: Juju Bae’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Approach to African Traditional Religion

‘Why Are People Into That?’ Asks Incisive Questions About Kink

‘Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous’ Is a Perfect Sapphic Second-Chance Summer Romance

Book List

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

What Hot Queer Book Published This Summer Should You Read?

7 New Trans Novels To Read This Summer

Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’

The Best Queer Books Featuring Mommy Issues

15 Queer Romance Books and Sapphic Literary Novels Set On Reality TV Shows

What Queer Poetry Book Would Fix Each Yellowjacket (Or Make Them Worse)

Queer Books To Read if You’re Already Missing ‘Severance’

Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

Author Interviews

Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

Bob the Drag Queen’s New Novel ‘Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert’ Is More Than a Joke

Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

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