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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

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier, The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

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A Queer Woman’s Place Is in the Horror Story

Domestic horror is gay as hell.

Daven McQueen

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Oct 20, 2022

A woman with long straight hair reads a book

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Rainbow Reading: So! Many! Queer! Books!

Meryl Wilsner’s new book has really really hot strap-on sex in it! Plus, more very important LGBTQ+ book news.

Yashwina

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Oct 20, 2022

Chance and Error Are Friends to Sadie Dupuis’ Writing Process

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Chance and Error Are Friends to Sadie Dupuis’ Writing Process

Poet and musician Sadie Dupuis talks new collection Cry Perfume, scent and memory, and using autocorrect as a co-writer.

Yashwina

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Oct 19, 2022

Two images of The Polyamory Workbook are side by side. The book cover features overlapping profiles of human faces in green, blue, purple, and orange. The cover reads: The Polyamory Workbook, An Interactive Guide to Setting BOUNDARIES, Communicating YOUR NEEDS, and Building Secure, Healthy OPEN RELATIONSHIPS. Sara Youngblood Gregory.

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The Polyamory Workbook Offers Practical Tips for Navigating Any Relationship

I wish I could send pieces of this book to all of the people I have ever loved.

shea wesley martin

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Oct 18, 2022

A side-by-side collage of the book cover for "Helen House," which is a pale pink color with white font and a pink kiss where the "o" in House usually exists.

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In “Helen House,” Sorrow Is an Inescapable Specter That Transforms Our Lives

What’s not left up for interpretation is Upadhyaya’s ability to craft a ghost story that both feels thoroughly new and also reminds of something that’s hard to forget or run…

Stef Rubino

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Oct 18, 2022

Two lesbian recline while reading on their couch

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These Queer Books Databases Make It Easy To Search for Your Next Favorite LGBTQ+ Read

What exactly do I mean by database? Well, I want it to be something that can be queried or filtered; it’s not just a long book list, and searching isn’t…

Sally

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Oct 14, 2022

A bunch of vampires bare their fangs and are surrounded by red demons

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Interview With a Tranpire

It’s not hard to see the connection that trans readers and storytellers can find in vampire media.

Nic Anstett

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Oct 12, 2022

The book Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner as well as an author photo of Meryl Wilsner. They are wearing a yellow buttonup shirt and glasses while smiling at the camera.

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Author Meryl Wilsner on Writing MILFs, Age Gaps, and Twisting Tropes

“We never learned to write books, we only learn how to write the book that we’re writing.”

Christina Tucker

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Oct 11, 2022

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

Pick An Actual Category, You Strange Genius

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Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

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Bob the Drag Queen Harriet Tubman Live in Concert: a photo of Bob next to a photo of the book cover

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

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Kristen Arnett interview: a close up author photo of Kristen

Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

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THE SHUTOUTS by Gabrielle Korn

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

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