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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

Sam's Super Seats by Keah Brown

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Keah Brown on Her New Picture Book and the Importance of Disability Representation for Children

“I was excited to talk about rest for children, to talk about how even rest can be an adventure.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Aug 24, 2022

All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews

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“All This Could Be Different” Review: A Novel So Good I Dreaded Finishing It

Whether she’s writing about Gantt charts or economic turmoil or oysters or blue and green or sex or hunger, Sarah Thankam Mathews’ sentences seduce and swathe.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 23, 2022

Lydia Conklin wears large rectangular framed glasses and has a swoopy short haircut and wears a shortsleeved blue buttonup.

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Author Lydia Conklin on Being Queer in the 90s and Writing Characters in Transitional Moments

“Somebody told me that pretty much everyone who grew up queer, especially in our generation, is a secretive person or has an ability for secrecy.”

Annie Liontas

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Aug 22, 2022

Cool For The Summer by Dahlia Adler, Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera, Melt With You by Jennifer Dugan, In The Key Of Us by Mariama J. Lockington, This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki, The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin, Island Time by Georgia Clark, and Florida Woman by Deb Rogers

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Quiz: What Queer Book Should You Read To Extend Summer?

Do you need a summery queer book to pack in your beach bag?

Casey

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Aug 21, 2022

Four books: Spear by Nicola Griffith, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin, Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree, and Ash by Malinda Lo

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10 Books for Dungeons & Dragons Queers To Read Between Adventures

All of these stories feature: magic and/or melee, quests, chosen families, and queer characters.

Heather Hogan

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Aug 20, 2022

Ma and Me by Putsata Reang features a gator and a tiger on the cover. The cover is repeated three times.

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Putsata Reang’s New Memoir Fills In the Gaps of Lost Family History

Putsata Reang’s memoir “Ma and Me” grapples with what it means to carry intergenerational trauma not only as an Asian American, immigrant, and refugee but also as a queer person.

himani

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Aug 18, 2022

Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang features a mythical bird on its cover

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K-Ming Chang on Writing Sex Scenes, Profanity in Myths, and Letting Flash Fiction Be Messy

I’m finally getting to write the sex scenes of my dreams — some really weird, some really tender, and others in between.

Ruth Minah Buchwald

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Aug 11, 2022

Lesbian Love Story by Amelia Possanza

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Rainbow Reading: Exclusive “Lesbian Love Story” Cover Reveal!

Amelia Possanza’s debut memoir Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in the Archives is everything I’ve wanted: intimate and voracious and utterly magnetic.

Yashwina

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Aug 11, 2022

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The Best Queer Books Featuring Mommy Issues

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ilana masad BEINGS

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

Pick An Actual Category, You Strange Genius

Gabrielle Korn

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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Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

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

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A close up of Alison Bechdel next to the cover her for new novel Spent

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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photos from behind the scenes of The L Word, taken by Jennifer Beals

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

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Cinema Her Way Marya E Gates interview: side by side author photo and book cover

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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Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey Want To Read Books and Eat Snacks With You

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