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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

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WHAT?? There’s an A+ Book Club?!

Announcing the NEW A+ book club which features an author Q&A just for our members!

Nico

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Jul 7, 2022

Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht features a cartoon woman with black curly hair pulled back, red lips, and red framed glasses. She's holding a steering wheel.

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Gay History, Mystery, and Romance Abound in Latest Thrilling Vera Kelly Adventure

Set in 1971, Vera Kelly: Lost and Found takes the series’ titular P.I. from post-Stonewall NYC to the sprawling land of Southern California, where she must solve her most personal…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 6, 2022

The cover of Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond features a cartoon wedding cake with a slice taken out of it revealing a rainbow cake and two women sitting on top of the cake.

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“Queerly Beloved” Is a Love Letter to Tulsa and Chosen Family

The queer baking romance has Tulsa at its core.

ashni

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Jul 5, 2022

Alia Shawkat and Ilana Glazer hold their hands up to each other on Broad City.

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Let’s Hear It for the Disaster Bisexuals

My confused disaster of a teenage self could have used stories from this new canon of disaster bisexuals, stories about sexually fluid people in all their imperfections.

Antonia Angress

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Jul 3, 2022

Letters to Half Moon Street by Sarah Wallace

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Self-Publishing Taught Me To Rethink Success

Author Sarah Wallace writes on queer community in the self-publishing world and rewriting the rules of her own success.

Sarah Wallace

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Jul 2, 2022

four book covers in a simple collage: blood fresh, there are trans people here, funeral for flaca, and the subtweet

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30 Books That Are Still Gay Even Though Pride Month Is Over

Today is July 1 which means that Pride Month is officially over, but here at Autostraddle we like talking about gay books 24/7/365.

Vanessa

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Jul 1, 2022

I Feel Love: Notes on Queer Joy has a purple book cover.

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“I Feel Love: Notes On Queer Joy” Reminds Us That Suffering Is Not Our Destiny

Queerness doesn’t have to be a burden. That’s what I wish I could tell my younger, lonely, and confused self.

L

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Jun 30, 2022

An illustrated woman sails on a large book.

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Rainbow Reading: Give Me Your Most Escapist Book Recommendations

There’s been a ton of new queer romance coming out, as well as queer mystery. Catch up on the latest LGBTQ literary news.

Yashwina

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Jun 30, 2022

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