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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

The cover of Rainbow Rainbow by Lydia Conklin features a swirling rainbow pattern. The image is repeated three times.

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With Characters From Middle School to Middle Age, This LGBTQ Short Fiction Collection Has the Range

In resisting the tidiness of a happy ending, Conklin demonstrates something profound and important that made me cry at several of these stories.

Yashwina

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Jun 22, 2022

A black and white photo shows seven smiling queer women sitting on top of telephone booths. Three people stand below them. Two others are visible on a balcony behind them. The image is surrounded by a border of pink, orange, green and yellow flowers.

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That Was the Era: Photographer Phyllis Christopher on Her Book “Dark Room”

“It was a political statement to portray sex, to portray queer sex, as it was to demand civil rights in the daytime.”

Ro White

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Jun 21, 2022

The cover of How To Be Eaten by Maria Adelmann features a large image of a wolf and a small image of Little Red Riding Hood

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In “How To Be Eaten,” Fairytales and Reality TV Are Twisted Sisters

The new novel takes classic fairytales and a Bachelor-like reality show and twines them into a fresh tale of wronged women.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jun 20, 2022

Aven, Fer, and Ash are three members of the Love and LiteraTea online book club for LGBTQ+ youth

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It’s Lit: Queer Youth on an Online Book Club Club That Became Family

“Well the premise combined two of my favorite things: being gay and reading, so I was naturally intrigued.”

shea wesley martin

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Jun 20, 2022

A Black girl with her hair pulled back holds a stack of books while smiling and wearing a buttondown denim shirt

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Rainbow Reading: The 2022 Lambda Literary Award Winners, Erotic Cookbooks, and More!

June is full of LGBTQ+ book releases, but make sure to preorder queer books all summer!

Yashwina

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Jun 16, 2022

The cover of "Exalted" by Anna Dorn features an illustration of hands holding a moon and a sun and illustrated stars against a purple background. The image is repeated three times.

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“Exalted” Review: A Delusional Astrologer and a Bad Gay Mom’s Stars Collide, Chaos Ensues

Exalted — a riotous new novel from Anna Dorn — is exquisite chaos.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jun 14, 2022

The cover of Content Warning: Everything by Akwaeke Emezi repeated three times

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Queer Naija Lit: Akwaeke Emezi’s Poetry Collection Makes Space for Many Selves

This is a book to be read and re-read, like all true stories.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Jun 13, 2022

The book cover of This Body I Wore by Diana Goetsch features gold glitter. It's framed by two identical wavy clocks against a background with wavy lines.

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In Our Own Time: Queer Temporality, Pride, and Diana Goetsch’s “This Body I Wore”

Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept of “straight time” — the way a life unfolds, or is expected to unfold, within heteronormative frameworks.

Melissa Faliveno

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Jun 8, 2022

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for October 2025

With Characters From Middle School to Middle Age, This LGBTQ Short Fiction Collection Has the Range

That Was the Era: Photographer Phyllis Christopher on Her Book “Dark Room”

In “How To Be Eaten,” Fairytales and Reality TV Are Twisted Sisters

It’s Lit: Queer Youth on an Online Book Club Club That Became Family

Rainbow Reading: The 2022 Lambda Literary Award Winners, Erotic Cookbooks, and More!

“Exalted” Review: A Delusional Astrologer and a Bad Gay Mom’s Stars Collide, Chaos Ensues

Queer Naija Lit: Akwaeke Emezi’s Poetry Collection Makes Space for Many Selves

In Our Own Time: Queer Temporality, Pride, and Diana Goetsch’s “This Body I Wore”

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Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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