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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

We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

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“We Do What We Do In the Dark” Is More Than a Lesbian Age Gap Romance

When we’re young, we relate to older people who are themselves young. We read maturity where it is not deserved.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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May 3, 2022

The cover of Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler. A green background with a blonde girl holding a pink envelope with lipstick kisses on it.

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“I Kissed Shara Wheeler” Is Another Swoony Queer Romance From Casey McQuiston

If you loved Red, White & Royal Blue or One Last Stop, you’re going to be over the gay moon about McQuiston’s latest novel.

Heather Hogan

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May 2, 2022

The books Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler; Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole; Stud Like Her by Fiona Zedde; and Get It Right by Skye Kilaen

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Eight Romance Books Featuring Butches, Studs, and Masc of Center Characters

These are mostly contemporary romances, with themes and tropes such as second chance relationships, sports, reality TV, fake relationships, online dating, ghosting, age gaps, and more!

Casey

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May 2, 2022

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Things I Read That I Loved #326: It Was 1997 and Everything Seemed Mostly Okay.

Topics include Barnes & Noble, Black Excellence according to Bel-Air, a dog’s purpose, #vanlife, a nurse imposter, the pursuit of hotness, Los Angeles, Starbucks, the real reason for a recent…

Riese

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Apr 29, 2022

The cover of Flung Out of Space: Patricia Highsmith stares out a window with her cat while smoking a cigarette.

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“Flung Out of Space” Grapples With Patricia Highsmith’s Misanthropic Lesbian Life

Patricia Highsmith liked three things: women, writing, and cigarettes.

Heather Hogan

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Apr 25, 2022

The books She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen, Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin, Girl Crushed by Katie Heaney, and Some Girls Do by Jennifer Dugan are arranged between a soccer field, a track field, a basketball hoop, and a baseball diamond.

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Unleash Your Inner Jock With These 10 Sporty Gay Romance and YA Books

Sports! They make us gay, and we can’t get enough of reading about them!

Sally

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Apr 24, 2022

In Sensorium: Notes For My People by Tanaïs

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Perfume Provides a Map of Memory and History in This Powerful Memoir

Tanaïs’ In Sensorium is an aesthetic, intimate labyrinth of ancestral reckoning and identity.

Em Win

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Apr 22, 2022

A cartoon of Shakespeare sits against a multicolored background.

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Rainbow Reading: Have You Heard About This Queer YA Retelling of Julius Caesar?

Apparently, it promises “bisexuality and backstabbing.” 👀 Get all your LGBTQ+ book news in the latest Rainbow Reading!

Yashwina

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Apr 21, 2022

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