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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

A composite of the cover of First, Become Ashes and a photo of the author, KM Szpara

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Cruising for Rivendell: What Draws Queer People to High Fantasy?

“I think people who are seekers can just really want something so badly to be real… but then you’re almost willing to do anything to make it real.”

Rachel

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Jun 7, 2021

A collage of Leah Johnson side-by-side with her books. "Rise to the Sun" and "You Should See Me in a Crown"

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Leah Johnson Is the Toni Morrison of Queer YA, It’s Time We Get Real About That Fact

“I just want people to know that at the core of every book I write, I want to center black girls in their wholeness and show that you can be…

Carmen Phillips

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Jun 4, 2021

Illustrated cover of Leah Johnson's new novel, Rise to the Sun, features two Black girls holding each other and smiling against a red background.

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EXCLUSIVE Excerpt: Meet Toni, One of the Main Characters in Leah Johnson’s Latest Novel “Rise to the Sun”

Leah Johnson’s new novel “Rise to the Sun” follows two Black queer girls falling in love at a music festival — here’s an exclusive excerpt!

Leah Johnson

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Jun 4, 2021

A composite of the cover of Kristen Arnett's WITH TEETH and a photo of the author posing outdoors next to a bird of paradise plant

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Kristen Arnett on “With Teeth,” Lesbian Motherhood, and Sagittarius Chaos

“I want to read stories about dykes not acting right. I want to read about people being messy. So I want to write about that too.”

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jun 3, 2021

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Lez Liberty Lit: Counterfactual Realities

How memory works, BOOK IT nostalgia, why pleasure should never be guilty and more.

Ryan Yates

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Jun 3, 2021

Things I Read That I Love #319: Yacht Content, Poolside Content, White Claw Content

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Things I Read That I Love #319: Yacht Content, Poolside Content, White Claw Content

Topics include TikTok, Office Space, the actual office, being bipolar, Amazon, the Disgusting Food Museum, Ghost Ship, facial feminization surgery, gymnastics, the childcare industry and so much more!

Riese

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May 21, 2021

Image shows the cover of a book that reads "The Ex-girlfriend of my ex-girlfriend is my girlfriend"

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My Teenage Obsession Gets a Second Life and a Queer Adult Spin

“Had my teen girl self been sure of herself and comfortably queer as I am today, she may not have become so obsessed with advice columns in the first place.”

Kim Wong-Shing

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May 20, 2021

a woman reading outside

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Lez Liberty Lit: Spontaneous Touch

Rediscovering spontaneous touch through reading, starting something new, the secret feminist history of the Oxford Dictionary and more.

Ryan Yates

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May 20, 2021

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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