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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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13 Books Packed With Queer Joy to Block Out the World

We’re still smack dab in the middle of a global crisis. But as summer approaches, you might want to forget our reality and float away with something joyful *and* queer.…

Sarah N

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May 25, 2020

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Eight Awesome Queer Historical Fiction Books Like Tipping the Velvet

Queer historical fiction books full of the steaminess, lush historical detail, and drama of Sarah Waters’s iconic lesbian coming of age story Tipping the Velvet.

Casey

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May 21, 2020

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Lez Liberty Lit: Paying Attention Differently

A time capsule of queer Los Angeles, how paying attention matters, read “A Quick and Easy Guide to Sex and Disability,” black queer writers winning Pulitzer Prizes and more.

Ryan Yates

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May 21, 2020

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Trans Representation in YA Fiction Is Changing, But How Much?

We are in a crucial moment where we can change trans representation in YA and do it in a way that doesn’t leave anyone behind.

Ray Stoeve

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May 18, 2020

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6 Queer Authors on What It’s Like to Launch Their Books in a Pandemic

If you’re looking to escape reality for a little while, look no further than this year’s absolute bumper crop of queer novels. As late spring and summer literary events are…

Lisa A.C. Ryan

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May 13, 2020

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Things I Read That I Love #310: Eight Minutes Of Scream-Talking The Coolest Things You Can Think Of

Topics include nannies during COVID, The Chive’s “bro bait” website, Val Kilmer, Shaker Heights, Sesame Street, making adult friends, women in criminal justice films and so much more!

Riese

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May 8, 2020

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Lez Liberty Lit: What Will Your Practice Look Like?

Books to break your reading slumps, queer adult comics creators living under FOSTA/SESTA, new Simone de Beauvoir, Meryl Streep’s bookshelves and more.

Ryan Yates

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May 7, 2020

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13 Legally Free Digital Queer Books for Your Quarantine Needs

I’ve scrounged the internet for totally FREE (and legal) digital copies of amazing queer books. Groundbreaking trans fiction, comics, queer classics, and more!

Casey

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May 2, 2020