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Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

Feminist fairytales, girlhood horror, and genre-bending books for the feral gays hungry for more Yellowjackets-adjacent stories!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Mar 6, 2025

Paper Doll by Dylan Mulvaney, Woodworking by Emily St. James, and Liquid: A Love Story by Mariam Rahmani

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2025

New Torrey Peters! A debut novel from Emily St. James! Queer, Black poetry collections! March…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Mar 1, 2025

Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez, All the Parts We Exile by Roza Nozari, and Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

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The Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2025

Check out our top five picks for the month along with the rest of the…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Feb 1, 2025

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Queer Books About the Environment for When All You Can Think About Is Climate Crisis

These 30+ books are about land, ecology, natural disasters, apocalypse, the harm capitalism does to…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jan 20, 2025

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11 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to stories about sisters.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jan 6, 2025

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2025

New Torrey Peters! A debut novel from Emily St. James! Queer, Black poetry collections! March is gonna be a great month for LGBTQ literature.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 1, 2025

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The Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2025

Check out our top five picks for the month along with the rest of the LGBTQ book slate for February.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 1, 2025

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Queer Books About the Environment for When All You Can Think About Is Climate Crisis

These 30+ books are about land, ecology, natural disasters, apocalypse, the harm capitalism does to the planet, despair, hope, growth, death, and rebirth.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 20, 2025

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Rage Party

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, Let the Record Show by Sarah Schulman, Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns, and Nature Poem by Tommy Pico

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Tap Into Queer Rage This Pride With These Scorching LGBTQ+ Books

Read these works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and then let yourself fill with rage and release.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jun 24, 2023

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most anticipated queer books

Thin Skin by Jenn Shapland, essay collection by Stacy Jane Grover, Pageboy by Elliot Page, All Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky, Falling Back in Love With Being Human by Kai Cheng Thom, All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan, Lucky Red by Claudia Cravens, Mrs. S by K. Patrick, and I Do Everything I'm Told by Megan Fernandes

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81 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Summer 2023

Kai Cheng Thom’s new book of essays is coming out in August, the first two books from Roxane Gay’s brand new press are releasing, Elliot Page’s much anticipated memoir is…

Casey —

Jun 6, 2023

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AAPI Heritage Month

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Māhealani Madden, Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns, If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar, The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo, Ask the Brindles by No'u Revilla, She Is a Haunting by Trang Tranh Tran, The Truth About Me by A. Revathi, and How Far the Light Reaches by Sabrina Imbler

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Quiz: Which Queer Book Should You Read To Close Out AAPI Month?

Please enjoy a captivating queer read by an AAPI author as we move into the season of leisurely reading by the pool and generally being gay.

Em Win —

May 28, 2023

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Required Reading for Jupiter in Taurus

You have a year to complete this assignment, and there will be no test.

Corina Dross —

May 17, 2023

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10 Books To Read in the Bathtub

The perfect bath time book is right around 200 pages or less.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

May 10, 2023

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national poetry month

Mare's Nest by Holly Mitchell, I Am the Most Dangerous Thing by Candace Williams, Spellbook For The Sabbath Queen. by Elisheva Fox, and Because You Were Mine by Brionne Janae

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Close Out National Poetry Month by Preordering Queer Poetry Books

Preordering books is a great way to support authors.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Apr 30, 2023

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national poetry month

Negative Money by Lillian-Yvonne Bertram, The World Keeps ENding, and the Wold Goes On by Franny Choi, and Freedom House by KB Brookins

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8 Poets With New Queer Books To Check Out This National Poetry Month

If I’ve given you one poetry recommendation, I’ve held back from giving 15.

A. Tony Jerome —

Apr 24, 2023

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most anticipated queer books

The following books: Lesbian Love Story by Amelia Possanza, Forever Is Now, Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis, Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby, Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson, The Skin and Its Girl by Sarah Cypher, This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham, Body Horror, A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett, and Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante

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114 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Your Way Spring 2023

New Samantha Irby! New Leah Johnson! Get excited for these upcoming LGBTQ+ and feminist book releases, and support queer authors this spring.

Casey —

Mar 7, 2023

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Yellowjackets

Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

Feminist fairytales, girlhood horror, and genre-bending books for the feral gays hungry for more Yellowjackets-adjacent stories!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2025

New Torrey Peters! A debut novel from Emily St. James! Queer, Black poetry collections! March is gonna be a great month for LGBTQ literature.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Mar 1, 2025

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The Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2025

Check out our top five picks for the month along with the rest of the LGBTQ book slate for February.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Feb 1, 2025

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climate change

Queer Books About the Environment for When All You Can Think About Is Climate Crisis

These 30+ books are about land, ecology, natural disasters, apocalypse, the harm capitalism does to the planet, despair, hope, growth, death, and rebirth.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 20, 2025

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11 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to stories about sisters.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Jan 6, 2025

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Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2025

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The Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2025

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Queer Books About the Environment for When All You Can Think About Is Climate Crisis

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11 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2025

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The Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2025

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Queer Books About the Environment for When All You Can Think About Is Climate Crisis

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