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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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“Judas Goat” by Gabrielle Bates Made Me Start Writing Again

Once I started Judas Goat, it was nearly impossible to put down.

danijanae

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Jan 24, 2023

6 Times We Almost Kissed by Tess Sharpe features two teen girls holding hands on the cover.

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Tess Sharpe’s New Queer YA Novel Will Have You Chanting “Kiss, Kiss, Kiss!”

As someone who grew up in a rural place, I really appreciated how authentically rural this novel felt.

Casey

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Jan 23, 2023

The Fixer by Lee Winter features a woman's face held close to a martini glass on its cover

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“The Fixer” Is Slow Burn Lesbian Romance at Its Finest

Lee Winter is back with an age gap, ice queen romance that leaves you hanging.

Christina Tucker

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Jan 18, 2023

Tell Me I'm Worthless by Alison Rumfitt features a woman's face merged with a haunted house on the cover

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Alison Rumfitt’s “Tell Me I’m Worthless” Is Fearlessly Honest About Modern Trans Life

In a time when so many popular examples of queer art have their edges sanded down, Alison Rumfitt’s Tell Me I’m Worthless is all edge.

Esther Rosenfield

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Jan 17, 2023

We All Loved Cowboys, Snare, Bad Girls, Concerning My Daughter, The Fifth, Tentacle, My Lesbian Experience with Lonelineess, Disoriental

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Quiz: What Queer Book in Translation Should You Read?

I’ve gathered eight LGBTQ books in translation from around the world in various genres and forms. Take the quiz to get matched with one.

Casey

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Jan 15, 2023

A stack of books with bows on them and a lit birthday candle.

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Rainbow Reading: Happy Birthgay!

Rainbow Reading kicked off as a biweekly LGBTQ+ lit news column one year ago!

Yashwina

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Jan 12, 2023

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Kristin Cashore’s “Seasparrow” Continues The Great Graceling Gaying

Like all the Graceling books, Seasparrow allows the woman at its center to be angry, and hurt, and confused, and scared and messy and even downright unlikable sometimes. That’s what…

Heather Hogan

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Jan 11, 2023

Your Driver Is Waiting by Priya Guns, She Is a Haunting, Bad Creee by Jessica Johns, Friday I'm In Love, Then Everything Happens at Once, Carmilla by Amy Chu and Soo Lee, I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Marisa Crane, Hijab Butch Blues by Lamya H, Tell Me I'm Worthelss, and Judas Goat: Poems by Gabrielle Bates

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54 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Winter 2023

Welcome to 2023, which promises to be yet another spectacular year for feminist and queer books. This winter is only the beginning!

Casey

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Jan 10, 2023

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for October 2025

“Judas Goat” by Gabrielle Bates Made Me Start Writing Again

Tess Sharpe’s New Queer YA Novel Will Have You Chanting “Kiss, Kiss, Kiss!”

“The Fixer” Is Slow Burn Lesbian Romance at Its Finest

Alison Rumfitt’s “Tell Me I’m Worthless” Is Fearlessly Honest About Modern Trans Life

Quiz: What Queer Book in Translation Should You Read?

Rainbow Reading: Happy Birthgay!

Kristin Cashore’s “Seasparrow” Continues The Great Graceling Gaying

54 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Winter 2023

Book List

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

What Hot Queer Book Published This Summer Should You Read?

7 New Trans Novels To Read This Summer

Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’

The Best Queer Books Featuring Mommy Issues

15 Queer Romance Books and Sapphic Literary Novels Set On Reality TV Shows

What Queer Poetry Book Would Fix Each Yellowjacket (Or Make Them Worse)

Queer Books To Read if You’re Already Missing ‘Severance’

Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

Author Interviews

Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

Bob the Drag Queen’s New Novel ‘Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert’ Is More Than a Joke

Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey Want To Read Books and Eat Snacks With You

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