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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 series of tiny replica novels laid out on a bright blue cutting mat with craft supplies splayed out around them

crafts & diy projects

Honey, I Shrunk the Books: A DIY Guide to Making Miniature Book Replicas

Every time I finish reading a book, I get to work on its tiny counterpart. Now I’ve got a shelf full of minis that make me happy every single time…

Darcy

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Jul 30, 2022

Under the Udala Tress: a novel by Chinelo Okparanta features trees and a sunset on it.

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Queer Naija Lit: “Under the Udala Trees” Honors the Past and Paints the Future With Hope

In light of current conditions for queer Nigerians — and global conditions facing queer people — a book like 2015’s Under the Udala Trees is ever-timely.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Jul 29, 2022

A black and white illustration of a retro picnic basket against a teal background

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In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Summer Picnic

If you are going to read one poet in a park, let it be Mary Oliver.

danijanae

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Jul 28, 2022

A collage of an open book and flowers against a blue, gray, and teal background.

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Rainbow Reading: Queer Utopias Are Necessities

Publishing loves its dystopian novels, and true utopias feel even nicer for their scarcity.

Yashwina

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Jul 28, 2022

Virology by Joe Osmundson

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Joe Osmundson on Expansive Science Writing and Living in an Impossible World

“It is tension: living well on a viral warming planet is too much to ask of any person. And yet it is what our circumstances are asking of us.”

Vanessa

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Jul 26, 2022

Michelle Tea sits at a microphone

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Michelle Tea on Queer Pregnancy and Writing a Memoir in Present Tense

“I really want it to feel like you fell down a rabbit hole into this world, because that’s how I felt. That was the reality of the experience for me.”

Vanessa

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Jul 25, 2022

A pattered collage in yellow and blue that has four book covers layered over it: Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare (which is swirled in black and white), More Than Organs by Kay Ulanday Barrett (which has orange bold type over a navy blue background), The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me by Keah Brown (which has pink and yellow lettering a photo of the author Keah Brown, who is a black woman), and Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (which has the words Care Work in olive green stamped font and beige and orange watercolor coloring in the background)

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12 Books to Read to Be a Better Ally to Disabled People This Disability Pride Month

This list will make you laugh out loud, bring you to tears, make you question things you believed to be true, and even make you want to blast Demi Lovato.

Katie

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Jul 21, 2022

The cover of Spear shows a cauldron with white steam rising out of it and a red knight on a red horse.

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Nicola Griffith’s Spear Is a Gender-Bending, Queer Arthurian Adventure

There’s magic! There’s sword fights! It’s Mulan meets Merlin with a healthy helping of sapphic romance.

Heather Hogan

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Jul 18, 2022

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The Best Queer Books Featuring Mommy Issues

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ilana masad BEINGS

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

Pick An Actual Category, You Strange Genius

Gabrielle Korn

Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

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

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

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

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Kristen Arnett interview: a close up author photo of Kristen

Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

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THE SHUTOUTS by Gabrielle Korn

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

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

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