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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

Pretty Baby by Chris Belcher features watercolor abstract shapes in blue, yellow, and orange and a pair of legs

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Chris Belcher’s “Pretty Baby” Examines the Power of Shame in Our Culture

You don’t have to look very closely to see that shame is one of the foremost organizing principles of our society.

Stef Rubino

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Jul 15, 2022

Sirens and Muses by Antonia Angress features a painting of a woman with her arm covering her face.

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In the Sexy and Smart New Novel “Sirens & Muses,” the Art World Is Hell

The chaotic art school tale is a confident debut from Antonia Angress.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 14, 2022

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield against a dark pink, light pink, mint, and yellow background

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Rainbow Reading: Happy “Our Wives Under The Sea” Week to All Who Celebrate

After another banger week for books coverage on Autostraddle, catch up on all the latest happenings in the queer lit world.

Yashwina

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Jul 14, 2022

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield features an ocean against a pink background.

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This Gay Ocean Horror Book Is So Good I Want To Scream

Our Wives Under The Sea is queer horror at its finest.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 12, 2022

Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin features a white girl with short blonde hair sitting on bleachers. The image is repeated three times.

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This Sporty Queer YA Novel Is the Best Book I’ve Read in Years

In last year’s Like Other Girls, Britta Lundin creates a heartwarming depiction of queer mentorship and intergenerational queer friendship.

Casey

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Jul 11, 2022

The author Chris Belcher is a white lesbian with brown shoulder length hair and bangs, and she is wearing a black shirt under a white blazer.

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Chris Belcher on “Pretty Baby,” Dungeon Dynamics, and the Expansiveness of Queer Sex

“I always envisioned this book as something that would allow me to talk about how I got to know masculinity as an adult through sex work and reflect back on…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jul 11, 2022

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12 Self-Published LGBTQ Books To Bring to the Beach This Summer

Find sweet, steamy, and escapist reads in this list of self-published romance books to throw in your beach or pool bag this summer.

Sarah Wallace

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Jul 10, 2022

Dead Flip by Sara Farizan, These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall, All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews, Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens, Pretty Baby by Chris Belcher, Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang, Knocking Myself Up by Michelle Tea, Youngblood by Sasha Laurens, Can't Resist Her by Kianna Alexander, Ask the Brindled by No'u Revilla, Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress, and Wash Day Diaries.

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49 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Summer 2022

Queer science fiction, fantasy sequels, horror YA, experimental books, short stories, a memoir on (in)fertility, and so much more are heading your way this summer.

Casey

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Jul 8, 2022