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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

The cover of Brown Neon: Essays by Raquel Gutiérrez features the title and author name in blue neon sign lettering against a landscape background.

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“Brown Neon” Is a Tribute to the Power of Art and Community in the American Southwest

Over the course of these ten essays, Raquel Gutiérrez skillfully maps the realities, struggles, and joys of queer, Latinx, artistic life in the Southwest U.S.

Stef Rubino

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Jun 29, 2022

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Queer Books Across America: Incredible Lesbian and Queer Novels and Memoirs Set in Every State

Take a gay road trip to all 50 states right on your couch with queer fiction, memoirs and graphic novels set all across the United States.

Riese

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Jun 28, 2022

The cover of X by Davey Davis features a large black letter X against a gold background. The image is repeated three times.

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Davey Davis on “X,” True Crime, and the Fantasy of Screwball Comedy

“The thing that gets me about a lot of people’s just criticisms of Fifty Shades of Grey is, as a romance novel, as a ravishment novel, it’s a lot closer…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jun 28, 2022

The cover of You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi features a Black femme's face against a plant and a red background. The cover is repeated three times.

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In Their Debut Romance, Akwaeke Emezi Writes a Kind of Love I Recognize

The friendship central to You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty is as important as the romance.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Jun 27, 2022

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Things I Read That I Loved #327: Every Misunderstood Youth Must Be In Want of a Publisher.

Topics include Child Protective Services, wrongful convictions, abortion, OXO kitchen products, safety town, getitng cancelled in high school, Joel Kim Booster, MTV Books and more!

Riese

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Jun 24, 2022

The cover of Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour features a glass with a cocktail in it and a vase with flowers in it. The image is repeated three times.

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“Yerba Buena” Is the Perfect Book To Bask in This Summer

Yerba Buena accomplishes in one novel what Sally Rooney attempted in three. And I say this as an on-the-record devoted Rooney Tune!

Yashwina

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Jun 23, 2022

Two illustrated waves crash against a blue background. There are four flowers in each corner of the image.

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In Verse: Poetry Collections for Pride Month

In a field that was once dominated by the cis straight white male voice, LGBTQ poets and poets of color are finally starting to get their due.

danijanae

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Jun 23, 2022

Three copies of the book cover "The Faggots and their Friends Between Revolutions" (a bright red book cover with black text) are collaged in front of a swirling background in colors yellow and green and purple colors.

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Revisiting “The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions,” 45 Years Later

I didn’t know this book at all until a few months ago. I borrowed it thinking it’d be hilarious to read in public spaces and have people give me questionable…

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Jun 22, 2022