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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

Kristen Arnett holding copies of her book Stop Me If You've Heard This One on a Florida bookstore road trip

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We Took a Gay Literary Road Trip Through Central Florida, and You Should Too!

As Florida now leads the nation in book bans, putting together a little Florida road trip travel guide oriented around independent bookstores feels meaningful. There’s more to this place than…

Kristen Arnett

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Jan 7, 2025

the best queer poetry from the year

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The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2024

Catch up on all the great queer poetry from this year!

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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Dec 25, 2024

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

We talked to Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig about Allstora’s PANTS Pod book club and its mission to uplift queer authors, connect with pod listeners and read some really good…

Riese

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Dec 20, 2024

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The Best Queer Books of 2024

This year especially I’ve striven to put the spotlight on books that haven’t gotten a lot of mainstream attention.

Casey

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Dec 18, 2024

Good Girl by Aria Aber, Voice Like a Hyacinth by Mallory Pearson and The Shutouts by Gabrielle Korn

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48 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out December 2024 and January 2025

The next couple months are bringing lots of new queer books to shelves, but sapphic Romantasy in particular is booming this winter.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Dec 10, 2024

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13 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

These stories make you want to curl up on the couch in a thick sweater with a mug of your favorite hot chocolate while sitting next to your twinkling Christmas…

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Dec 7, 2024

10 Books That Celebrate Trans Joy

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10 Books That Celebrate Trans Joy

From trans memoirs that revel in the beauty of transition to sci-fi novels, manga, and quiet literary dramas that give us a reason to be proud, these books remind us…

Willow Heath

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Dec 5, 2024

dorothy allison

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20 Dorothy Allison Quotes I Think About All The Time

“Two or three things I know, but this is the one I am not supposed to talk about, how it comes together — sex and violence, love and hatred.”

Riese

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Nov 16, 2024

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

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