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I Have Never Felt More Cherokee Than While Reading ‘To the Moon and Back’

This novel is queer in the best ways.

Autumn Fourkiller —

Sep 11, 2025

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Twenty-Five Years Later, Michelle Tea’s ‘Valencia’ Remains Stunning Portrait of Lesbian Life

Valencia permitted me to romanticize my world.

Malavika Kannan —

Aug 29, 2025

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15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

For as long as I can remember, I have been drawn to stories about sisters. Perhaps because my first memory is of my sister’s birth.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 15, 2025

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16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

“Gay people on road trips” is actually one of my favorite literary genres.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Aug 11, 2025

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7 New Trans Novels To Read This Summer

In less than six months, 2025 has already amassed an absolutely stellar line-up of trans novels that range from historical fiction, lyrical explorations of dysphoria and identity, and science fiction…

Nic Anstett —

Jun 26, 2025

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The Toxic Lesbian Vampire Novel That Turned Me Into a Fantasy Reader

V.E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil sunk its fangs into me and never let go.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Jun 17, 2025

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

We have to wait SO LONG for the next season. So, to tide us over, I have some queer books to recommend to you that will scratch some of the…

Valerie Anne —

Jun 16, 2025

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‘A Sharp Endless Need’ Lives in the Intersection of Sex and Basketball

At their heart, great sex and great basketball rely on the same fundamental principles: trust, attention, collaboration, and a desire to create something with whoever you’re with.

Gen —

May 13, 2025

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The Best Queer Books Featuring Mommy Issues

Gays really are out here having complicated relationships with our mothers and then writing whole books about it.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

May 11, 2025

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Meryl Wilsner Has Done It Again With This Friends-to-Lovers Romance With Killer Sex Scenes

In a sea of skinny sapphic romance novels, I found Wilsner’s latest to be a refreshing change for the genre.

ashni —

Apr 29, 2025

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Jasmine Guillory’s First Sapphic Romance ‘Flirting Lessons’ Is a Fun Take on a Classic Trope

Overall, Flirting Lessons is about what happens when you try to overcome what other people think about you.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Apr 28, 2025

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Sapphic Romance Novel ‘Cover Story’ Brings Us Back to 2005, When It Was Much Harder To Be Out and Famous

What would things have looked like if we got openly queer Kristen Stewart from the beginning of the Twilight franchise?

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

Mar 31, 2025