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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

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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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Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods

Margaret Killjoy is a master world-builder. Her first young adult book, The Sapling Cage, comes out next month.

Nico —

Aug 29, 2024

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“Here Are All My Favorite Delusions, I Hope You Like Them”: Talking to Gabrielle Korn About Queer Dystopian Novel “Yours For The Taking”

“I feel like so much of the theme of ‘straight women idealizing women’ just came from my dark times in women’s media. This idea that if you have a space…

Riese —

Jan 4, 2024

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“Yours for the Taking” Review: Matriarchy Won’t Save Us

The novel explores queer romance, corporate feminism, and reimagined community at the end of the world.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 14, 2023

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Queer Desire Is Feral in K-Ming Chang’s Bloody, Spitty “Organ Meats”

Here is an expansive tale of inherited and constructed mythology, queer magic, and gothic girlhood.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya —

Dec 7, 2023

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“People Collide” Throws Everything You Thought You Knew About Body Swap Stories out the Window

Isle McElroy’s new novel provides a nuanced approach to gender within its body swap premise.

Nic Anstett —

Oct 6, 2023

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The cover of Adrienne Tooley's The Third Daughter, a blue and black cover with various magical items illustrated behind the text.

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“The Third Daughter” Is Sapphic Slow-Burn Fantasy and Feminist Rage

What turned it into an auto-buy was the Post-It note attached to the shelf. A flimsy lime-green placeholder for one of the voicey, detailed recommendation cards that are always tucked…

Heather Hogan —

Aug 26, 2023

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If Tomorrow Doesn't Come by Jen St. Jude

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In Lesbian YA Debut, Teen Girls Find Love in the Midst of an Asteroid Barreling Toward Earth

The biggest theme in Jen St. Jude’s If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come is mental health.

Sa’iyda Shabazz —

May 9, 2023

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Three copies of the cover of A Day of Fallen Night. A gold and teal dragon on an orange background. The text reads: A Day of Fallen Night / Samantha Shannon

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“A Day of Fallen Night” Is the Most Satisfying Queer and Trans Fantasy Book I’ve Ever Read

The prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree confirms that Samantha Shannon’s Roots of Chaos series is to queer nerds what The Lord of the Rings is to straight…

Heather Hogan —

Mar 17, 2023

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Three copies of the cover of The Daughters of Izdihar. A red, orange, and yellow sunset sits above a blue city. The silhouette of a woman in a robe, holding a wand, sits in the middle, between two outlined buildings.

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“The Daughters of Izdihar” Is Fantastical Queer Feminist Rage

I have seen some angry women in fantasy stories before, but I have never felt the kind of fury pulsating off of them the way I did with queer water-bender…

Heather Hogan —

Mar 16, 2023

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The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older

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Queer Novella Reimagines Sherlock Holmes and Watson As College Ex-Girlfriends

“The Mimicking of Known Successes” provides a delightful mashup of science fiction and cozy mystery, with a delicious side of sapphic romance.

Casey —

Mar 9, 2023