Lgbtq reads
A confession: I very nearly quit putting this list together.
Throughout the year I keep a running list, adding new names whenever I learn about an upcoming queer book—from Tweets, publicist pitches, endless NetGalley scrolls—and I usually initiate writing the blurbs for each book a limited months before the list is due. Let me also add that, because I am a novelist myself, someone who works very hard to place words on the page in a good-enough command for someone to respond to them, I endeavor and read at least a little of each book featured. And here’s an incredible truth that’s both deeply satisfying and makes my job surprisingly difficult: there are more and more queer books published every year. There was a time when I could complete a list like this in an afternoon; I was lucky to find a dozen explicitly queer titles. Now there’s a adorable solid chance I yearn a good number of them.
In mid-December—at the half-way point, and a couple days after my birthday—I looked at the list, halfway done then, and thought, “There’s no way I can do this. There’s no way I can finish putting together this list in a way that does each book justice.” Partly it was the volume, yes, and partly it was the amb
Essential LGBTQ+ Books to Study for Pride (and All Year Long)
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong
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In this poetic novel, a son writes a letter to his mother, who cannot read. It explores his love for her and unpacks the deepest secrets of masculinity, race and class. This tough but tender novel is about understanding yourself and queerly demanding to be heard.
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Pageboy: A Memoir by Elliot Page
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Actor Elliot Page recounts his journey to comprehension his gender in this New York Times bestseller. This book is entire of intimate stories of his experience starring in the movie Juno, going to a queer lock for the first day, coming out as gender diverse and the backlash he experienced in Hollywood. This book is sure to inspire you to exist authentically, regardless of what others say.
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Hijab Butch Blues: A Memoir by Lamya H
Did you come of age reading the gay classic Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinburg? This new story is a fresh take on the book that inspired so many of us. In this beautiful memoir, readers follow a queer Muslim immigrant coming to und
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Today on the site I’m delighted to welcome Emilie Nantel to reveal the cover of her upcoming speculative bi f/f YA, Load Game, releasing September 18, 2025! Here’s the story:
Vera Young can time travel through her selfies.
For a disaster bi with a huge admiration on her bestie Soph and an affinity for trouble, that new authority is a break trust code for being. Consequences are a thing of the past.
Punched the sleazy quarterback and got suspended? Save game. Load game. Obtain out scot-free.
Want the satisfaction of getting revenge on the mean girls bullying you, but still want to be a good person? Humiliate them in front of everyone, rewind, and enjoy! It doesn’t tally if it didn’t happen!
Whatever life throws at her, Vera’s got this.
But some things you can’t control, not even with all the time travel in the world: Riverview High’s rumor mill; a death that’s a fixed signal in time; and the crumbling ethics of the space-time continuum, to designate a few.
Turns out, there’s a lot of consequences to a no-consequences life.
For teen readers at an age of firsts of all kinds, where mistakes, what-ifs, grief and guilt are so challenging to cope with. Load Game deals with the hardship
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