Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for July 2025
Pride month may be over, but we read queer all year, and these are our top picks for new LGBTQ+ books coming out July 2025.
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 set in a futuristic, robot obsessed Korea.
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.
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 same itches.
‘So Gay For You’ Is Everything I Hoped It Would Be and More
‘So Gay For You’ is a loving portrait of chosen community, a roaming time capsule of queer pop culture, a platonic love story, a behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking show and an introspective, juicy celebrity memoir.
Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Go Deep Into The L Word’s Most Legendary Sex Scenes
“It was our way of subverting expectation, showing that lesbians are different kinds of people with their own relationship dynamics, even in the bedroom.”
Dawn Staley’s Memoir Welcomes a New Generation of Women’s Basketball Fans Into Her Greatness
Uncommon Favor isn’t just a memoir about Dawn Staley; it’s a history lesson in the growth of women’s basketball.
Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for June 2025
Two real queer humans wrote this queer anticipated books list. AI would have put fake books on it.
The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion
We all know that this sports issue has nothing to do with sports, and it has nothing to do with protecting female athletes. This topic has been a roundabout way to erode rights for transgender people.
Charlie Claire Burgess Understands Why You Might Hate Religion
In their new book Queer Devotion, Charlie Claire Burgess joins a robust tradition of queer and trans people reclaiming religious symbolism for ourselves.
Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful
Alison Bechdel talks fame, privilege, and returning to old characters for her new work of autofiction.
Author Taylor Jenkins Reid Comes Out As Bisexual, Just Like Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid’s “Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” is one of the most successful sapphic novels of all time — and with her queer space thriller “Atmosphere” debuting this June, Reid has come out as bisexual.
Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive
Jennifer Beals has put together the ultimate walk down sapphic memory lane with the release of The L Word: A Photographic Journal, a gay tome featuring over 400 candid photographs taken by Beals on the set and behind the scenes.
‘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.
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.
Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2025
Over 50 promising LGBTQ+ books across every genre are heading your way this month! See our top picks for May 2025.
The Hidden History of Lesbian Phone Lines
London Friend’s Lesbian Line, which opened in 1989 and closed in 1999, was one of many gay and lesbian phone lines across the UK.
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.
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.
It’s Independent Bookstore Day, So Go Buy Some Gay Books
This year, Independent Bookstore Day feels especially important and fraught, as mega-retailer Amazon decided to throw one of its book sales at the same time.