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‘The Queer Bookshelf’ Will Help You Find Your Next Gay Read — Without Algorithms

London-based author Layla McCay has written The Queer Bookshelf to bring us a reader’s perspective on what a queer canon…

Sally

Jun 11, 2026

Stop Me If You've Heard This One by Kristen Arnett

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In ‘Stop Me if You’ve Heard This One,’ It’s Clowns vs. Capitalism

Arnett’s work is a reminder of something we often shy away from: What is the point of experiencing all of the pains of the human condition if we can’t, at…

Stef Rubino

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Mar 17, 2025

Kristen Arnett interview: a close up author photo of Kristen

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Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

“How many scenes have had people work something out at a diner? Can’t that happen at an Olive Garden?”

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Mar 11, 2025

Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

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Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

Feminist fairytales, girlhood horror, and genre-bending books for the feral gays hungry for more Yellowjackets-adjacent stories!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Mar 6, 2025

Paper Doll by Dylan Mulvaney, Woodworking by Emily St. James, and Liquid: A Love Story by Mariam Rahmani

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for March 2025

New Torrey Peters! A debut novel from Emily St. James! Queer, Black poetry collections! March is gonna be a great month for LGBTQ literature.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Mar 1, 2025

THE SHUTOUTS by Gabrielle Korn

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Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

“I tried not to do that. I tried to keep the most important thing the story and the storytelling, because I think it gets annoying when you have an agenda.…

Riese

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Feb 17, 2025

The Last Bookstore on Earth

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There Has Never Been a Better Time To Read About Two Girls Falling in Love at the End of the World

The Last Bookstore on Earth is a YA dystopian novel set in a bookstore and full of sapphic yearning.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Feb 7, 2025

Alligator Tears by Edgar Gomez, All the Parts We Exile by Roza Nozari, and Mutual Interest by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith

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The Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2025

Check out our top five picks for the month along with the rest of the LGBTQ book slate for February.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Feb 1, 2025

Broughtupsy by Christina Cooke

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Read an Excerpt From ‘Broughtupsy’, a Queer Jamaican Diaspora Novel

Chirp of tree frogs floating sonorous, each piercing chirrup rising on the wane of the last. I’m in my childhood home.

Christina Cooke

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Jan 28, 2025

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All 100+ Queer Women of the Star Wars Universe, Ranked

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17 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

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10 New Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQ+ Main Characters

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‘The Queer Bookshelf’ Will Help You Find Your Next Gay Read — Without Algorithms

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Vernal Thaw by Frances Cannon

New Novel ‘Vernal Thaw’ Explores Toxic Queer Monogamy

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A Body Made Home by Kai Marshall Green

New Memoir ‘A Body Made Home’ Embraces Black Trans Love, Healing, and Transformation

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Ashley Herring Blake and Get Over it, April Evans

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Queers at the Table

What Does ‘Queer Food’ Mean?

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Best Woman by Rose Dommu and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

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

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Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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