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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

May 6, 2026

Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakely-Cartwright

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“Alice Sadie Celine” Is a Delectable Queer Sex Novel With a Wicked Sense of Humor

If you’re less into slow-burn and more into the narrative equivalent of a wildfire, this one’s for you.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jan 9, 2024

Every Drop Is a Man's Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

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The U.S. Occupation of Hawaiʻi Haunts the Pages of This Extraordinary Short Fiction Collection

It’s beautifully constructed from start to finish, and while the stories will get under your skin, it’s a welcome invasion.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jan 5, 2024

picture of gabrielle korn flanked by the book cover for "yours for the taking"

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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

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Jan 4, 2024

Survival Takes a Wild Imagination by Fariha Róisín

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“Survival Takes a Wild Imagination” Shows How the Labor of Liberation Makes Us Better

Through her newest collection of poetry, Fariha Róisín explores her experiences as a queer, Muslim, Bangladeshi woman trying to heal from a childhood of abuse and the pain of generational…

Stef Rubino

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Jan 2, 2024

AS 2023: Best Queer Novels. Family Meal by Bryan Washington, Mrs. S by K. Patrick, and All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky

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The Top 12 Queer Novels of 2023

I thought it would be fun to do a ranked list of the 12 queer novels that stood out to me this year. And by “fun,” I mean pleasurably agonizing.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Dec 30, 2023

Girlfriends by Emily Zhou

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Short Fiction Collection “Girlfriends” Presents Expansive, Nonlinear View of Transition and Dysphoria

The trans women in Girlfriends often find themselves stuck in the spiderweb of someone else’s drama or self-implosion.

Nic Anstett

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Dec 28, 2023

Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng

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Sapphic Yearning, Horror, and K-Pop Blend Perfectly in “Gorgeous Gruesome Faces”

I’ve never really been a horror girlie, but in recent months, I’ve found myself intrigued by YA books that have a horror element.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Dec 27, 2023

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LGBTQ Fiction Sales Are Up, but We Still Urgently Need Creative Ways To Fight Book Bans

What does the LGBTQ book landscape look like right now? It’s complicated.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Dec 27, 2023

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