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The Best Queer Books of 2025

It was, despite the right’s attacks on LGBTQ+ literature, indeed a great year for queer books.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Rainbow Reading: A New Entry Into the Growing Body of Powerful Queer Florida Lit

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Rainbow Reading: A New Entry Into the Growing Body of Powerful Queer Florida Lit

Also, two words for you: DYKE WESTERN.

Yashwina

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May 18, 2023

Required Reading for Jupiter in Taurus

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Required Reading for Jupiter in Taurus

You have a year to complete this assignment, and there will be no test.

Corina Dross

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May 17, 2023

Roxane Gay, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, and Jane Lynch

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Roxane Gay, Carrie Brownstein, Roberta Colindrez, Jane Lynch To Star in Audible Adaptation of Dykes To Watch Out For

With a killer voiceover cast and a creative team with strong theater cred, the Audible version of Dykes to Watch Out For looks hot.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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May 16, 2023

Dykette by Jenny Fran Davis

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“Dykette” Has Plenty of High Femme Camp Antics

The novel is thought-provoking even in its flaws.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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May 16, 2023

Human Sacrifices by María Fernanda Ampuero

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“Human Sacrifices” Is a Latine and Feminist Gothic Must-Read

Gothic is the instrument by which Latine authors have historically been able to explore coloniality, migration, violence, and other horrors of Latin American society.

L

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May 15, 2023

girl leaping into the air

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Things I Read That I Love #329: Goop Cruising, YouTube Tween Cults, Amy’s Kitchen, Botched Plastic Surgery, Et Al

Topics include a novelist who lied about being Cuban, shopping on Temu, shifting science on alcohol consumption, Elizabeth Holmes, the Goop Cruise and more!

Riese

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May 12, 2023

Forbidden Fires by Margaret C. Hills with a badge on it that says LOST LESBIAN LIT

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Lost Lesbian Lit: A Lesbian Novel From the 1950s and the Continued Importance of Maude’s Abortion Episode

Our perception of history is shaped by who writes the stories and who publishes them.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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May 12, 2023

10 Books To Read in the Bathtub

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10 Books To Read in the Bathtub

The perfect bath time book is right around 200 pages or less.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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May 10, 2023

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the best queer books of 2025

The Best Queer Books of 2025

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

17 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

17 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

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10 New Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQ+ Main Characters

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

10 Trans Horror Books You Should Read Right Now

10 Trans Horror Books You Should Read Right Now

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Nic Anstett

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48 Lesbian, Queer and Trans Celebrity Memoirs

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Riese

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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What Hot Queer Book Published This Summer Should You Read?

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

A/S/L, Make Sure You Die Screaming, and Luminous

7 New Trans Novels To Read This Summer

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Nic Anstett

Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’

Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’

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Valerie Anne

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Author Interviews

Queers at the Table

What Does ‘Queer Food’ Mean?

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Stef Rubino

Best Woman by Rose Dommu and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Rose Dommu and Casey McQuiston on Writing Queer Romance That Fucks With the Formula

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Adam Eli

ilana masad BEINGS

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

Pick An Actual Category, You Strange Genius

Gabrielle Korn

Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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Drew Burnett Gregory

Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

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Stef Rubino

A close up of Alison Bechdel next to the cover her for new novel Spent

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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Drew Burnett Gregory

photos from behind the scenes of The L Word, taken by Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Cinema Her Way Marya E Gates interview: side by side author photo and book cover

The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

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Stef Rubino

Bob the Drag Queen Harriet Tubman Live in Concert: a photo of Bob next to a photo of the book cover

Bob the Drag Queen’s New Novel ‘Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert’ Is More Than a Joke

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Elyssa Maxx Goodman

Kristen Arnett interview: a close up author photo of Kristen

Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

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Drew Burnett Gregory

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