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Reality TV, Shakespearean Shenanigans, and Messy Queers Collide in ‘Puck’

It felt good to have some of my conceptions and ideas about queer characters challenged and maybe even changed.

Christina Tucker

8 Hours

a gorgeous layout of the Finding the Fool book which is a gradient blue to purple with moon phases on it, set against a background of color coordinating tarot cards and crystals

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Meg Jones Wall on Queer, Expansive Tarot

“What if we just let all of these cards have gender neutral pronouns and we break them free from these gender binaries and let them be every archetype?”

Nico

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Mar 24, 2023

I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu

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Love and Loss Lead to Healing in YA Novel “I Will Find You Again”

Sarah Lyu’s I Will Find You Again deftly captures the volatile nature of teenage girls falling in love with each other for the first time.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Mar 23, 2023

The upcoming book Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko, surrounded by stars and against a blue and gray background

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Rainbow Reading: Lesbian Jesus Hayley Kiyoko Wrote a Book

It’s based on her hit song “Girls Like Girls.”

Yashwina

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Mar 23, 2023

Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen

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As Anti-LGBTQ Legislation Ramps Up in My Home State, I Find Myself Returning to This Book

It’s been a rough time to be a queer from Tennessee.

Yashwina

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Mar 22, 2023

The Fake by Zoe Whittal

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“The Fake” Is a Funny-Sad-Sexy Novel About the Psychological Damage Scammers Inflict

It’s a book about a scammer, but The Fake isn’t trying to hoodwink the reader.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Mar 21, 2023

Infamous by Lex Croucher

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New Historical Romance “Infamous” Reads Like Queer Jane Austen

This is the sapphic Regency coming-of-age book you’ve been waiting for.

Casey

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Mar 20, 2023

Three copies of the cover of A Day of Fallen Night. A gold and teal dragon on an orange background. The text reads: A Day of Fallen Night / Samantha Shannon

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“A Day of Fallen Night” Is the Most Satisfying Queer and Trans Fantasy Book I’ve Ever Read

The prequel to The Priory of the Orange Tree confirms that Samantha Shannon’s Roots of Chaos series is to queer nerds what The Lord of the Rings is to straight…

Heather Hogan

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Mar 17, 2023

Matricide by Carola Tomaso. A badge reads LOST LESBIAN LIT.

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Lost Lesbian Lit: Mommy Issues! At the Women’s Writers Retreat

Lost Lesbian Lit is a series of essays about lesbian literature from before 2010 with fewer than 25 ratings on Goodreads.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Mar 17, 2023

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

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Nic Anstett

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

20 Delicious Queer Novels Featuring Food To Devour

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

Read These Books To Better Understand the Origins of Trans Exclusionary Sports Policies

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Stef Rubino

Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

Books To Read if You’re Gay and Kinda Haunted

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A.

6 Books Exploring Queer Boricua Experience

6 Books Exploring Queer Boricua Experience

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Titeänyä Rodríguez

The Seep, Land of Milk and Honey, and The Unworthy

Queer Books To Read if You’re Really Missing ‘Pluribus’

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Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2025

The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2025

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Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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

lgbt middle grade books

10 New Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQ+ Main Characters

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Author Interviews

Bone Horn and the novel's author

‘Bone Horn’ Is a Well of Horniness Rippling With Comedy, Grief, and the Ultimate Lesbian Mystery

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Sally

The Queer Bookshelf

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

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Sally

Vernal Thaw by Frances Cannon

New Novel ‘Vernal Thaw’ Explores Toxic Queer Monogamy

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Lauren Herold

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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Lauren Herold

Ashley Herring Blake and Get Over it, April Evans

Ashley Herring Blake Loves Writing Messy Queer Characters

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

Amy Spalding - In Her Spotlight

How Amy Spalding Built a Four-Book Sapphic Romance Universe

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Sa'iyda Shabazz

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

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