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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2026

Here are our most anticipated LGBTQ+ book picks for February! There’s a little bit of something for everyone!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

Feb 3, 2026

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins, The Love Curse of Melody McIntyre by Robin Talley, Forward March by Skye Quinlan, and We Used To Be Friends by Amy Spaulding

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Get in Your Back-to-School Feelings With These 10 Queer YA Books

Back-to-school time is my favorite time of the year now that I’m an adult.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Sep 2, 2022

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Slow Takes: “Stone Fruit” and Choosing Given Family

I learned about the concept of chosen family from a heterosexual uncle I don’t talk to anymore.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Sep 1, 2022

Enjoy Me Among My Ruins by Juniper Fitzgerald

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Juniper Fitzgerald’s Queer Memoir-in-Fragments Examines Her Identities as a Sex Worker and Mother

Enjoy Me Among My Ruins bypasses the expectation to tell one’s story in a neatly contained narrative.

Stef Rubino

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Aug 31, 2022

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In “Diary of a Misfit,” Casey Parks Creates Records of Lives Left Out of History

What is most compelling about Diary of a Misfit is how brilliantly organized it is. All at once, we get a biography, a memoir, a family history, and the active…

Stef Rubino

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Aug 30, 2022

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Queer Naija Lit: “We Are Flowers” Documents the Beauty and Resilience of Nigeria’s Queer Community

We Are Flowers, a Queer Nigerian anthology, is defiant and audacious. It has no choice but to be.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Aug 29, 2022

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Rather Than a Coming Out Story, “Body Grammar” Is About Queer Characters Coming Into Themselves

Jules Ohman paints the harsh, sharp-angled modeling industry with soft, tender prose and tells many queer narratives at once in the novel.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 26, 2022

A vintage illustration of a bird on a branch against a blue background

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In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Big Life Change

I have never lived anywhere that wasn’t in Pennsylvania. This state is my home, but I’m ready to move on from it.

danijanae

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Aug 25, 2022

A crow against an orange and blue background

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Rainbow Reading: Even the Crows Are Queer in This Upcoming Speculative Novella

Catch up on the latest LGBTQ+ literature news in Rainbow Reading.

Yashwina

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Aug 25, 2022

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Literature

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2026

Get in Your Back-to-School Feelings With These 10 Queer YA Books

Slow Takes: “Stone Fruit” and Choosing Given Family

Juniper Fitzgerald’s Queer Memoir-in-Fragments Examines Her Identities as a Sex Worker and Mother

In “Diary of a Misfit,” Casey Parks Creates Records of Lives Left Out of History

Queer Naija Lit: “We Are Flowers” Documents the Beauty and Resilience of Nigeria’s Queer Community

Rather Than a Coming Out Story, “Body Grammar” Is About Queer Characters Coming Into Themselves

In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Big Life Change

Rainbow Reading: Even the Crows Are Queer in This Upcoming Speculative Novella

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