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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for January 2026

New year, new queer books!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

Jan 6, 2026

Knocking Myself Up by Michelle Tea features a retro photograph of Michelle Tea reclining on a coach in red lingerie, surrounded by food.

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Michelle Tea’s Queer Pregnancy Memoir Is for Everyone — Not Just People Who Want To Become Parents

For most of my life, I was convinced that some day, somehow, I’d be a parent.

Stef Rubino

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Aug 2, 2022

Patricia Wants To Cuddle by Samantha Allen features a furry arm with painted red nails holding a white woman with blonde hair, sun hat, and sunglasses who is taking a selfie.

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Did Somebody Say Lesbian Sasquatch Horror-Comedy “Bachelor” Parody?

An epistolary lesbian love story, monster horror, final girl thrills, and sharp commentary on reality television and social media collide in this bloody, hilarious, chilling novel.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Aug 1, 2022

A series of tiny replica novels laid out on a bright blue cutting mat with craft supplies splayed out around them

crafts & diy projects

Honey, I Shrunk the Books: A DIY Guide to Making Miniature Book Replicas

Every time I finish reading a book, I get to work on its tiny counterpart. Now I’ve got a shelf full of minis that make me happy every single time…

Darcy

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Jul 30, 2022

Under the Udala Tress: a novel by Chinelo Okparanta features trees and a sunset on it.

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Queer Naija Lit: “Under the Udala Trees” Honors the Past and Paints the Future With Hope

In light of current conditions for queer Nigerians — and global conditions facing queer people — a book like 2015’s Under the Udala Trees is ever-timely.

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Jul 29, 2022

A black and white illustration of a retro picnic basket against a teal background

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In Verse: Poetry Collections for a Summer Picnic

If you are going to read one poet in a park, let it be Mary Oliver.

danijanae

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Jul 28, 2022

A collage of an open book and flowers against a blue, gray, and teal background.

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Rainbow Reading: Queer Utopias Are Necessities

Publishing loves its dystopian novels, and true utopias feel even nicer for their scarcity.

Yashwina

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Jul 28, 2022

book features

Joe Osmundson on Expansive Science Writing and Living in an Impossible World

“It is tension: living well on a viral warming planet is too much to ask of any person. And yet it is what our circumstances are asking of us.”

Vanessa

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Jul 26, 2022

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Michelle Tea on Queer Pregnancy and Writing a Memoir in Present Tense

“I really want it to feel like you fell down a rabbit hole into this world, because that’s how I felt. That was the reality of the experience for me.”

Vanessa

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Jul 25, 2022