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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

A pattered collage in yellow and blue that has four book covers layered over it: Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare (which is swirled in black and white), More Than Organs by Kay Ulanday Barrett (which has orange bold type over a navy blue background), The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me by Keah Brown (which has pink and yellow lettering a photo of the author Keah Brown, who is a black woman), and Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (which has the words Care Work in olive green stamped font and beige and orange watercolor coloring in the background)

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12 Books to Read to Be a Better Ally to Disabled People This Disability Pride Month

This list will make you laugh out loud, bring you to tears, make you question things you believed to be true, and even make you want to blast Demi Lovato.

Katie

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Jul 21, 2022

The cover of Spear shows a cauldron with white steam rising out of it and a red knight on a red horse.

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Nicola Griffith’s Spear Is a Gender-Bending, Queer Arthurian Adventure

There’s magic! There’s sword fights! It’s Mulan meets Merlin with a healthy helping of sapphic romance.

Heather Hogan

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Jul 18, 2022

Pretty Baby by Chris Belcher features watercolor abstract shapes in blue, yellow, and orange and a pair of legs

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Chris Belcher’s “Pretty Baby” Examines the Power of Shame in Our Culture

You don’t have to look very closely to see that shame is one of the foremost organizing principles of our society.

Stef Rubino

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Jul 15, 2022

Sirens and Muses by Antonia Angress features a painting of a woman with her arm covering her face.

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In the Sexy and Smart New Novel “Sirens & Muses,” the Art World Is Hell

The chaotic art school tale is a confident debut from Antonia Angress.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 14, 2022

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield against a dark pink, light pink, mint, and yellow background

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Rainbow Reading: Happy “Our Wives Under The Sea” Week to All Who Celebrate

After another banger week for books coverage on Autostraddle, catch up on all the latest happenings in the queer lit world.

Yashwina

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Jul 14, 2022

Our Wives Under The Sea by Julia Armfield features an ocean against a pink background.

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This Gay Ocean Horror Book Is So Good I Want To Scream

Our Wives Under The Sea is queer horror at its finest.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 12, 2022

Like Other Girls by Britta Lundin features a white girl with short blonde hair sitting on bleachers. The image is repeated three times.

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This Sporty Queer YA Novel Is the Best Book I’ve Read in Years

In last year’s Like Other Girls, Britta Lundin creates a heartwarming depiction of queer mentorship and intergenerational queer friendship.

Casey

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Jul 11, 2022

The author Chris Belcher is a white lesbian with brown shoulder length hair and bangs, and she is wearing a black shirt under a white blazer.

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Chris Belcher on “Pretty Baby,” Dungeon Dynamics, and the Expansiveness of Queer Sex

“I always envisioned this book as something that would allow me to talk about how I got to know masculinity as an adult through sex work and reflect back on…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jul 11, 2022