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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

12 Self-Published LGBTQ Books To Bring to the Beach This Summer

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12 Self-Published LGBTQ Books To Bring to the Beach This Summer

Find sweet, steamy, and escapist reads in this list of self-published romance books to throw in your beach or pool bag this summer.

Sarah Wallace

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Jul 10, 2022

Dead Flip by Sara Farizan, These Fleeting Shadows by Kate Alice Marshall, All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews, Briefly, A Delicious Life by Nell Stevens, Pretty Baby by Chris Belcher, Gods of Want by K-Ming Chang, Knocking Myself Up by Michelle Tea, Youngblood by Sasha Laurens, Can't Resist Her by Kianna Alexander, Ask the Brindled by No'u Revilla, Sirens & Muses by Antonia Angress, and Wash Day Diaries.

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49 Queer and Feminist Books Coming Out Summer 2022

Queer science fiction, fantasy sequels, horror YA, experimental books, short stories, a memoir on (in)fertility, and so much more are heading your way this summer.

Casey

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Jul 8, 2022

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WHAT?? There’s an A+ Book Club?!

Announcing the NEW A+ book club which features an author Q&A just for our members!

Nico

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Jul 7, 2022

Vera Kelly: Lost and Found by Rosalie Knecht features a cartoon woman with black curly hair pulled back, red lips, and red framed glasses. She's holding a steering wheel.

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Gay History, Mystery, and Romance Abound in Latest Thrilling Vera Kelly Adventure

Set in 1971, Vera Kelly: Lost and Found takes the series’ titular P.I. from post-Stonewall NYC to the sprawling land of Southern California, where she must solve her most personal…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jul 6, 2022

The cover of Queerly Beloved by Susie Dumond features a cartoon wedding cake with a slice taken out of it revealing a rainbow cake and two women sitting on top of the cake.

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“Queerly Beloved” Is a Love Letter to Tulsa and Chosen Family

The queer baking romance has Tulsa at its core.

ashni

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Jul 5, 2022

Alia Shawkat and Ilana Glazer hold their hands up to each other on Broad City.

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Let’s Hear It for the Disaster Bisexuals

My confused disaster of a teenage self could have used stories from this new canon of disaster bisexuals, stories about sexually fluid people in all their imperfections.

Antonia Angress

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Jul 3, 2022

Letters to Half Moon Street by Sarah Wallace

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Self-Publishing Taught Me To Rethink Success

Author Sarah Wallace writes on queer community in the self-publishing world and rewriting the rules of her own success.

Sarah Wallace

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Jul 2, 2022

four book covers in a simple collage: blood fresh, there are trans people here, funeral for flaca, and the subtweet

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30 Books That Are Still Gay Even Though Pride Month Is Over

Today is July 1 which means that Pride Month is officially over, but here at Autostraddle we like talking about gay books 24/7/365.

Vanessa

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Jul 1, 2022

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