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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

Two women are lounging in a cozy indoor space covered in blanket and pillows with a warm yellow light as if by a flashlight at night, one person reading from their phone screen and one hunched over reading from a hardback book

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Lez Liberty Lit: What’s Up With Reading Lists

What is Afrofuturism, readings on climate and clean energy transition, a new anthology of radical trans poetics and more.

Ryan Yates

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Nov 5, 2020

A black-and-white two fold collage. On the left is a close up photo of Jehan, the writer. On the right is a similarly close up photo of Audre Lorde.

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Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: October’s Dead Is Behind Us

To be Black in this world is to be intimate with a kind of living death. It’s an intimacy no one craves, and yet Black people know better than most…

Jehan

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Oct 29, 2020

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Eight Trans-Inclusive Fantasy Books for Harry Potter Fans

Eight trans-inclusive fantasy books for the Harry Potter fans , from all-gender Quidditch to trans boys summoning ghosts, there’s a book here for every Potterhead!

Casey

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Oct 28, 2020

a graphic of the cover of mcsweeney's queer fiction issue, and a photo of the author patti yumi cottrell. the cover features tendrils, foliage and plants with a hand at the bottom.

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What Is Queer Fiction? An Interview with Patrick Cottrell

The first time I encountered a book with queer characters must have been James Baldwin’s Giovanni’s Room. At the time I remember feeling afraid of its intensity. Now it’s one…

Kamala Puligandla

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Oct 28, 2020

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Sex Ed 2.0: Books on Queer Sex That Answer Questions You Never Got To Ask

Our ongoing adult sex ed requires a little research. These books on queer sex address the questions you didn’t get to ask in health class.

Ro White

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Oct 26, 2020

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Lez Liberty Lit: Poetry Is Not a Luxury

What happens when literary events move online, why we’re obsessed with other people’s bookshelves, lots of horror reading lists and more.

Ryan Yates

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Oct 22, 2020

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Kamala’s First Novel Zigzags Is Out Today!

Ultimately, Zigzags was fueled by the nostalgia of all the places I’ve loved and left and missed. There’s a lot of flirting and parties and witty banter, but it’s very…

Kamala Puligandla

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Oct 19, 2020

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Season of the Witch: 40 Books on Witches, Witchcraft and Wonder

Whether you’re interested in witches as a horror trope, a doorway to sex positivity, a topic of historical exploration, or rich characters and ideas in fiction or poetry, at least…

Rachel

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Oct 16, 2020