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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

Lesbian Romance Novels to Read When You’re Perpetually Single

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Lesbian Romance Novels to Read When You’re Perpetually Single

I’ve been single for most of my life, but romance novels have been my constant partner.

Christina Tucker

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Mar 3, 2020

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Lez Liberty Lit: In The Temple of Horror

New original fiction by Carmen Maria Machado, approaching queer community from a place of love, on being publicly shamed, linguistic gatekeeping and more.

Ryan Yates

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Feb 27, 2020

Shira Erlichman’s “Odes to Lithium” Explores Bipolar Disorder and Taking Care

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Shira Erlichman’s “Odes to Lithium” Explores Bipolar Disorder and Taking Care

“Many creatives still have reservations and fears around medication as they believe that it will dampen the creative flow, turn off the magic, or make them less able to connect…

danijanae

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Feb 25, 2020

Eight Black LGBTQ Poets to Give Your Flowers To Right Now

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Eight Black LGBTQ Poets to Give Your Flowers To Right Now

I believe that these eight wonderful poets are the face of reviving the genre. I always want to push poems on people, so I’m also presenting you with some of…

danijanae

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Feb 19, 2020

Corinne Manning’s “We Had No Rules” Grapples With Queer Assimilation

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Corinne Manning’s “We Had No Rules” Grapples With Queer Assimilation

In their debut story collection We Had No Rules, Corinne Manning makes a rare, generous offer to the queer community: to hold us accountable.

Max Delsohn

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Feb 18, 2020

Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: February’s Revolutionary Hope

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Year of Our (Audre) Lorde: February’s Revolutionary Hope

I’m pairing Audre Lorde’s 1984 conversation with James Baldwin and arguably her best-known speech, “The Masters Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” in hopes of exploring how our power…

Jehan

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Feb 17, 2020

Things I Read That I Love #307: “I Fall In Love (Cue Your Laughter)”

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Things I Read That I Love #307: “I Fall In Love (Cue Your Laughter)”

Topics include Victoria’s Secret, The Americans, gatekeeping in publishing, CollegeHumor, slavery re-enactments, Angola, vaping and so much more!

Riese

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Feb 14, 2020

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Lez Liberty Lit Is Locating Queer Desire

Finding queer desire in literature, why it can feel uncomfortable to read queer romance, two lesbian poets writing under the same pseudonym and more.

Ryan Yates

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Feb 13, 2020

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Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

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The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

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Bob the Drag Queen’s New Novel ‘Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert’ Is More Than a Joke

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