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‘The Queer Bookshelf’ Will Help You Find Your Next Gay Read — Without Algorithms

London-based author Layla McCay has written The Queer Bookshelf to bring us a reader’s perspective on what a queer canon…

Sally

Jun 11, 2026

Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

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Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

“The ‘hot’ in Hot Girls with Balls is that it’s a given our protagonists are extremely beautiful.”

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jul 4, 2025

Hot Girls With Balls by Benedict Nguyen, Lonely Crows by Stephanie Wambugu, and Necessary Fiction by Eloghosa Osunde

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for July 2025

Pride month may be over, but we read queer all year, and these are our top picks for new LGBTQ+ books coming out July 2025.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Jul 1, 2025

A/S/L, Make Sure You Die Screaming, and Luminous

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7 New Trans Novels To Read This Summer

In less than six months, 2025 has already amassed an absolutely stellar line-up of trans novels that range from historical fiction, lyrical explorations of dysphoria and identity, and science fiction…

Nic Anstett

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Jun 26, 2025

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

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The Toxic Lesbian Vampire Novel That Turned Me Into a Fantasy Reader

V.E. Schwab’s Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil sunk its fangs into me and never let go.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Jun 17, 2025

Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’

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Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’

We have to wait SO LONG for the next season. So, to tide us over, I have some queer books to recommend to you that will scratch some of the…

Valerie Anne

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Jun 16, 2025

so gay for you

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‘So Gay For You’ Is Everything I Hoped It Would Be and More

‘So Gay For You’ is a loving portrait of chosen community, a roaming time capsule of queer pop culture, a platonic love story, a behind-the-scenes look at a groundbreaking show…

Riese

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Jun 4, 2025

alice and shane

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Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig Go Deep Into The L Word’s Most Legendary Sex Scenes

“It was our way of subverting expectation, showing that lesbians are different kinds of people with their own relationship dynamics, even in the bedroom.”

Kate & Leisha

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Jun 4, 2025

Author photo of Dawn Staley (by Kareem Black) and Image of the "Uncommon Favor" book cover

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Dawn Staley’s Memoir Welcomes a New Generation of Women’s Basketball Fans Into Her Greatness

Uncommon Favor isn’t just a memoir about Dawn Staley; it’s a history lesson in the growth of women’s basketball.

Natalie

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Jun 3, 2025

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Vernal Thaw by Frances Cannon

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Ashley Herring Blake and Get Over it, April Evans

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Best Woman by Rose Dommu and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

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Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

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