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The Best Queer Sex Scenes Are About More Than Just Sex
These books use intimacy to explore power, longing, shame, and the self
Jul 24 - Emily Doyle
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Sapphic Speculative Fiction Is Inventing New Futures
These novels model queer futurity with space cults, gangs of trans vigilante women, and antiracist deep sea societies
Jun 30 - Logan Hoffman-Smith
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The Most Anticipated Books by Women of Color for Summer and Fall 2026
Explore these new and debut titles by Naima Coster, Zaina Arafat, Stacey Yu, and Deesha Philyaw
Jun 26 - Lucy Yu
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In These Queer Books, Animals Take on a Mythical Importance
Animals confound the bounds of realism in these stories by speaking, serving as guides or demons, or carrying the souls of others
Jun 26 - Joseph Osmundson
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Queerness Is an Essential Part of Haiti’s Story
These nine characters insist trans and queer lives belong in all walks of Haitian life
Jun 23 - Falencia Jean-Francois
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The Places We Love Are Disappearing. These Authors Are Grappling With It
These nine novels grieve beloved homes, cultures, and worlds that are fading away
Jun 19 - Vanessa Frances
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The Most Anticipated Queer Books for Summer 2026
Celebrate Pride with new and debut titles from Douglas Stuart, ‘Pemi Aguda, Deb Olin Unferth, and more
Jun 5 - D/Annie Liontas
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9 Books That Practice Queer Ecology
For these writers, queerness is an integral part of glaciers, fjords, retention ponds, and every other environment that makes life possible
Jun 2 - Morgan Thomas
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10 Books About African Americans Reclaiming the South
From migration to reverse migration, these books explore home, heritage, and finding freedom in placemaking
May 27 - Kortney Morrow
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Your Next Read, Based on Your Favorite ’00s Indie Songs
These eight queer heartache novels pair perfectly with popular indie anthems of the early aughts
May 26 - Benny B Peterson
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7 Books in Which Obsession Is the Plot
For these women, to be obsessed is to be the center of one’s story
May 22 - Emily Haworth-Booth
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The Gothic Is a Gateway to Literature’s Most Enduring Themes
The best books in the genre are haunted by the unbearable truth at the heart of empires
May 21 - Kyle McCarthy
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7 Books About Queer and Trans Lives on the Prairies
These are stories of hiding, surviving, and loving in the harsh flatlands of central Canada
May 19 - Sam K MacKinnon
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