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I do know I say this each month, however there are such a lot of wonderful new queer books out in February 2025. I had a tough time narrowing it right down to solely these 10 titles. Contemplate this an outline of among the most fun queer releases of the month, not an entire record. I attempted to incorporate a spread of genres and illustration, together with homosexual and lesbian historic fiction, sapphic gothic, M/M cozy fantasy, trans man center grade horror, and much extra.
I additionally wish to give a pair fast honorable mentions earlier than we dive in. In the meantime, Elsewhere is a trans SFF anthology I learn and beloved when it first got here out. Sadly, the writer is now not round, and it went out of print. Now, there’s a transportable version put out by LittlePuss Press, which was began by the 2 editors, Cat Fitzpatrick and Casey Plett! Additionally, don’t miss that This Ends in Embers by Kamilah Cole, the sequel to So Let Them Burn, is out this month.
Now, let’s get into probably the most thrilling new queer books out in February 2025!
Loca by Alejandro Heredia (Queer Fiction) (Feb 11)
Sal and Charo are finest buddies attempting to make it in New York in 1999, each struggling in dead-end jobs that don’t reside as much as the goals they’d about residing within the U.S. Charo can also be now a mom at 25, elevating a child with a controlling associate, and caught within the type of home life she was attempting to flee from. Sal is haunted by recollections of tragedies in his previous in Santo Domingo. One night time that Sal spends at a homosexual membership adjustments every little thing: he finds love, and Charo and Sal’s social circle opens up, which has them each confronting what they wish to do with their lives.
Mutual Curiosity by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith (Homosexual and Lesbian Historic Fiction) (February 4)
This historic novel is ready in Gilded Age New York andfollows a lavender marriage between Vivian Lesperance and Oscar Schmidt, each joyful to be one another’s beards. Oscar is a supervisor at a cleaning soap firm, and with Vivian’s assist, he finds an investor named Squire Clancey to begin a cleaning soap, fragrance, and candle firm with, which they title Clancey & Schmidt. Squire and Oscar quickly fall for one another, and the three of them grow to be an unconventional trio, with Vivian operating the corporate behind the scenes. However the extra their empire grows, the extra they need to lose if their association is found.
The Lamb by Lucy Rose (Sapphic Gothic) (Feb 4)
Followers of folktale horror ought to decide up Lucy Rose’s debut novel, The Lamb, this month. This novel is ready in modern Cumbria. Margot lives with Mama within the forest. They reside a quiet life ready for Strays to knock on their door. At the very least that’s what Mama calls the strangers who come to go to them. Mama welcomes them in, presents them shelter and meals, after which feeds on them. However when Margot falls for Eden, a Stray who exhibits up throughout a snowstorm, that can change every little thing. —Emily Martin
(Initially, I had three totally different sapphic gothics on this record, so let me say I’m additionally enthusiastic about Hungerstone by Kat Dunn, a retelling of Carmilla, out February 18th.)
However Not Too Daring by Hache Pueyo (Sapphic Gothic Fantasy/Monster Romance) (Feb 11)
Is there room for love within the lifetime of a monster? You’ll discover out on this Gothic romantasy novella! Dália works because the keeper for Anatema, a humanoid spider who enjoys laudanum and consuming stunning girls. Dália should assist Anatema hold her recollections by caring for the locked drawers the place they’re saved and attempting to not present any worry, although Anatema ate Dália’s predecessor. Will they grow to be entangled in a great way, or will Dália finally be lunch? —Liberty Hardy
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Cursebound (Faebound #2) by Saara El-Arifi (Sapphic Fantasy) (Feb 18)
Followers of Faebound have been counting down the times till e-book two of this trilogy, and now it’s lastly right here! Spoilers for e-book one observe.
Now not prisoner to the fae court docket, Yeeran has left behind her new lover, Queen of the fae. However no sooner has she arrived again dwelling then she discovers her former lover is threatening to wage struggle on the fae. In the meantime, Lettle works to interrupt the curse that binds the fae—with the assistance of a mysterious stranger who has arrived on the town.
The Keeper of Lonely Spirits by E.M. Anderson (Queer Cozy Fantasy) (Feb 26)
Peter Shaughnessy is immortal, and he’s fairly irritated about it. After 200 years, he simply desires to cross on. As an alternative, he travels round, liberating vengeful spirits and leaving earlier than he can get near anybody—outliving family members was painful sufficient the primary time round, and he doesn’t wish to repeat it. When he arrives in Harrington, Ohio, it’s to cope with an offended ghost. He didn’t imply to fall in love with a person there. However now he has to resolve whether or not to remain and threat breaking his coronary heart yet again, or depart, placing the city at risk.
A World Value Saving by Kyle Lukoff (Trans Boy Center Grade Horror) (Feb 4)
A is a trans boy whose popping out didn’t precisely go effectively. The truth is, his mother and father power him to go to Save Our Sons and Daughters conferences each week, the place mother and father complain in regards to the “transgender craze” and deadname their children. Quickly, A and his buddies notice that SOSAD is run by an precise demon, feeding on their ache. The truth is, the world is overrun by demons who acquire energy from bigotry. However how is one child supposed to save lots of the world—and is a world that rejects him and his buddies even price saving?
Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays by Edgar Gomez (Homosexual Memoir) (Feb 11)
You would possibly bear in mind Edgar Gomez because the writer of Excessive-Threat Gay. Now he’s again with one other memoir, this time about how he survived as a poor younger queer man in Florida, together with working at a Flip Flop Store for vacationers, “committing a little bankruptcy fraud” to get the cash for veneers, giving massages to closeted males on trip to pay his telephone payments, and sending the identical emergency $20 forwards and backwards between his buddies. Because the writer description says, in these essays, Gomez is “exposing the archetype of the humble poor person for what it is: a scam that insists we remain quiet and servile while we wait for a prize that will always be out of reach.”
All of the Elements We Exile by Roza Nozari (Queer Girl Memoir) (Feb 25)
Roza was born in Canada to Iranian immigrants, and she or he grew up enraptured by her mom’s tales about Iran. Once they finally visited collectively, Roza fell in love with the nation and was welcomed in by her prolonged household. However as she studied feminist texts in college, she shared them along with her mom and started to study extra about her previous in Iran, together with her mom’s expertise protesting and her ambivalence about getting married. As Roza discovers her personal queer identification, she initially rejects it, then finds a option to combine it by exploring queer Iranian historical past and becoming a member of queer areas. All of the whereas, she learns extra about her household’s actual historical past in Iran.
Cleavage: Males, Ladies, and the House Between Us by Jennifer Finney Boylan (Trans Nonfiction) (Feb 4)
In Cleavage, Boylan discusses the division and commonalities between women and men whereas additionally drawing on her personal expertise residing as a trans lady within the public eye. She compares what it was like popping out in 2000 to the present ethical panic about trans individuals, whereas additionally reflecting on how gender impacts our lives. Half memoir, half essay assortment, this guarantees to convey perception, humor, and depth to the dialog.
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