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We’re greater than midway by way of the 12 months, and there are nonetheless so many glorious queer books popping out in 2025. My checklist of upcoming releases I need to choose up is unconquerable, however I assumed I might share with you ten of the books I will likely be prioritizing probably the most. I’m in my sapphic fantasy period, apparently, however I’m additionally wanting ahead to studying trans satirical horror, a queer online game memoir, trans essays, and a homosexual Palestinian tackle Mrs. Dalloway.
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Simplicity by Mattie Lubchansky (July 29)
I beloved Mattie Lubchansky’s earlier graphic novel, Boys Weekend, a satirical trans horror story, so I can’t wait to choose up her latest one. Simplicity follows a trans man residing within the walled metropolis of New York in 2081. He’s employed to do an anthropological survey of the cult of Simplicity within the Catskills. He’s charmed by this group, however he begins to have visions of monstrous and delightful creatures—after which members of Simplicity begin to go lacking.
A Sport in Yellow by Hailey Piper (August 12)
First off, that cowl is completely creepy. This horror novel follows Carmen and Blanca, who’re losing interest of their kinky intercourse life, till they uncover a play referred to as The King in Yellow. Studying it’ll drive you mad… however pattern just some pages, and also you’ll expertise euphoria. As they play on the razor’s edge between pleasure and the void, Carmen begins to yearn to flee into the world of the play. Queer Lovecraftian erotica horror? Why not!
Each/And: Essays by Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Writers of Colour by Denne Michele Norris with Electrical Literature (August 12)
This Vicious Starvation by Francesca Might (August 26)
One sample I’ve seen in queer lit this 12 months is gothics, and I’m right here for it. I particularly can’t resist a sapphic gothic like this one. Thora is a widow seeking to begin a brand new life finding out botany at a prestigious college. There, she is intrigued by a lady tending to the backyard beneath her window at evening. She learns that Olea has an ailment that retains her confined to the backyard, and as their relationship intensifies, Thora turns into obsessive about discovering a treatment. Tanya Pell, writer of Her Depraved Roots, calls this a “queer fairy tale of toxic romance that echoes with longing.”
Three Events by Ziyad Saadi (August 26)
Queer Palestinian refugee Firas Dareer has deliberate his twenty third birthday celebration meticulously, setting it as much as be his alternative to return out to his family and friends. However regardless of his greatest efforts, issues are already falling aside, with a number of scandals amongst the friends threatening to overshadow his day—and that’s to not point out the love triangle he’s presently in. This novel takes place over the course of a single day, a la Mrs. Dalloway.
Of Floating Isles: On Rising Pains and Video Video games by Kawika Guillermo (September 2)
I don’t play many video video games, however I watch a number of video essays about them. What can I say: I really like media criticism. On this memoir, Guillermo explores the roles video video games have performed in his life as a queer mixed-race individual from a spiritual household. He writes about how they could be a supply of frustration and luxury, escapism and connection. He additionally discusses how video video games can reveal issues about our world.
You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White (September 9)
I beloved The Spirit Bares Its Enamel and Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White, and now he’s making his grownup debut. Given how darkish and gory his YA horror is, I can solely think about what his grownup horror will likely be like. On this, Crane is likely one of the final people on Earth, residing solely to serve the alien hive. There have been some upsides to the top of the world, although, together with that he’s been capable of transition and has met Levi. However when Levi will get him pregnant and the hive calls for Crane give beginning, Crane will do something to cease it.
Destiny’s Bane by C.L. Clark (September 30)
I beloved The Unbroken by C.L. Clark, and guide two within the collection was even higher, so I’ll learn something they write. Unusually sufficient, they’ve two books out on the identical day: this standalone novella and The Sovereign, the ultimate guide within the Magic of the Misplaced trilogy. I’m most wanting ahead to The Sovereign, however I will likely be studying each. Destiny’s Bane, a “tragic sapphic adventure,” follows two ladies from rival clans who fall in love. They could possibly be the important thing to ending the feud—however it might include a horrible value.
The Keeper of Magical Issues by Julie Leong (October 14)
One among my favorite subgenres is queer cozy fantasy, so I’m actually wanting ahead to this one. Have a look at that cute cowl! It has a flying cat! It follows Certainty, a struggling novice mage, who’s paired with the sensible and chilly Mage Aurelia to assist out in a small, non-magical city. As they work collectively, Aurelia and Certainty start to query the Mage Guild’s hoarding of magic, which could possibly be put to make use of to make the lives of the individuals on this city higher.
The Isle within the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri (October 21)
Aaand one final sapphic fantasy guide. I beloved The Jasmine Throne, so I’m excited to a) learn the remainder of the trilogy and b) learn this standalone romantasy novel. It takes place in an England “fuelled by stories,” the place the witch Simran and knight Vina are fated to fall in a tragic form of love, lifetime after lifetime. To make issues worse, an murderer is concentrating on tales like theirs. However this time, they’re decided to write down themselves a greater ending.
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