queer book recs
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Vampires are my thing. They have always been my thing and they will always be my thing. There is something about the vampire as a figure that has always carried queerness in its bones, the outsider, the one who loves differently, the one who exists outside the rules of the world they move through. These…
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Fiction gets a lot of love in queer lit spaces and rightfully so. But sometimes the most powerful queer stories are the ones that actually happened. These three memoirs wrecked me, delighted me, and made me think about my own life in ways I was not expecting. They are very different books about very different…
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I am a sucker for a fantasy world that feels so fully realized you forget you are reading fiction. The kind of world where you can feel the history underneath every scene, where the magic system has rules that actually make sense, and where you close the book wishing you could live there, or at…
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Summer reading should hit you right in the feelings. These five queer YA books delivered that and then some. I loved every single one of them and I am not even a little bit sorry about recommending them all at once. Clear your schedule and stock up on tissues for at least two of them.…
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June is here and that means it is time to celebrate with books. This list has something for everyone, organized by genre so you can skip straight to your corner of queer lit and find your next read. Happy Pride, friends. Sapphic Fantasy Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea by Rebecca ThorneTwo badass women, an established…
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Join Us for the First Annual YoQL UNO Reading Challenge This June! Okay friends, I am so excited about this one. Like, embarrassingly excited. Because this June we are doing something I have wanted to bring to this community for a while now and I cannot wait to see how much fun we have with…
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I am going to be honest with you. Mystery is not always my first instinct when I am browsing for something to read. I tend to drift toward sapphic fantasy like a moth to a very gay flame. But every now and then a mystery comes along that grabs me by the collar and does…
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Okay, “gave me all the feels” is doing a lot of heavy lifting in that title. What I really mean is these five books wrecked me, healed me, made me laugh out loud, and in one case had me crying so hard I had to put it down and take a walk. So, you know.…
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Just a couple of reminders here, the 2nd Annual Sapphic Shelf Explosion is on 2/26/26, if you are viewing the pages before bookmark the pages, or make a list for shopping on Thursday! I have heard rumor some of the books are already marked down. All books should be marked to either $.99 or Free,…
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Friendly reminder: Sapphic Shelf Explosion happens on February 26, 2026. If you’re shopping ahead of time, some books may not be on sale just yet. All participating titles will be free or $0.99 on 2/26/26, so be sure to check the price before you buy. Death & Maia – A.C. Jolly Author-provided blurb: In plague-ridden…
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