Category: Our Queerest Shelves

Manuela has one precious summer before she’s trapped in a loveless marriage. When she gets an offer from Cora, Duchess of Sundridge, to buy a parcel of land Manuela swore she’d never sell, she offers a trade: Manuela will part with the land if Cora lets her spend the summer with her in Paris. She agrees, and they spend those sun-filled days relishing the freedom that Manuela will soon lose. But what if neither of them want to return to their old lives?

Jordan and his boyfriend, Jordy — or “the Jordans,” as a unit — are heading to Big Sur to reunite with college friends Naomi, Craig, and Marielle. It’s been five years since they saw each other last, and they plan to hold “living funerals” to show how much they mean to each other. But Jordan has a secret to reveal that could change everything.

Crimes of Passion by Jack Harbon (M/M Romance)

Deeply Devoted To Him by Eskay Kabba (M/M Romance)

That Summer Feeling by Bridget Morrissey (Bisexual F/F Romance)

Siren Queen by Nghi Vo (Queer Fantasy) (Paperback Rerelease)

The Male Gazed by Manuel Betancourt (Queer Essays)

We Can Be Heroes: A Survivor’s Story by Paul Burston (Gay Memoir)

Horse Barbie by Geena Rocero (Trans Woman Memoir)

Rainbow Parenting: Your Guide to Raising Queer Kids and Their Allies by Lindz Amer (Queer Nonfiction)

A Very Gay Book: An Inaccurate Resource for Gay Scholars by Jenson Titus and Nic Scheppard (LGBTQ Nonfiction/Humor)

dapperQ Style: Ungendering Fashion by Anita Dolce Vita (Queer Nonfiction)

Gender Magic: Live Shamelessly, Reclaim Your Joy, & Step into Your Most Authentic Self by Rae McDaniel (Trans and Nonbinary Self-Help)

This is the newest from the author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School! Ari is an autistic teenager who rarely speaks, and she feel invisible in her school. So when Luis, one of the popular guys, shows an interest in her, she’s flattered. Then he pressures her into sex at a party, and Ari is torn — she didn’t say no, but she also didn’t say yes. Soon, unflattering rumors about her are flying, and that’s when she gets an invitation to The Luis Ortega Survival Club, where she finds real friendship — and begins to fall for one of the girls in the group as they make a plan to stop this from happening to anyone else.

Madison has a clear vision for her future as a political staffer, and she knows just how to get there: gaining experience by being a campaign manager in student elections. Luckily for her, her girlfriend is running — but unluckily, Madison was just dumped. Now she’s campaigning for a different candidate that she might also be falling for. Along the way, though, she stumbles on a pattern of harassment within student government that will prove to be a much bigger fight.

Forever Is Now by Mariama J. Lockington (Bisexual YA Novel in Verse)

If You Still Recognize Me by Cynthia So (Sapphic YA Contemporary) (American Release)

Constellations by Kate Glasheen (Nonbinary YA Graphic Novel)

Matteo by Michael Leali (Gay Middle Grade)

Candidly Cline by Kathryn Ormsbee (Sapphic Middle Grade Contemporary) (Paperback Rerelease)

The Small and Tall Ball by Frank J. Sileo and Katie Dwyer (Two Dads Picture Book)

The Good Hair Day by Christian Trimmer and J Yang (Gender Creative Picture Book)

Rebel Girls Celebrate Pride: 25 Tales of Self-Love and Community by Elena Favilli (LGBTQ Children’s Nonfiction)

The Late Americans is the newest from Brandon Taylor, the bestselling author of Real Life and Filthy Animals. It follows a group of friends, lovers, and acquaintances living in Iowa City, most of whom are queer. It offers vignettes from a wide range of perspectives, all in a moment of upheaval and uncertainty.

I really enjoyed the sapphic YA romances I’ve read from Dugan, especially Hot Dog Girl, so I’m excited to pick up her first adult romance! When Lizzie gets drunk at a wedding and gives a stranger a pep talk in the bathroom, she accidentally convinces the bride to ditch the wedding. And whoops, that runaway bride is Cara, the daughter of the owners of the gym Lizzie works for. As Lizzie tries to keep this secret from them, she finds herself falling for Cara.

Wild Things by Laura Kay (Sapphic Fiction)

Your Love is Not Good by Johanna Hedva (Queer Fiction)

The Language of Love and Loss by Bart Yates (Queer Fiction)

Rehearsed to Death (Domestic Partners in Crime #2) by Frank Anthony Polito (M/M Cozy Mystery)

Catering to Love (Departments of Love #1) by Joshua Ian (M/M Historical Romance)

They Ain’t Proper by M.B. Guel (NB/F Western Romance)

The Battle Drum (The Ending Fire Trilogy #2) by Saara El-Arifi (Sapphic Fantasy)

Trance, Vol. 1 by Joey Capuana, Pablo Collar, and Julio Rojas (Queer Fantasy Comics)

Girl Juice by Benji Nate (Sapphic Graphic Novel)

Poison Ivy 1: The Virtuous Cycle by G. Willow Wilson, Marcio Takara, and Arif Prianto (Sapphic Comics)

My Dear Agent, Volume 1 by Ebino Bisque (BL Manga)

Manner of Death, Vol. 1 by Yukari Umemoto and Sammon (M/M Thriller Manga)

Castle Courtsheart is a school where students train to become vampires — or die in the attempt. Fin is there to get revenge for her mother, killed by vampires. But her plan quickly goes awry, and soon she has a murder mystery to solve. A queer YA book with a murder mystery + a slow burn romance + a magical vampire school setting?? Who could resist?

DOG KNIGHT!! Frankie is a nonbinary middle schooler who saves a golden retriever from bullies and is offered a job by the Pawtheon, a group of dog superheroes. Frankie just has to demonstrate the “six dog virtues of loyalty, kindness, honesty, justice, stubbornness, and smell” to become the Dog Knight. This looks like the perfect book to give to the dog-obsessed kid in your life…including your dog-obsessed inner child.

Fresh by Margot Wood (Sapphic YA Fiction) (Paperback Rerelease)

We’ll Never Tell by Wendy Heard (Queer YA Thriller)

Saint Juniper’s Folly by Alex Crespo (Queer YA Horror)

Venom & Vow by Anna-Marie McLemore and Elliott McLemore (Trans YA Fantasy)

Cinda Meets Ella by Wallace West (Queer Picture Book)

Pride and Joy: A Story About Becoming an Lgbtqia+ Ally by Frank J. Sileo and Kate Lum-Potvin (LGBTQ Children’s Nonfiction)

It’s Totally Normal!: An LGBTQIA+ Guide to Puberty, Sex, and Gender by Monica Gupta Mehta and Asha Lily Mehta (LGBTQ YA Nonfiction)

This cover alone is irresistible. A cute queer baking romance? With a corgi sidekick?? Dylan is in a mooncake baking competition for teen chefs when he meets Theo, who is wealthy, handsome, and extremely distracting, especially when he asks Dylan to be his fake date to a wedding. When he brings rich people problems with him, though, Dylan will have to decide what’s more important: the competition that could save his parents’ restaurant, or this fledgling romance?

Miss Major is an icon in queer history, a veteran of the Stonewall Riots who has spent decades fighting for trans rights, as well as starting a needle exchange clinic and organizing for sex workers’ safety. In this memoir, she advises this generation of activists how to handle the obstacles in their way and how to learn from the conversations and strategies of activists who came before.

Concerning My Daughter by Kim Hye-jin, translated by Jamie Chang, and narrated by Michelle H. Lee (Queer Fiction) (Audiobook Rerelease)

Glassworks by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith (Queer Fiction)

Game Misconduct by Ari Baran (M/M Romance)

Roux for Two by Aurora Rey (Cis F/Trans M Foodie Romance)

A Long Time Dead by Samara Breger (Lesbian Vampire Horror Romance)

Light Carries On by Ray Nadine (Queer Graphic Novel)

Enlightened Transsexual Comix by Sam Szabo (Trans Graphic Novel)

apocrifa by Amber Flame (Queer Poetry)

A Trans Man Walks Into a Gay Bar: A Journey of Self (and Sexual) Discovery by Harry Nicholas (Gay Trans Guy Memoir)

Ma and Me: A Memoir by Putsata Reang (Queer Memoir) (Paperback Rerelease)

The Yards Between Us: A Memoir of Life, Love, and Football by R.K. Russell (Bisexual Memoir)

The T Guide : Our Trans Experiences and a Celebration of Gender Expression-Man, Woman, Nonbinary, and Beyond by Gigi Gorgeous & Gottmilk with Swan Huntley (Trans Nonfiction)

The DC Book of Pride: A Celebration of DC’s LGBTQIA+ Characters by Jadzia Axelrod (LGBTQ Nonfiction)

Eli is a nonbinary makeup artist with one chance of getting into their dream SFX school: Makeup Wars. The winner of the competition gets a scholarship. But among all the fierce competition is Eli’s ex-boyfriend, Zach. Will they be able to make up?

This novel follows three generations of Iranian boys in Tehran and Los Angeles. In 1939, Bobby is thrust into the glitzy and dangerous world of Hollywood. In 1978, Saeed is sent to Los Angeles against his will after his parents find out he’s involved in the revolution. And in 2019, out gay teen Moud goes with his father Saeed to visit his dying grandfather in Tehran and uncovers family secrets.

If Tomorrow Doesn’t Come by Jen St. Jude (Sapphic YA Contemporary)

Never Trust a Gemini by Freja Nicole Woolf (Lesbian YA Contemporary)

They Hate Each Other by Amanda Woody (M/M Fake Dating YA Contemporary)

This is the Way the World Ends by Jen Wilde (Sapphic YA Thriller)

Joy, to the World by Kai Shappley and Lisa Bunker (Trans Girl Middle Grade Contemporary)

I Am a Rainbow! by Mark Kanemura, illustrated by Steve Foxe Richard Merritt (LGBTQ Picture Book)

Dad and Daddy’s Big Big Family by Seamus Kirst and Karen Bunting (Two Dads Picture Book)

Door by Door: How Sarah McBride Became America’s First Openly Transgender Senator by Meeg Pincus and Meridth McKean Gimbel (Trans Nonfiction Picture Book)

First of all, a moment for the cover. Then, imagine How to Train Your Dragon, but Indigenous and bisexual. When 15-year-old Anequs finds a dragon egg and bonds with the baby dragon, her people celebrate: it’s been generations since one has been seen on the island. Now she has to go to an Anglish dragon school on the mainland to learn how to raise him, but she won’t assimilate: “Anequs and her dragon may be coming of age, but they’re also coming to power, and that brings an important realization: the world needs changing — and they might just be the ones to do it.”

When Mary discovers the papers of her great-uncle Victor Frankenstein, they reveal a way to secure her and her husband’s future. As they chase this lead across the Scottish wilds, Mary will meet (and possibly fall for) her husband’s sister — and a rival will threaten not only their goal, but their lives.

A Shadow Crown (The Halfling Saga #2) by Melissa Blair (Bisexual Fantasy)

A Second Story by J.A. Collignon (M/M Cozy Fantasy)

Twilight Out of Focus, Vol. 1 by Jyanome (Gay Manga)

Chasing After Aoi Koshiba, Vol. 4 by Hazuki Takeoka and Fly (F/F Manga)

Journal of a Black Queer Nurse by Britney Daniels (Lesbian Memoir)

The Boy Who Sat by the Window: The Story of the Queen of Soho by David Hodge (Gay Memoir)

Boyslut by Zachary Zane (Bisexual Memoir)

We See Each Other: A Black, Trans Journey Through TV and Film by Tre’vell Anderson (Trans Nonfiction)

The LGBTQ + History Book (DK Big Ideas) by DK and Willow Heath (LGBTQ Nonfiction)

Mickey is a queer Black writer in NYC stuck in a job that doesn’t respect her. Her girlfriend, Lex, is supportive, but Lex’s mother’s undermining of their relationship is driving a wedge between them. When Mickey is fired and quickly replaced, she leaves everything behind to go back home to Maryland to decide what to do next. Bumping into her ex just makes things more confusing. You can hear my full thoughts in the latest All the Books episode!

Eden Sands and Anna Moss are both singers looking to break out. Eden has been a star for 20 years, but her latest album flopped, and she just went through a divorce. Anna is a new artist looking to be taken more seriously. A duet could be just what they both need — even if Eden initially balks at the idea. When they begin to rehearse, though, the find the chemistry between them isn’t just of the musical variety.

Changing Spaces by Karmen Lee (F/F Romance)

Dragonfall by L.R. Lam (Queer Fantasy)

I Thought You Loved Me by MariNaomi (Queer Mixed Media Memoir)

The Pride Atlas: 500 Iconic Destinations for Queer Travelers by Maartje Hensen (Queer Travel Book)

This is the newest book from the author of Simon vss the Homo Sapiens Agenda (AKA Love, Simon). Imogen is a “hopelessly straight” queer ally whose favorite movie is But I’m a Cheerleader and who collects editions of One Last Stop. When she visits her best friend Lilli in university, she finds out Lilli has told her queer ground of friends that Imogen and Lilli are exes. So now they all believe Imogen is bi — including Tessa, who gives Imogen butterflies. She must be mentally queerbaiting, appropriating queerness…right?

Bobby is a queer Filipino American teen whose plan for surviving his notoriously rough high school is keeping his head down. That fails when he’s outed and becomes a target. He turns to the example set by champion Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao to learn how to fight back. When Pacquiao makes his anti-queer stance public, though, Bobby will have to find a new way to stand up for himself.

I Like Me Better by Robby Weber (Queer YA Contemporary)

Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl by Brianna R. Shrum and Sara Waxelbaum (Lesbian YA Contemporary)

Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson (Sapphic Middle Grade Fantasy)

Young Queer America: Real Stories and Faces of LGBTQ+ Youth by Maxwell Poth and Isis King (LGBTQ Nonfiction)

Joan Sands is a queer Black woman whose family is Orisha-blessed, able to sense the Fae hiding among London society. Her gift is being able to control metal, which she uses in her job managing the stage blades for Shakespeare’s company. But when Joan injures a powerful Fae, she gets pulled into a world of dangerous Fae politics.

Since the Hollowing, a small segment of the population has an uncontrollable hunger for human flesh. But it’s no big deal: there’s Synflesh, a synthetic alternative, and things are pretty much back to normal. Zoey, Celeste, Valeria, and Jasmine are all hollow girls who go to a music festival to celebrate their upcoming graduation. But then — oops! — Val goes feral and eats one of the boys in a band. And now it also looks like someone is trying to hunt down all the hollow attendees. This is being pitched as Jennifer’s Body meets iZombie, and it has a cis bisexual main character and a trans bi love interest!

Harley Quinn: Ravenous by Rachael Allen (Queer YA Superhero Fiction)

Robin and Her Misfits by Kelly Ann Jacobson (Queer YA Robin Hood Retelling)

Grandad’s Pride (Grandad’s Camper) by Harry Woodgate (LGBTQ Picture Book)

Gender Heroes: 25 Amazing Transgender, Non-binary and Genderqueer Trailblazers from Past and Present! illustrated by Filipa Namorado (Trans Nonfiction Picture Book)