Queer Joy 2025

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42 participants (52 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read queer books by queer authors where the main character doesn't spend the whole time crying, dying, or coming out. Preferably not all by white authors, but I'm not your dad, read what sparks joy. 

"rage rage against the dying of the light..." or whatever 

Challenge Books

All books added
Give Me More by Sara Cate

Give Me More

Salacious Player’s Club #3

Sara Cate

358 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional medium-paced
Song of the Huntress by Lucy Holland

Song of the Huntress

Lucy Holland

416 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Another Word for Love: A Memoir by Carvell Wallace

Another Word for Love: A Memoir

Carvell Wallace

253 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror by Joe Vallese

It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror

Joe Vallese

298 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction essays horror lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Slippery Creatures by KJ Charles

Slippery Creatures

The Will Darling Adventures #1

KJ Charles

247 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

Iron Widow

Iron Widow #1

Xiran Jay Zhao

400 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction young adult adventurous dark tense fast-paced
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston

One Last Stop

Casey McQuiston

422 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ magical realism romance emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Bored Gay Werewolf by Tony Santorella

Bored Gay Werewolf

Tony Santorella

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction contemporary fantasy horror lgbtqia+ adventurous funny fast-paced
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun

The Charm Offensive

The Charmed Offensive #1

Alison Cochrun

358 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Hamamcı Ülfet by Ahmet Rasim

Hamamcı Ülfet

Ahmet Rasim

1 hour, 29 minutes • first pub 1987 (editions) user-added

fiction classics lgbtqia+