Expert Mode Queer Reading Challenge 2025 - hosted by rheah

Reject Amatonormativity
 Read a queer book with no romance, not even as a side plot. The queer main characters don't have to be aromantic but it is appreciated. 
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Pew by Catherine Lacey

Pew

Catherine Lacey

224 pages • digital • 2020

fiction literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Something Extraordinary by Alexis Hall

Something Extraordinary

Something Something #3

Alexis Hall

415 pages • digital • 2024

fiction historical lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Sea Spirit Festival by Claudie Arseneault

The Sea Spirit Festival

The Chronicles of Nerezia #3

Claudie Arseneault

196 pages • paperback • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous hopeful lighthearted fast-paced
Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata

Convenience Store Woman

Sayaka Murata

163 pages • digital • 2016

fiction contemporary literary reflective fast-paced
Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White

Compound Fracture

Andrew Joseph White

371 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction lgbtqia+ thriller young adult dark emotional tense fast-paced
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen

Ace: What Asexuality Reveals about Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex

Angela Chen

209 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Until the Last Petal Falls by Viano Oniomoh

Until the Last Petal Falls

Viano Oniomoh

159 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional hopeful medium-paced
Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao

Dear Wendy

Ann Zhao

358 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ young adult emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
My Brother's Husband: Volume 1 by Gengoroh Tagame

My Brother's Husband: Volume 1

My Brother's Husband / Otouto no Otto #1-2

Gengoroh Tagame

352 pages • hardcover • 2015

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ manga emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
Awakenings by Claudie Arseneault

Awakenings

The Chronicles of Nerezia #1

Claudie Arseneault

101 pages • digital • 2024

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced