20 Books by Queer Authors

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15 participants (163 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Read 20 books (or more!) by queer authors in 2025. Inspired by the 20-book challenge by @melanatedreader (20 Books by Black Women)

Challenge Books

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The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

The Taking of Jake Livingston

Ryan Douglass

244 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling

The Luminous Dead

Caitlin Starling

414 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Don't Let the Forest In by C.G. Drews

Don't Let the Forest In

C.G. Drews

327 pages • hardcover • 2024

fiction fantasy horror lgbtqia+ young adult dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Burn Down, Rise Up by Vincent Tirado

Burn Down, Rise Up

Vincent Tirado

352 pages • digital • 2022

fiction horror lgbtqia+ thriller young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced
Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer by Dylan Mulvaney

Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer

Dylan Mulvaney

272 pages • hardcover • 2025

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

All Boys Aren't Blue

George M. Johnson

304 pages • digital • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir race young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil

V.E. Schwab

535 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Mariko Tamaki

304 pages • digital • 2019

fiction contemporary graphic novel lgbtqia+ young adult emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
The First to Die at the End by Adam Silvera

The First to Die at the End

Death-Cast #0

Adam Silvera

597 pages • hardcover • 2022

fiction lgbtqia+ speculative fiction young adult emotional sad medium-paced
Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Manhunt

Gretchen Felker-Martin

296 pages • paperback • 2022

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark emotional tense medium-paced