Queer Joy 2025

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45 participants (67 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

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The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

The Jasmine Throne

The Burning Kingdoms #1

Tasha Suri

540 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark emotional medium-paced
The Phoenix Keeper by S.A. MacLean

The Phoenix Keeper

S.A. MacLean

486 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ romance funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir

Kai Cheng Thom

188 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism young adult adventurous emotional fast-paced
The Faithless by C.L. Clark

The Faithless

Magic of the Lost #2

C.L. Clark

470 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Unbroken by C.L. Clark

The Unbroken

Magic of the Lost #1

C.L. Clark

544 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous dark tense medium-paced
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