Queer Joy 2025

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45 participants (152 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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No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell Turnbull

Convergence Saga #1

No Gods, No Monsters

Cadwell Turnbull

9h 49m • 2021 • 15 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home by Alex Alberto

Entwined: Essays on Polyamory and Creating Home

Alex Alberto

264 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Dream On, Ramona Riley by Ashley Herring Blake

A Clover Lake Novel #1

Dream On, Ramona Riley

Ashley Herring Blake

400 pages • 2025 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

Light from Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki

372 pages • 2021 • 24 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ science fiction adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced
Chef's Kiss by TJ Alexander

Chef's Kiss #1

Chef's Kiss

TJ Alexander

308 pages • 2022 • 7 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
The Homo Heroes (first Issue): Issue 1 by Todd Nunes, Laurie Lovekraft

The Homo Heroes (first Issue): Issue 1

Todd Nunes, Laurie Lovekraft

missing page info • 1 edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
Sneak Peek: Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune

Sneak Peek: Somewhere Beyond the Sea

TJ Klune

36 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Two Henrys by Kevin Allison

This Can't Be Happening Collection #1

Two Henrys

Kevin Allison

35 pages • 2018 • 2 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir short stories emotional funny reflective fast-paced
The Brightness Between Us by Eliot Schrefer

The Darkness Outside Us #2

The Brightness Between Us

Eliot Schrefer

444 pages • 2024 • 13 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction young adult adventurous emotional tense medium-paced
The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer

The Darkness Outside Us #1

The Darkness Outside Us

Eliot Schrefer

397 pages • 2021 • 20 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance science fiction thriller young adult adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced