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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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The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill

The In-Between Bookstore

Edward Underhill

253 pages • 2025 • 9 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ magical realism science fiction emotional lighthearted reflective medium-paced
Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known by George M. Johnson

Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known

George M. Johnson

133 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography essays lgbtqia+ emotional informative inspiring fast-paced
The Shots You Take by Rachel Reid

The Shots You Take

Rachel Reid

329 pages • 2025 • 8 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance sports emotional reflective medium-paced
Icarus by K. Ancrum

Icarus

K. Ancrum

8h 33m • 2024 • 12 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional hopeful tense medium-paced
Rhett by Riley Hart

The Swift Brothers #3

Rhett

Riley Hart

250 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional hopeful sad medium-paced
My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

My Best Friend's Honeymoon

Meryl Wilsner

292 pages • 2025 • 7 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced
Tea You at the Altar by Rebecca Thorne

Tomes and Tea #3

Tea You at the Altar

Rebecca Thorne

336 pages • 2025 • 18 editions

fiction fantasy lgbtqia+ adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced
Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk

Even Though I Knew the End

C.L. Polk

3h 52m • 2022 • 19 editions

fiction fantasy historical lgbtqia+ dark emotional mysterious fast-paced
When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill

When Women Were Dragons

Kelly Barnhill

15h 28m • 2022 • 41 editions

fiction historical lgbtqia+ magical realism emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Ella Josephine and the Apartment House on Poppy Hill by Sònia Albert, Nina LaCour

Ella Josephine #1

Ella Josephine and the Apartment House on Poppy Hill

Sònia Albert, Nina LaCour

missing page info • 2023 • 5 editions

fiction childrens middle grade funny lighthearted medium-paced