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Take Me With You Is Steven Rowley at His Most Mature and Heartfelt
Steven Rowley’s latest novel uses an alien abduction to explore queer grief, long-term love, and what it means to be the one who stayed. His most emotionally mature work yet, and a close contender for his best.
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The Best Queer Books of May 2026: Our Picks
Eleven queer books worth your time before Pride Month. Douglas Stuart, Julián Delgado Lopera, Maia Kobabe, and more. New LGBTQ+ fiction, nonfiction, and YA releasing in May 2026.
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Douglas Stuart’s John of John Is Quietly Stunning but Slow
Douglas Stuart returns with John of John, a slow and stunning third novel set on the Isle of Harris. A broke art school graduate comes home to find his father hiding the same secret he is. Two closeted men, one windswept island, and almost no language for what they feel.
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Transgender Fiction at the 2026 Lammys Spotlight
A deep dive into the five finalists for the 38th Lammy Award in Transgender Fiction, and what they reveal about trans literature at its most urgent and necessary moment.
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The Book They Told Him to Burn: The History and Enduring Legacy of Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room turns 70 this year, and Baldwin’s Paris love story still cuts just as deep. A young American, a doomed affair, and a reckoning with desire that society refused to name. Seventy years later, this landmark of queer literature hasn’t aged a day.
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We Burned So Bright Is TJ Klune at His Most Tender and Devastating
Don and Rodney have been married for forty years. Now a black hole is heading for Earth and they have about a month left. TJ Klune’s We Burned So Bright is a queer love story set at the end of the world, funny and heartbreaking in equal measure.
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Hell’s Heart by Alexis Hall Is a Bold Swing That Doesn’t Quite Land
Author Alexis HallPublisher Tor BooksDOP March 10, 2026 Quick Take Hell’s Heart is Alexis Hall’s first science fiction novel and a queered retelling of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, recasting Ishmael as a trans woman and dropping her into a neon-drenched, gritty space future where Earth is long dead and humanity survives on spermaceti harvested from…
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Star Shipped: A New Era for Cat Sebastian’s Queer Romance
Star Shipped is a near-perfect contemporary romance and a genuine achievement for an author who was already operating at the top of her field. Simon and Charlie are two of the most fully realised characters in recent queer romance, and their story, messy and slow and funny and deeply kind, is the kind that stays…
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The Open Era by Edward Schmit Is the Queer Sports Romance We’ve Been Waiting For
The Open Era is a queer rivals-to-lovers romance set against the backdrop of the US Open, following Austin Hardy, the first openly gay man to compete in a Grand Slam, as he navigates sudden visibility, a worsening anxiety disorder, and an unexpected connection with his most formidable competition.
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One Week To Win The Chocolate Maker
One Week to Win the Chocolate Maker by Timothy Janovsky is a queer romance novel that leans heavily into whimsy, nostalgia, and comfort. This LGBTQ+ love story clearly draws inspiration from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, queering the premise into a romantic competition centered around chocolate, inheritance, and connection.