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International Relations Trades the Boat Race for a Boardroom, and It’s a Charmer
Zac Hammett trades the rowing shell for the diplomatic circuit in this fake dating to fake marriage romance. The tropes are familiar, but the chemistry between Max and Hunter makes International Relations a genuine standout.
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Nathan Tavares Sends Queer Disco to the Moon and It’s Out of This World.
Nathan Tavares swings big with an alternate-1977 queer sci-fi novel about disco, fascism, and alien adjudicators. It almost sticks the landing. A review with real reservations and genuine admiration.
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Book vs Book: Gay Tennis
Two gay tennis novels arrived within three months of each other in 2026. Both are set at the US Open. Both are rivals-to-lovers debut romances. Publishing coincidences like this do not happen. We put them head to head across five rounds to find out which one takes the match.
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Smash or Pass Is the Sapphic YA Debut We Didn’t Know We Needed
Birdie Schae’s debut is a warm, funny, and sharply observed sapphic YA novel about a high-masking autistic girl whose summer at beach volleyball camp dismantles everything she thought she knew about herself. The slow-burn romance earns every page, and Ellie is one of the most fully realized protagonists in recent queer YA.
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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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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.
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Ruby-Fruit Jungle
Molly Bolt will not apologise for who she is, not to her family, not to anyone. Rita Mae Brown’s 1973 novel is one of the foundational texts of lesbian literature, a fiercely funny coming-of-age story about a woman who refuses every box the world tries to put her in.