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Queer Books For End Times

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Trying to survive on stories for some escapism in these trying times? How about some faves that interact with our daily challenges in 2025 and remind us why we read new things everday
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SciFi

 
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If you aren't quite ready to take on the real world challenges AI has to offer, may I suggest dipping a toe into the waters with Nnedi Okorafor's “Death of the Author”. In this nearly identical world to ours, Zelu is a disabled author who's dreams ar...
Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor
 
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What if the world ended? Not with a bang but with a slow descent into nothingness. Severance tells the story of Candance Chen, who when the world ends continues her life as a corporate drone, almost until the very end. Told from different points in C...
Severance: A Novel
 
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If you need an epic, fanstastical, science fiction drama with in tense world building, character development, and most importantly, space lesbians, look no further. Gideon the Ninth is a book about esacpe, about fulfilling ones duty, and about love. ...
Gideon the Ninth (The Locked Tomb, #1) by Tamsyn Muir

Fantasy

 
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If you wish that Interview with 
A Vampire was sapphic, then look no further than VE Schwab's “Bury My Bones in the Midnight Soil”. This epic spans centuries and includes all the sapphic longing and dark emotions you could dream of. Schwab isn't afraid to tackle the dark side of lov...
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab
 
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What masks itself as a cozy magical realism queer story of discovery is actually a beautiful tale of returning to your roots and and asking yourself, what would you do if you could see your younger self and just help them figure out what's really goi...
The In-Between Bookstore by Edward Underhill