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<p>Usually, at about this time of year, I shout out the queer books you can vote for in the Goodreads Choice Awards. But this year, <a href=”https://bookriot.com/the-2025-goodreads-choice-awards-harry-potter-problem/”>the inclusion of Harry Potter and books based on Harry Potter fanfiction</a> has soured me on it. I don’t want to give any more attention and money to JK Rowling’s anti-trans agenda. So, instead, I’m looking at the queer books included in Best Books of the Year list. This time, I’m looking through <a href=”https://time.com/collections/the-100-must-read-books-of-2025/”>TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2025</a>.</p>

<p>As always, this is an imperfect process: I’m just pulling out the titles I recognize as queer. Let me know if I missed any or if I got any of these wrong! I’ve included five of the Book Riot recommendations of these books, with a list of more of TIME’s picks at the end.</p>
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<p>All Access members can also find a list of 17 new queer books out this week at the end of this post!</p>

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<p>If<em>Daisy Jones</em>brought you to Taylor Jenkins Reid and<em>Evelyn Hugo</em>made you love her, then<em>Atmosphere</em>can only be described as Taylor Jenkins Reid at her very best. It’s a romance and a character study, exploring what life was like during a particular moment for a very particular set of people: queer women working on the space shuttle program at NASA in the 1970s and 80s. It’s beautiful, moving, and, at times, heart-stopping. Whether describing moments of Joan’s life in triumph or disaster, Reid will have you wrapped around her finger. You won’t be able to look away—and you’d never want to. —Rachel Brittain</p>
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<p>This isn’t just another biography about James Baldwin, acclaimed writer and civil rights activist. In <em>Baldwin: A Love Story, </em>Nicholas Boggs set out to explore James Baldwin’s life and works through his intimate relationships: his mentor, the painter Beauford Delaney; Lucien Happersberger, a Swiss painter who was Baldwin’s lover and muse; and his collaborators, actor Engin Cezzar and the French artist Yoran Cazac. “From the very beginning,” Boggs writes that he knew this book was “a love story.” —Emily Martin</p>
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<p>I’ve been chasing the high of reading <a product-id=”0316540501″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316540501/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0316540501″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Amazon” data-title=”How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures” data-publisher=”Back Bay Books” data-releasedate=”2024-01-09″ data-ean=”9780316540506″ data-asin=”0316540501″ data-author=”Imbler, Sabrina” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>How Far the Light Reaches</a> since 2022, and I finally found that queer science joy again in <em>Forest Euphoria</em>. Mycologist and writer Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian found acceptance and a place to explore in the natural landscapes of her childhood home in the Hudson Valley. As an adult studying science, she found representation of her queerness and neurodivergence in the plants, animals, and fungi she researched. <em>Forest Euphoria</em> is a gentle, poignant exploration of finding queer experiences reflected in nature, from mushroom community building to intersex courtship in slugs to trans identity in eels. Kaishian weaves together her deeply personal memories, nature and science writing, and queer theory in this gorgeous, life-affirming book. —Susie Dumond</p>
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<p>In 1972 Newcastle, Australia, a teenage girl makes a decision that will change the rest of her life: whether to accept her queerness or repress it. What follows is two versions of her life. In one, she is caught kissing her best friend and is kicked out of her home, ending up in a queer communal home. In the other, she hides her queerness and goes to university to study English. These two sliding-doors versions of her life diverge and reconnect, including both meeting the love of her life at a 1977 protest, and eventually, they collide. —Danika Ellis</p>
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<div class=”wp-block-book-blurb-block-main book-blurb bookblurb-block bookblurb”><div class=”bookblurb__content”><a class=”bookblurb__coverlink” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374609071/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0374609071″ data-ean=”9780374609078″ data-asin=”0374609071″ data-title=”Palaver: A Novel” data-author=”Washington, Bryan”><img decoding=”async” class=”bookblurb__image” src=”data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=’http://www.w3.org/2000/svg’%20viewBox=’0%200%200%200’%3E%3C/svg%3E” alt=”Cover Image of Palaver: A Novel by Bryan Washington” data-lazy-src=”https://s2982.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Palaver-A-Novel-Bryan-Washington-cover-300×0.jpg.optimal.jpg”/></a><h3 class=”bookblurb__booktitle”><a product-id=”0374609071″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374609071/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0374609071″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Amazon” data-title=”Palaver: A Novel” data-publisher=”Farrar, Straus and Giroux” data-releasedate=”2025-11-04″ data-ean=”9780374609078″ data-asin=”0374609071″ data-author=”Washington, Bryan” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Palaver</a> by Bryan Washington</h3><div class=”bookblurb__description”>
<p>This is one of the biggest literary fiction releases of the year, and it’s a finalist for the National Book Award. The unnamed main character of <em>Palaver</em> moved to Japan partly to escape his family: his homophobic brother and the mother who takes his side. He’s built a found family in his new home, though his love life is complicated: he’s sleeping with a married man. Ten years since he last spoke to his estranged mother, she shows up at his door, wanting to make amends. Slowly, over many difficult conversations, they begin to see each other more clearly. —Danika Ellis</p>
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<p>More of TIME’s picks for the best queer books of 2025:</p>
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<li><a product-id=”0593537238″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593537238/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0593537238″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Amazon” data-title=”The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex” data-publisher=”Knopf” data-releasedate=”2025-06-03″ data-ean=”9780593537237″ data-asin=”0593537238″ data-author=”Febos, Melissa” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Dry Season</a> by Melissa Febos</li>



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<li><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”0807022403″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807022403/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0807022403″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”The Idea of an Entire Life: Poems (Raised Voices)” data-publisher=”Beacon Press” data-releasedate=”2025-09-09″ data-author=”Belcourt, Billy-Ray” data-ean=”9780807022405″ data-asin=”0807022403″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Idea of an Entire Life</a> by Billy-Ray Belcourt</li>



<li><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”031658133X” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/031658133X/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=031658133X” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Lonely Crowds: A Novel” data-publisher=”Little, Brown and Company” data-releasedate=”2025-07-29″ data-author=”Wambugu, Stephanie” data-ean=”9780316581332″ data-asin=”031658133X” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Lonely Crowds</a> by Stephanie Wambugu</li>



<li><a product-id=”0374616280″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0374616280/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0374616280″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Amazon” data-title=”The South: A Novel” data-publisher=”Farrar, Straus and Giroux” data-releasedate=”2025-05-27″ data-ean=”9780374616281″ data-asin=”0374616280″ data-author=”Aw, Tash” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The South</a> by Tash Aw</li>



<li><a product-id=”1668076217″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1668076217/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=1668076217″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” title=”Buy from Amazon” data-title=”The Three Lives of Cate Kay: Reese’s Book Club: A Novel” data-publisher=”Atria Books” data-releasedate=”2025-01-07″ data-ean=”9781668076217″ data-asin=”1668076217″ data-author=”Fagan, Kate” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Three Lives of Cate Kay</a> by Kate Fagan</li>
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<h2 class=”wp-block-heading”>17 New Queer Books Out This Week: November 18, 2025</h2>

<p>As a bonus for All Access members, here are 17 queer books out this week, including the queer horror book <a title=”Buy from Amazon” rel=”noopener” product-id=”0316575240″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316575240/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0316575240″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”I’ll Make a Spectacle of You” data-publisher=”Run For It” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Iker, Beatrice Winifred” data-ean=”9780316575249″ data-asin=”0316575240″ class=”butter”>I’ll Make a Spectacle of You</a> by Beatrice Winifred Iker and the nonfiction book <a title=”Buy from Amazon” rel=”noopener” product-id=”B0DQS5214L” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DQS5214L/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0DQS5214L” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Seahorses: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy” data-publisher=”PM Press” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Knaphus, Simon” data-ean=”9798887441283″ data-asin=”B0DQS5214L” class=”butter”>Seahorses: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy</a> edited by Simon Knaphus.</p>
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<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0FNRXHDV9″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FNRXHDV9/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0FNRXHDV9″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Hard to Beat: A sapphic sports romance” data-publisher=”Alma&;Albany” data-releasedate=”2025-11-20″ data-author=”French, Lexi” data-ean=”” data-asin=”B0FNRXHDV9″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Hard to Beat</a> by Lexi French (F/F Sports Romance)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0FTWHY9ST” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FTWHY9ST/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0FTWHY9ST” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”The Milkyway Hotel” data-publisher=”” data-releasedate=”2025-11-14″ data-author=”Silberfeld-Grimaud, Jude” data-ean=”” data-asin=”B0FTWHY9ST” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Milkyway Hotel</a> by Jude Silberfeld-Grimaud and Marguerite Grimaud (F/F Holiday Romance)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0FCYXQKTS” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FCYXQKTS/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0FCYXQKTS” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Slow Cooked Feelings” data-publisher=”M.C. Hutson Press” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Hutson, M.C.” data-ean=”” data-asin=”B0FCYXQKTS” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Slow Cooked Feelings</a> by M.C. Hutson (F/F Romance)</p>
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<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”1538774682″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1538774682/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=1538774682″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Husband of the Year (Teachers in Love, 4)” data-publisher=”Forever” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Wardell, M. A” data-ean=”9781538774687″ data-asin=”1538774682″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Husband of the Year</a> by M.A. Wardell (M/M Romance)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0FYMY52NB” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FYMY52NB/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0FYMY52NB” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”After Hours at Dooryard Books” data-publisher=”Cat Sebastian” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Sebastian, Cat” data-ean=”9798993593401″ data-asin=”B0FYMY52NB” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>After Hours at Dooryard Books</a> by Cat Sebastian (M/M Historical Romance)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0DXP78GYS” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DXP78GYS/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0DXP78GYS” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Three Hundred Years of Longing: Bu Jian Shang Xian San Bai Nian (Novel) Vol. 1″ data-publisher=”Seven Seas” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Mu Su Li” data-ean=”9798895611258″ data-asin=”B0DXP78GYS” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Three Hundred Years of Longing: Bu Jian Shang Xian San Bai Nian (Novel) Vol. 1</a> by Mu Su Li (M/M Fantasy)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0DYNG8J6M” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DYNG8J6M/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0DYNG8J6M” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 10″ data-publisher=”Seven Seas” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou” data-ean=”9798888434857″ data-asin=”B0DYNG8J6M” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 10</a> by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou (M/M Fantasy)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”0316575240″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316575240/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0316575240″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”I’ll Make a Spectacle of You” data-publisher=”Run For It” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Iker, Beatrice Winifred” data-ean=”9780316575249″ data-asin=”0316575240″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>I’ll Make a Spectacle of You</a> by Beatrice Winifred Iker (Queer Horror)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0DM464R65″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DM464R65/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0DM464R65″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”You Watched in Silence” data-publisher=”Blackstone Publishing, Inc.” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”H. Lee Justine” data-ean=”9798874899158″ data-asin=”B0DM464R65″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>You Watched in Silence</a> by H. Lee Justine (Sapphic Horror)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”0593858395″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593858395/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0593858395″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Leave It on the Track” data-publisher=”Dutton Books for Young Readers” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Fisher, Margot” data-ean=”9780593858394″ data-asin=”0593858395″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Leave It on the Track</a> by Margot Fisher (Queer YA Contemporary)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”0063330415″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0063330415/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=0063330415″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”The Cuffing Game: Great for Holiday and Christmas Reading or Gifting” data-publisher=”HarperCollins” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Lee, Lyla” data-ean=”9780063330412″ data-asin=”0063330415″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Cuffing Game</a> by Lyla Lee (Bisexual F/M YA Romance)</p>
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<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0F9W7377J” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F9W7377J/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0F9W7377J” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”I Love Amy, Vol. 1″ data-publisher=”Ize Press” data-releasedate=”2025-12-30″ data-author=”UNNI” data-ean=”9798400904141″ data-asin=”B0F9W7377J” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>I Love Amy, Vol. 1</a> by UNNI (F/F Manga)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”1938841417″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1938841417/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=1938841417″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays” data-publisher=”Jaded Ibis Press” data-releasedate=”2025-11-19″ data-author=”Danielle Bainbridge” data-ean=”9781938841415″ data-asin=”1938841417″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Dandelion: A Memoir in Essays</a> by Danielle Bainbridge (Queer Woman Memoir)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”1250428327″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250428327/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=1250428327″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much” data-publisher=”Flatiron Books” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Erivo, Cynthia” data-ean=”9781250428325″ data-asin=”1250428327″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Simply More: A Book for Anyone Who Has Been Told They’re Too Much</a> by Cynthia Erivo (Queer Memoir)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0DQS5214L” href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DQS5214L/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0DQS5214L” target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”Seahorses: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy” data-publisher=”PM Press” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”Knaphus, Simon” data-ean=”9798887441283″ data-asin=”B0DQS5214L” class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>Seahorses: Trans, Nonbinary, and Gender-Expansive Pregnancy</a> edited by Simon Knaphus (Trans Nonfiction)</p>

<p><a title=”Buy from Amazon” product-id=”B0F5P1SG93″ href=”http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0F5P1SG93/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&;tag=boorio-20&;linkCode=as2&;camp=217145&;creative=399349&;creativeASIN=B0F5P1SG93″ target=”_blank” butter=”butter” nofollow=”nofollow” data-title=”The Official Rocky Horror Late Night Double Feature: The 50th Anniversary Two-Volume Collector’s Edition” data-publisher=”Weldon Owen” data-releasedate=”2025-11-18″ data-author=”O’Brien, Linus” data-ean=”9798886743357″ data-asin=”B0F5P1SG93″ class=”butter” rel=”noopener”>The Official Rocky Horror Late Night Double Feature: The 50th Anniversary Two-Volume Collector’s Edition</a> by Linus O’Brien and Richard O’Brien (Queer Nonfiction)</p>

<p><em>Weaving Liberation </em>by M. K. Thekkumkattil (Trans Nonfiction Chapbook)</p>

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