The most popular queer books of 2022

Queer books are for stories that do not fit a tidier label. Characters and authors here resist categories of gender and desire, and the writing is often as inventive as the lives it describes. Expect novels, essays and memoirs that are playful, political and proudly themselves. This list shows the ones first published in 2022.

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Chef's Kiss
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Chef's Kiss

T. J. Alexander

Published 2022

308 pages

One's Company
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One's Company

Ashley Hutson

Published 2022

272 pages

Deaf Utopia
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Deaf Utopia

Robert Siebert

Published 2022

317 pages

Acceptance
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Acceptance

Emi Nietfeld

Published 2022

365 pages

Deadbeat Druid
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Deadbeat Druid

David R. Slayton

Published 2022

350 pages

Lakelore
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Lakelore

Anna-Marie McLemore

Published 2022

291 pages

Fine
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Fine

Rhea Ewing

Published 2022

319 pages

A Girlhood
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A Girlhood

Carolyn Hays

2022 · 2023 edition

288 pages

Island Time
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Island Time

Georgia Clark

Published 2022

412 pages

Flung Out of Space
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Flung Out of Space

Grace Ellis, Hannah Templer

Published 2022

208 pages