The most popular queer books of 2023

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 2023.

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The T in LGBT
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The T in LGBT

Jamie Raines

2023 · 2025 edition

272 pages

300,000 Kisses
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300,000 Kisses

Seán Hewitt, Luke Edward Hall

Published 2023

208 pages

Being Ace
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Being Ace

Linsey Miller, Rosiee Thor, Moniza Hossain, Akemi Dawn Bowman, Emily Victoria, Sam Taylor, Ayida Shonibar, RoAnna Sylver, Kat Yuen, K. Hart, Jas Brown, Zaquira C., S. E. Anderson, Lara Ameen

Published 2023

352 pages

Forever Is Now
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Forever Is Now

Mariama J. Lockington

2023 · 2025 edition

416 pages

The Meadows
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The Meadows

Stephanie Oakes

Published 2023

448 pages

Loki's Ring
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Loki's Ring

Stina Leicht

Published 2023

512 pages

Dual Memory
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Dual Memory

Sue Burke

Published 2023

352 pages

Dear Prudence
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Dear Prudence

Daniel M. Lavery

2023 · 2024 edition

368 pages

Mindbreaker
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Mindbreaker

Kate Dylan

Published 2023

320 pages

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