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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Bitterthorn
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Bitterthorn

Kat Dunn

Published 2023

357 pages

Flux
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Flux

Jinwoo Chong

2023 · 2025 edition

352 pages

The New Life
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The New Life

Tom Crewe

Published 2023

392 pages

Herc
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Herc

Phoenicia Rogerson

2023 · 2025 edition

384 pages

Sorry, Bro
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Sorry, Bro

Taleen Voskuni

Published 2023

354 pages

Homebodies
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Homebodies

Tembe Denton-Hurst

Published 2023

384 pages

The Ghost Ship
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The Ghost Ship

Kate Mosse

2023 · 2024 edition

512 pages

Mother, Nature
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Mother, Nature

Jedidiah Jenkins

2023 · 2024 edition

240 pages

Oh Miriam!
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Oh Miriam!

Miriam Margolyes

2023 · 2024 edition

336 pages

The Adult
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The Adult

Bronwyn Fischer

Published 2023

320 pages

Northranger
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Northranger

Rey Terciero

Published 2023

240 pages