Mothers and Sons by Adam HaslettMinor Black Figures by Brandon  TaylorThe Slip by Lucas SchaeferThe South by Tash AwOpen, Heaven by Seán Hewitt
2025 Literary Fiction Featuring Queer Men
2nd out of 49 books — 22 voters
My Friends by Fredrik BackmanWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThe Emperor of Gladness by Ocean VuongFox by Joyce Carol OatesWe Do Not Part by Han Kang
Anticipated Literary Fiction 2025
46th out of 336 books — 133 voters

The Broposal by Sonora ReyesNobody in Particular by Sophie GonzalesRunnin' No More by G.T. DípèWhen the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida KelleyTarnished by Erica Rose Eberhart
2025 LGBTQIA+ Books
178th out of 501 books — 182 voters
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuistonDark and Deepest Red by Anna-Marie McLemoreKey Lime Sky by Al HessFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggHere Lies Olive by Kate   Anderson
Queer Books with Colors in the Title
75th out of 193 books — 17 voters

Lost Lambs by Madeline CashVigil by George SaundersThe True True Story of Raja the Gullible by Rabih AlameddineDeparture by Julian BarnesShadow Ticket by Thomas Pynchon
Booker Prize Eligible 2026
68th out of 169 books — 78 voters
Destination Unknown by Bill KonigsbergLike a Love Story by Abdi NazemianAmerican Scholar by Patrick E. HorriganThe Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi VoPennsylvania Station by Patrick E. Horrigan
Queer New York
89th out of 109 books — 9 voters

Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne CollinsKatabasis by R.F. KuangOnyx Storm by Rebecca YarrosBury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. SchwabGreat Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry
Can't Wait Books of 2025
616th out of 793 books — 906 voters
Witches of Honeysuckle House by Liz    ParkerCinder House by Freya MarskeThe Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha SuriHe's So Possessed with Me by Corey LiuHazelthorn by C.G. Drews
queer releases october 2025
139th out of 163 books — 36 voters

I Kissed Shara Wheeler by Casey McQuistonThe Civil War of Amos Abernathy by Michael LealiThe Charm Offensive by Alison CochrunTerry Dactyl by Mattilda Bernstein SycamoreAll Roads Lead to This by Kay Claire
Queer Books Set in the 2020s
23rd out of 29 books — 5 voters
Endling by Maria RevaThe Wayfinder by Adam  JohnsonWild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghyThe Correspondent by Virginia      EvansThe Antidote by Karen Russell
2026 Tournament of Books long list
52nd out of 75 books — 10 voters

Among Friends by Hal EbbottAtavists by Lydia MilletAudition by Katie KitamuraThe Correspondent by Virginia      EvansDream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
2025 NPR Staff Pick Seriously Great Writing
18th out of 31 books — 1 voter
The Silver Book by Olivia LaingOne Aladdin Two Lamps by Jeanette WintersonTranscription by Ben LernerA Guardian and a Thief by Megha MajumdarThe Renovation by Kenan Orhan
Jamad 2026 Booker
18th out of 66 books — 1 voter

My Presentation Today is about the Anaconda by Bibi Dumon TakMy Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel AllendeMy Friends by Fredrik BackmanPour une fraction de seconde - La vie mouvementée d'Eadweard ... by Guy DelisleMurderland by Caroline Fraser
NPR Books We Love 2025 Part 3
9th out of 100 books — 1 voter