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this was a fantastic year for queer lerature.</div><div class="ContentHearByle-kmPyCa emiglw"><div class="ContentHearByleContent-dpPmNn DRFq"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl ContentHearByl-cZqgyJ bHLeKI"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH hdWCIC byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><span class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BylePreamble-iJolpQ iUEiRd bCbgyH gnILss byle__preamble">By </span><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd hSmufO skIR eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/ntributor/ilana-masad">Ilana Masad</a></span>, <span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name"><a class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ByleLk-gEnFiw iUEiRd hSmufO skIR eErqIx byle__name-lk button" href="/ntributor/jam-factora">Jam Factora</a></span>, <span 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However, when you buy somethg through our retail lks, we may earn an affiliate missn.</p></div></div></div><div data-ttid="ArticlePageChunks" class="ArticlePageChunks-fLyCVG eOdfIs"><div class="GridWrapper-cAzTTK kHBDeH grid grid-margs grid-ems-2 ArticlePageChunksGrid-hfxa bjczjj grid-layout--adrail narrow wi-adrail"><div class="GridItem-buujkM stRKV grid--em grid-layout__ntent"><div class="BodyWrapper-kufPGa bectqB body body__ntaer article__body" data-journey-hook="client-ntent" data-ttid="BodyWrapper"><div class="body__ner-ntaer"><p>There were so many fantastic LGBTQ+ books published this year that we uld probably spend the rt of the readg them. Tly, the proverbial floodgat have opened for queer wrg across all genr, om memoir to history to horror to romance. Whether you want to get hnted by gay ghosts, journey through outer space wh nonbary adventurers, or take a ep dive to <a href=" target="_blank">the history of the AIDS crisis</a>, there’s a 2022 release for you. Exceptnal queer reads were so plentiful, fact, that would be impossible to ll this list “the bt LGBTQ+ books of 2022” — bee, try as we might, we n't ver everythg.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p>So let’s e “favor” stead. A word like “favore” evok the childhood moment when many of first fell love wh readg, back when we bated the relative mers of different lors, feteria foods, and backpack signs. A book don’t have to be fe art to be one of your fav, though certaly n be; jt has to make you want to keep the dt jacket priste ndn and place a proment posn on your shelf. That’s why you’ll fd a <em>Gossip Girl</em> fanfic novella and a bgly funny astrology-themed romance livg on this list alongsi stirrg poetry llectns and ep div to <a href=" target="_blank">the polics of vis,</a> all of them handpicked by <em>Them</em> staffers and ntributors. Queer people nta multus: highbrow, middlebrow, and lowbrow, we want all, and we want <em>more</em>.</p><p>Bee as fantastic as this year was for LGBTQ+ books, we still have so far left to go before queer and trans stori of all typ are fully reprented. The publishg dtry is <a href=" target="_blank">overwhelmgly whe</a>, which turn impacts the opportuni afford to thors of lor. Even wh a surfe of new releas, LGBTQ+ lerature still don’t reflect the realy of our <a href=" target="_blank">creasgly diverse</a> muny. So let’s read queer books, and let’s keep mandg them. We’ve got a lot of lost time to make up for and a lot of shelv to fill.  — <em>Samantha Allen</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Our Wiv Unr the Sea</strong></em> <strong>by Julia Armfield</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" Wiv Unr the Sea by Julia Armfield","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":te,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"25","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_6387f762134d75dfef9bb485" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Our Wiv Unr the Sea by Julia Armfield</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$25Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_6387f762134d75dfef9bb485 button_label_$25Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$25</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Four words: Lbian ep sea horror. <a href=" target="_blank"><em>Our Wiv Unr the Sea</em></a> opens as Miri’s mare blogist wife Leah fally returns home after a submare accint left her and her team strand on the ocean floor for months. As the novel slowly reveals what happened durg Leah’s time away, soon be clear that she’s brought a part of the ocean’s murky pths back wh her. As Miri p wh her wife slippg om her grasp, Armfield’s geo prose weav a strangely romantic tale of love and loss that might jt leave you viewg your own relatnships differently. — <em>Abby Monteil</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>My Government Means to Kill Me</strong></em> <strong>by Rasheed Newson</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"26","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_63867f7a45289356065e5da6" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$26Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_63867f7a45289356065e5da6 button_label_$26Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$26</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>In TV wrer <a href=" target="_blank">Rasheed Newson’s but novel</a>, Earl “Trey” Sgleton III is a child of privilege who mov to New York Cy 1985 to live whout his parents’ money, fluence, or protectn. Seventeen and thrilled to beg explorg the cy’s Black queer scene, Trey quickly fds a kd of home at Mt. Morris, a Harlem bathhoe. It’s there that he meets Bayard Rt, civil rights in and gay man, and the two embark on a tenr iendship that awakens and nourish Trey’s polil nscns. When Trey begs gettg volved AIDS activism, he disvers how msy such work n be — as well as how val and necsary.  — <em>Ilana Masad</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Helen Hoe</strong></em> <strong>by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" Hoe by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"15","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_6387fbf9134d75dfef9bb48b" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Helen Hoe by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$15Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_6387fbf9134d75dfef9bb48b button_label_$15Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$15</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Let’s get one thg straight: <a href=" target="_blank">all ghosts are gay</a>. I uld waste words explag why, or I uld jt send you to <em>Autostraddle</em>, where there is helpfully already an article lled <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">“10 Reasons Why All Ghosts Are Gay.”</a> When to queer and sapphic sire, <em>Autostraddle</em> gets — and unsurprisgly, so do s managg edor Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya. Her book <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Helen Hoe</em></a>, which lands somewhere length between a short story and a novella, is a geoly nstcted gay ghost tale, lite and hntg. Genuely erotic before leang full-tilt to horror, <em>Helen Hoe</em> follows a young woman as she travels to meet her partner’s parents for the first time. Whout spoilg anythg, I’ll jt say that everyone this story has baggage, not jt our narrator. — <em>Samantha Allen</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Virology</strong></em> <strong>by Joseph Osmundson</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" by Joseph Osmundson","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"16","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_6386822228dc7281c6599ba6" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Virology by Joseph Osmundson</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$16Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_6386822228dc7281c6599ba6 button_label_$16Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$16</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Before readg <a href=" target="_blank">this book</a>, I only knew Joseph Osmundson om his role as -host of the <em>Food for Thot</em> podst (which cintally I also remend). I did not know the extent of his knowledge about vis and microblogy more broadly, nor that he was a Clil Assistant Profsor of Blogy at New York Universy. Both his science and his wrg chops are on full display this stunner of an say llectn, which elegantly illtrat how microspilly ty vis like COVID-19 and HIV, which lead a simple existence, n have enormoly plited effects on the socpolil (and ultimately terpersonal) human worlds. The way Osmundson draws meang om a queer experience of vis is credibly movg, ultimately rultg a rage-filled ll to actn. Not to mentn, ’s some of the most betiful wrg I’ve read a long time. — <em>Sarah Neilson</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Manhunt</strong></em> <strong>by Gretchen Felker-Mart</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" by Gretchen Felker-Mart","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"17","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_6387fa2a539153fb39373f" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Mart</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$17Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_6387fa2a539153fb39373f button_label_$17Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$17</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>In orr to grip me, a book has to have what we all need om fictn, or any kd of storytellg, really: pellg characters, beup imagatn and a reason to keep readg. Though <em>Manhunt</em> tak place the fict near-future, is also arguably a novel eply steeped the prent, a work both prcient and historil. The book follows two trans women a future which TERFs have taken over. Our protagonists mt survive a harsh post-apolyptic world chewg on roots and harvtg ans orr to get the hormon they need to survive. Come for the credible storytellg but stay engaged by the vg, clean prose. — <em>Mathew Rodriguez</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella</strong></em> <strong>by Charlie Markbreer</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" Girl Fanfic Novella by Charlie Markbreer","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"18","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_6387f4539153fb393744" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella by Charlie Markbreer</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$18Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_6387f4539153fb393744 button_label_$18Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$18</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Like many queer people, I grew up readg (and ocsnally wrg) fan fictn. I did not, however, grow up watchg <a href=" target="_blank"><em>Gossip Girl</em></a>; but thankfully, that may e as an advantage when readg Charlie Markbreer’s <em>Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella</em>. It is exactly what says on the t — but rather than pokg fun, Markbreer se fan fictn as a genre worthy of ser analysis. He (and breaks) the muny-driven nventns of fanfic, weavg queer affect theory and his own analys of ’90s films, while also throwg some random bs of pop girl RPF (<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">real person fictn</a>) to create a dissociated portra of trans existence an extremely onle era. After all, isn’t transns, like fan fictn, all about creatg alternate univers? <em>— Jam Factora</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Open</strong></em> <strong>by Rachel Krantz</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" by Rachel Krantz","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"26","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_63884f9ac13adc96d559859c" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Open by Rachel Krantz</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$26Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_63884f9ac13adc96d559859c button_label_$26Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$26</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>In clear and often amg prose, journalist Rachel Krantz shar her entry to non-monogamy via her relatnship wh Adam, a man who seems entirely ntrol of himself, his sir, and eventually, Krantz’s too. While their dynamic be creasgly ncerng, Krantz is also ee to beg explorg her attractn to other women, to aspects of BDSM, and ultimately, to her own sense of sire. Along the way, she be a diligent stunt of non-monogamy, tryg to untangle her own wants and needs om the overculture’s implied l of what romance is supposed to look like. — <em>Ilana Masad</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Across a Field of Starlight</strong></em> <strong>by Blue Delliquanti</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"16","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_63884d58134d75dfef9bb492" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Across a Field of Starlight by Blue Delliquanti</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$16Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_63884d58134d75dfef9bb492 button_label_$16Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$16</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>I’ve lled Blue Delliquanti’s prev ic <em>O Human Star</em> <a href=" target="_blank">the bt robot story of the last </a>, yet somehow, <em>Across a Field of Starlight</em> might be even better. After enunterg one another a spachip accint, two nonbary spacefarers — one om a civilizatn that knows nothg but war, the other om a secretive non-terventnist enclave — form a bond that chang both their liv and alters the directn of history. It’s a story about inty, y, but also about vlence, power, lonialism, and the terrible bety of learng. 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Lee spends the whole book searchg for the tular X, a fellow sadist wh whom Lee has an enunter that nearly sends them to the hospal, and who is set to be exported herself. <em>X</em>, to put lightly, is not for everyone — but if you’re cravg Dennis Cooper-que apolyptic noir that’ll have you askg yourself, “Is fucked up that I fd this kd of hot?” ’s certaly the book for you. — <em>Jam Factora</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Gods of Want</strong></em> <strong>by K-Mg Chang</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" of Want by K-Mg Chang","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"25","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Dragon, Animal, and Bird" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_628d271652581cb8c411f3fb" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Gods of Want by K-Mg Chang</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$25Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_628d271652581cb8c411f3fb button_label_$25Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$25</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>If you, like me, were a huge fan of K-Mg Chang’s but novel, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Btiary</em></a>, you’re gog to want to check out her mmerizg and evotive short stori as well. From a newlywed uple followed by the ghosts of ad s to a girl named Py who be entranced wh another named Psy, the characters the stori explore queer sire eed om judgement, norms, and even the bonds of shallow realy. <em>Gods of Want</em> is a mythorealistic feat filled wh language so lic I wanted to lick off the page. — <em>Ilana Masad</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Exalted</strong></em> <strong>by Anna Dorn</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" by Anna Dorn","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"25","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_6387fab02856d861bbcd34cd" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Exalted by Anna Dorn</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$25Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_6387fab02856d861bbcd34cd button_label_$25Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$25</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>If you’ve ever traversed the rocky landspe of queer onle datg, you’re well aware that you need to <a href=" target="_blank">share your entire birth chart</a> before you even thk about askg someone out for ozen yogurt. 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After all, you never know what the stars have store for you. — <em>Daniel Spielberger</em></p><div role="headg" aria-level="3" class="headg-h3"><em><strong>Sex is as Sex Do</strong></em> <strong>by Paisley Currah</strong></div><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" Is as Sex Do by Paisley Currah","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"Bookshop","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"31","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa yHfSr"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd cBDtFT iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd hnjBhO jndIQg"><p id="upc_6388519a664efdf854c7969d" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd cwtInp gA-dRkD">Sex Is as Sex Do by Paisley Currah</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV eQlhCV product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$31Bookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_6388519a664efdf854c7969d button_label_$31Bookshop" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ gJNxgH dBEvYj button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$31</span> <p>Bookshop</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Paisley Currah’s short but val analysis of the current state of trans polics starts by fg sex simply as what the ernment puts on your inty documents. 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Here, fd a list of all the new novels, memoirs, say llectns, and other LGBTQ+ books we’re lookg forward to spendg time wh this summer.</p><h2><em>Bad Gays: A Homosexual History</em> by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller (May 31)</h2><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" Gays: A Homosexual History","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":te,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"BOOKSHOP","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"25","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa jqqdKX"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Advertisement, Poster, Brochure, Paper, and Flyer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd befvEX iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd fcKlBk jndIQb"><p id="upc_62a77a8bdd01fa5519d29257" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd fITBRd gA-dRkD">Bad Gays: A Homosexual History</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV jNVWYF product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$25BOOKSHOP"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_62a77a8bdd01fa5519d29257 button_label_$25BOOKSHOP" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="BOOKSHOP" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ cRxydS jOzLVy button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$25</span> <p>BOOKSHOP</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Wh their new book, wrer Huw Lemmey and amic Ben Miller are brgg their fascatg—and very funny—ep div to the liv of the most dastardly queer people history om the podst to the page. <em>Bad Gays</em> offers a rivetg look back at historil figur whom the prent-day LGBTQ+ muny might be ls eager to reclaim, om outright murrers like Andrew Cunanan and Aileen Wuornos to more sidly sister figur like J. Edgar Hoover or Donald Tmp’s famo mentor, Roy Cohn, while also explorg how their queerns might have played a part the alienatn or eper societal rentments that sent them down the wrong path. (The ls said about “evil twks,” the better.) —Liam Hs</p><h2><em>Nevada</em> by Imogen Bnie (June 7)</h2><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"16","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa jqqdKX"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Advertisement, Poster, Brochure, Paper, and Flyer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd befvEX iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd fcKlBk jndIQb"><p id="upc_62a77b0c88b88c58f7d6b9f8" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd fITBRd gA-dRkD">Nevada</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV jNVWYF product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$16BOOKSHOP"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_62a77b0c88b88c58f7d6b9f8 button_label_$16BOOKSHOP" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="BOOKSHOP" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ cRxydS jOzLVy button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$16</span> <p>BOOKSHOP</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Origally published by Topsi Prs 2013, Bnie’s but novel—which follows a young, punk-aspirg trans woman who heads wt om New York Cy her ex-girliend’s stolen r, attemptg to play the ght role of role mol to a younger, not-yet-out alyte she meets Nevada—is a betiful and ocsnally disturbg plitn of the oh-so-Amerin trope of the cross-untry road trip. <em>Detransn, Baby</em> thor Torrey Peters is jt one a long list of trans women wrers who name Bnie as an fluence, and ’s long past time for cis rears to form a bond wh the brilliance of her work. —Emma Specter</p><h2><em>Greenland</em> by David Santos Donaldson (June 7)</h2><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"26","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa jqqdKX"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Advertisement, Poster, Brochure, Paper, and Flyer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd befvEX iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd fcKlBk jndIQb"><p id="upc_62a77b50d6a05b2628fc68a8" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd fITBRd gA-dRkD">Greenland</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV jNVWYF product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$26BOOKSHOP"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_62a77b50d6a05b2628fc68a8 button_label_$26BOOKSHOP" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="BOOKSHOP" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ cRxydS jOzLVy button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$26</span> <p>BOOKSHOP</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>At the begng of David Santos Donaldson’s but novel, <em>Greenland,</em> s narrator, Kip—a Black Brish expat studyg New York—hol himself up his basement study to churn out his first book three weeks. The book qutn is based on the life of Mohammed el Adl, E.M. Forster’s young Egyptian lover, and Kip begs to fd his grip on realy distegratg as his tert el Adl scends to obssn. As weav medatns on lonialism, spirualy, and the erotic, Santos Donadlson’s supremely stylish fever dream of a novel may lve most eply to a specific subset of the queer experience, but the bigger qutns pos about how we e to terms wh our own social and cultural inti make feel surprisgly universal. —L.H.</p><h2><em>The Kgdom of Sand</em> by Andrew Holleran (June 7)</h2><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" Kgdom of Sand","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"BOOKSHOP","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"26","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa jqqdKX"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Advertisement, Poster, Brochure, Paper, and Flyer" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd befvEX iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd fcKlBk jndIQb"><p id="upc_62a77b9aa4fdc0db4b35e7" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd fITBRd gA-dRkD">The Kgdom of Sand</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV jNVWYF product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$26BOOKSHOP"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_62a77b9aa4fdc0db4b35e7 button_label_$26BOOKSHOP" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="BOOKSHOP" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ cRxydS jOzLVy button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$26</span> <p>BOOKSHOP</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>One of gay lerature’s most teemed tans, Andrew Holleran, returns this month wh his first novel 16 years, <em>The Kgdom of Sand</em>. While Holleran’s cult classic, <em>Dancer om the Dance,</em> is remembered for the illic thrills of s hedonistic roller-aster ri through gay life 1970s New York (durg the ee-spired moment after Stonewall and before the AIDS crisis), <em>The Kgdom of Sand,</em> Holleran turns his gimlet eye to the aftermath of that perd. The book offers a poignant visn of iendship between the narrator—a gay man his 40s who moved om New York back to his hometown Florida to re for his dyg parents, where he has remaed ever sce—and a man 20 or so years his senr lled Earl, wh whom he shar a strange and unlikely bond; s grapplgs wh lonels and mortaly emergg as somethg both hntg and ultimately betiful. —L.H.</p><h2><em>So Happy for You</em> by Celia Laskey (June 7)</h2><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" Happy For You","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"BOOKSHOP","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"26","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa jqqdKX"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd befvEX iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd fcKlBk jndIQb"><p id="upc_62a77bcd98c7d4eb9d677173" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd fITBRd gA-dRkD">So Happy For You</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV jNVWYF product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$26BOOKSHOP"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_62a77bcd98c7d4eb9d677173 button_label_$26BOOKSHOP" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="BOOKSHOP" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ cRxydS jOzLVy button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$26</span> <p>BOOKSHOP</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Laskey excels at wrg queer fictn that dazzl s simplicy, and this latt effort—which follows a queer amic roped to servg as maid of honor at her childhood bt iend’s weddg, only to fd out that the bridal party is, well, stacked agast her, to say the least—is no exceptn. We’ve too often sullied the term “beach read,” but <em>So Happy for You</em> is the kd of book bt enjoyed wh no distractns, bi a betiful body of water. —E.S.</p><h2><em>Jt by Lookg at Him</em> by Ryan O’Connell (June 7)</h2><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" by Lookg at Him","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"BOOKSHOP","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"26","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa jqqdKX"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Human, Person, Water, Sport, Sports, Swimmg, Outdoors, Nature, Advertisement, Poster, Ocean, and Sea" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd befvEX iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd fcKlBk jndIQb"><p id="upc_62a77befc8766d960e6a052f" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd fITBRd gA-dRkD">Jt by Lookg at Him</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV jNVWYF product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$26BOOKSHOP"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_62a77befc8766d960e6a052f button_label_$26BOOKSHOP" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="BOOKSHOP" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ cRxydS jOzLVy button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$26</span> <p>BOOKSHOP</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>In this first novel om the acclaimed edian and wrer behd the h Netflix show <em>Special,</em> Ryan O’Connell draws on his personal experienc as a queer man wh cerebral palsy to the same humoro effect that has drawn him legns of fans—but wh a whole lot of heart too. <em>Jt by Lookg at Him</em> is wrten om the perspective of a gay, disabled TV wrer livg Los Angel who appears, om the outsi at least, to have all—a succsful show, a cent e, a lovg boyiend—but ep down feels stuck, attemptg to overe his imposter syndrome and low self-teem through liberal amounts of alhol and sual sex. O’Connell’s warm, nversatnal tone charts his protagonist’s journey of self-acceptance wh all of the nate charm and dry w you’d expect. —L.H.</p><h2><em>Brown Neon</em> by Raquel Gutiérrez (June 8)</h2><div type="embed" class="UnifiedProductCardWrapper-iFnytN huRpsy product-embed" data-em="{"ctaHref":" Neon","embedSize":null,"isFirstProduct":false,"isSponsored":false,"offerRetailer":"BOOKSHOP","offerUrl":";name":""},"offers":[{"offerUrl":"16","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><div class="UnifiedProductCardObject-fQsetj ixCaho"><div class="UnifiedProductCardHear-dtLsXB gGCgMs"><div class="UnifiedProductCardImageWrapper-cWMgfa jqqdKX"><a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener sponsored" tabx="-1"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa rponsive-image"><img alt="Image may nta: Word, Novel, Book, Text, and Alphabet" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a></div></div></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardBody-hDFFwy btRDdD"><p class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardBrandName-kBReJq iUEiRd befvEX iqPuHE upc-brandName"></p><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardNameWrapper-fHyUwm iUEiRd fcKlBk jndIQb"><p id="upc_62a77c359770825d9b9386bc" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ UnifiedProductCardName-jnQGSN iUEiRd fITBRd gA-dRkD">Brown Neon</p></div><div class="UnifiedProductCardOfferWrapper-fQFmNV gRSWXq"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd dHfCc product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV jNVWYF product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$16BOOKSHOP"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-labelledby="upc_62a77c359770825d9b9386bc button_label_$16BOOKSHOP" data-buy-button="te" data-offer-retailer="BOOKSHOP" data-offer-url=" class="BaseButton-bLlsy ButtonWrapper-xCepQ cRxydS jOzLVy button button--primary-pair product-offer__buy-button" data-event-click="{"element":"Button","outgogURL":"" data-ttid="Button" type=""><span class="ButtonLabel-cjAuJN hzwRuG button__label"><span>$16</span> <p>BOOKSHOP</p></span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>This but say llectn is beg marketed as “part butch memoir, part ekphrastic travel diary, part queer fay tree,” and really, how n you e up wh a more vg scriptn than that? 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