The 20 Bt LGBTQ Books of 2023 (So Far)</tle><meta name="tle" ntent="The 20 Bt LGBTQ Books of 2023 (So Far)" /><meta name="scriptn" ntent="Celebrate Pri wh telligent nonfictn, supremely ventive novels, and sexy poetry." /><meta name="keywords" ntent /><meta property="og:type" ntent="webse" /><meta name="theme-lor" ntent="#000000" /><lk href="/_assets/sign-tokens/quire/static/imag/" rel="in" /><meta property="og:se_name" ntent="Esquire" /><meta name="fb:app_id" ntent="171874009543995" property="fb:app_id" /><meta name="article:publisher" ntent=" property="article:publisher" /><meta name="fb:pag" ntent="84169421673" property="fb:pag" /><meta name="twter:se" ntent="@Esquire" /><meta name="google-se-verifitn" ntent="1vf5i9wM7chlCFc_0XI_e-oCfDf4sEvp32sTGKokQ" /><meta property="og:tle" ntent="The 20 Bt LGBTQ Books of 2023 (So Far)" /><meta property="og:scriptn" ntent="Celebrate Pri wh telligent nonfictn, supremely ventive novels, and sexy poetry." /><meta name="robots" ntent="max-image-preview:large,max-snippet:-1,max-vio-preview:30" /><lk rel="apple-touch-in" href="/_assets/sign-tokens/quire/static/imag/" /><meta property="og:image" ntent="" /><meta property="og:image:width" ntent="1200" /><meta property="og:image:height" ntent="600" /><meta name="thumbnail" ntent="" /><meta name="" ntent="" /><meta name="" ntent=" /><meta name="twter:image" ntent="" /><meta ntent=" property="og:url" /><meta name="to-publish" ntent="timely" /><meta property="og:type" ntent="article" /><meta name="twter:rd" ntent="summary_large_image" /><meta name="article:opn" property="article:opn" /><meta ntent="Books" property="article:sectn" /><meta ntent="2023-06-16T10:00:04Z" property="article:modified_time" /><meta ntent="2023-06-16T10:00:00Z" property="article:published_time" /><meta name="sailth.excerpt" ntent="<p class="body-dropp">Every year, gets more and more difficult to formulate a remend readg list of fantastic mt-read books by queer thors bee the days, there are so many queer thors publishg fantastic mt-read books. A champagne problem if there ever was one. But for Esquire, I have done my damnst as a Pri Month gift to you all. You’re wele.</p><p>Below, I prent twenty of my favore LGBTQ books published this year th far, orr of publitn date. The list clus some of the ual talented spects, some excg buts, and even a celebry memoir, verg an array of genr and narrative styl, om telligent nonfictn to supremely ventive novels to super sexy poetry (though, I might argue, all poetry is sexy). This summer is the perfect time to tch up on whichever of the tl you’ve yet to read, and/or remend the on you have to iends. 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lgbtq books" tle="bt lgbtq books" width="2000" height="1000" dg="async" data-nimg="1" style="lor: transparent; width: 100%; height: to;" siz="100vw" srcSet=" 640w, 980w, 1120w, 1200w, 1920w" src="" class="css-335qep exi4f7p0" /></div><style data-emotn="css 285vyd">{le-height:1;}@media(max-width: 73.75rem){{paddg-left:0.9375rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg-left:0;}}</style><figptn class="css-285vyd enfs9c50"><style data-emotn="css 1mcfn5x">{lor:#595959;font-fay:Lsanne,Lsanne-fallback,Arial,sans-serif;paddg-right:0.3125rem;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:0.70028rem;le-height:1.2;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{font-size:0.70028rem;le-height:1.2;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{font-size:0.75rem;le-height:1.3;}}</style><span class="css-1mcfn5x e6iqd2">Sarah Kim</span></figptn></div><style data-emotn="css 1mdnnmm">@media(max-width: 64rem){{width:to;}}@media(m-width: 20rem) and (max-width: 64rem){{paddg:0 1rem;}}@media(m-width: 48rem){{paddg:0rem;marg:0 to;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{paddg:0rem;width:to;}} img{width:100%;}</style><div class="listicle-tro css-1mdnnmm erx0a9f15"><style data-emotn="css am5pt0">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;}{float:left;text-transform:upperse;font-weight:bold;marg-right:0.9375rem;marg-bottom:-0.625rem;marg-top:0;}{font-fay:Glanz,Glanz-fallback,Tim,Serif;font-size:6.25rem;font-weight:normal;le-height:0.75;marg-right:0;paddg:0.6rem 0.75rem 0 0;}@-moz-document url-prefix(){{marg-top:0.625rem;}}@media(max-width: 48rem){{marg-right:0.3125rem;}}@media(m-width: 64rem){{le-height:0.75;}} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p class="body-dropp css-am5pt0 et3p2gv0">Every year, gets more and more difficult to formulate a remend readg list of fantastic mt-read books by queer thors bee the days, there are so many queer thors publishg fantastic mt-read books. A champagne problem if there ever was one. But for Esquire, I have done my damnst as a Pri Month gift to you all. You’re wele.</p><style data-emotn="css aeyldl">{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-size:1.1875rem;le-height:1.6;} strong{font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;font-weight:bold;} em{font-style:alic;font-fay:Charter,Geia,Tim,Serif;}</style><p class="css-aeyldl et3p2gv0">Below, I prent twenty of my favore LGBTQ books published this year th far, orr of publitn date. The list clus some of the ual talented spects, some excg buts, and even a celebry memoir, verg an array of genr and narrative styl, om telligent nonfictn to supremely ventive novels to super sexy poetry (though, I might argue, all poetry is sexy). This summer is the perfect time to tch up on whichever of the tl you’ve yet to read, and/or remend the on you have to iends. 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3sqxrq">{display:-webk-box;display:-webk-flex;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;grid-gap:4px;-webk-align-ems:basele;-webk-box-align:basele;-ms-flex-align:basele;align-ems:basele;-webk-box-flex-wrap:wrap;-webk-flex-wrap:wrap;-ms-flex-wrap:wrap;flex-wrap:wrap;}</style><div class="css-3sqxrq e19xk9rq7"><span class="css-0 e19xk9rq5"><style data-emotn="css 1yunoig">{lor:#161616;font-fay:Lsanne,Lsanne-fallback,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacg:0.02rem;-webk-text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn-lor:her;text-ratn-thickns:0.0625rem;text-transform:upperse;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1.4;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1.3;}}{lor:#595959;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;}</style><style data-emotn="css 1kgdfad">{lor:#161616;font-fay:Lsanne,Lsanne-fallback,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacg:0.02rem;text-transform:upperse;lor:#161616;font-fay:Lsanne,Lsanne-fallback,Arial,sans-serif;letter-spacg:0.02rem;-webk-text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn:unrle;text-ratn-lor:her;text-ratn-thickns:0.0625rem;text-transform:upperse;text-unrle-offset:0.25rem;-webk-transn:all 0.3s ease--out;transn:all 0.3s ease--out;}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1.4;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1.3;}}@media(max-width: 48rem){{font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1.4;}}@media(m-width: 40.625rem){{font-size:0.70003rem;le-height:1.3;}}{lor:#595959;text-ratn-lor:borr-lk-body-hover;}</style><a href="/thor/242354/matt-ortile/" class="e1c1bym13 css-1kgdfad e1c1bym14"><span>Matt Ortile</span></a></span></div><style data-emotn="css 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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 data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Our Wiv Unr the Sea by Julia Armfield","brand":{"name":""},"id":"6387f762134d75dfef9bb485","offers":[{"offerUrl":"25","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="6387f762134d75dfef9bb485" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Our Wiv Unr the Sea by Julia Armfield</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$25atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="6387f762134d75dfef9bb485" aria-label="$25 at Bookshop" 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> at Bookshop</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 data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson","brand":{"name":""},"id":"63867f7a45289356065e5da6","offers":[{"offerUrl":"26","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="63867f7a45289356065e5da6" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">My Government Means to Kill Me by Rasheed Newson</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$26atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="63867f7a45289356065e5da6" aria-label="$26 at Bookshop" 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> at Bookshop</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 data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Helen Hoe by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya","brand":{"name":""},"id":"6387fbf9134d75dfef9bb48b","offers":[{"offerUrl":"15","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="6387fbf9134d75dfef9bb48b" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Helen Hoe by Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$15atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="6387fbf9134d75dfef9bb48b" aria-label="$15 at Bookshop" 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> at Bookshop</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 data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Virology by Joseph Osmundson","brand":{"name":""},"id":"6386822228dc7281c6599ba6","offers":[{"offerUrl":"16","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="6386822228dc7281c6599ba6" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Virology by Joseph Osmundson</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$16atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="6386822228dc7281c6599ba6" aria-label="$16 at Bookshop" 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> at Bookshop</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 data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Mart","brand":{"name":""},"id":"6387fa2a539153fb39373f","offers":[{"offerUrl":"17","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="6387fa2a539153fb39373f" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Manhunt by Gretchen Felker-Mart</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$17atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="6387fa2a539153fb39373f" aria-label="$17 at Bookshop" 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> at Bookshop</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 data-ttid="ProductEmbedWrapper" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd ProductEmbedWrapper-dbbBkO hGAxXn eOBUm product-embed product-embed--image-left" data-em="{"dangeroHed":"Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella by Charlie Markbreer","brand":{"name":""},"id":"6387f4539153fb393744","offers":[{"offerUrl":"18","currency":"USD","purchaseUri":"]}"><a tabx="-1" aria-hidn="te" data-offer-retailer="Bookshop" data-offer-url=" class="external-lk BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLk-eNWuiM ProductEmbedImageLk-dHxNy iUEiRd hSmufO kvPWzs bgZAlB" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW jvZaPI rponsive-asset ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa ProductEmbedImage-cIdULW iluLcW rponsive-image"><img alt="" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w" siz="100vw"/></picture></span></a><div class="ProductEmbedContent-kztPgY MfQJV product-embed__ntent"><div class="ProductEmbedHedWrapper-eVzhMb kcVySP"><div id="6387f4539153fb393744" class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ ProductEmbedHed-kvwLfM iUEiRd jsgzTv fCVfVZ">Gossip Girl Fanfic Novella by Charlie Markbreer</div></div><div class="ProductOfferListWrapper-bqpHEj cvoxld product-offer-list ProductEmbedCTA-iEJcDb gjXEJL product-embed__cta"><div class="ProductOfferWrapper-dpcYKd hBwhMM product-offer-list__offer product-offer"><div class="ProductOfferCtaBlock-bduvOV fbJiRZ product-offer__cta-block" id="button_label_$18atBookshop"><a href=" rel="sponsored noopener" target="_blank" aria-scribedby="6387f4539153fb393744" aria-label="$18 at Bookshop" 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> at Bookshop</span></a></div></div></div></div></div><p>Like many queer people, I grew up readg (and ocsnally wrg) fan fictn. 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It also reveals how eply Dr. Steven W. Thrasher, a journalist and profsor at Northwtern Universy, believ muny re and mutual aid, the ternnectedns of livg begs, and the importance of acknowledgg . 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