Our Favorite Queer Books!

‘Kaikeyi’ by Vaishnavi Patel continues the long tradition of retelling one of the most important Hindu epics, the Ramayana. Many of these retellings revisit female and/or villainized characters—like Kaikeyi—and allow them to tell their stories on their own terms. At the heart of this novel is Kaikeyi, one of Rama’s mothers.

'Islands of Blood and Storm' is a two book fantasy series by Kacen Callender. Girls aren’t supposed to ask as many questions as she does;...