Our Favorite Queer Books!

‘Panza de Burro’ (English: ‘Dogs of Summer,’ German: ‘So forsch, so furchtlos’) by Andrea Abreu is set in Tenerife and is a sensational...

I don’t hate this town. I’m uneasy in it. In ‘The Town of Babylon’ by Alejandro Varela, Andrés returns to the town where he grew up—to...

'Belonging' by Umi Sinha is set in India and Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries. The book follows the stories of Lila, her father...

I was very skeptical at first when I read the summary of 'Detransition, Baby' by Torrey Peters. A trans woman who detransitions? Wouldn’t...

‘Dschinns’ by Fatma Aydemir is a German book (English: 'Djinns') about an immigrant family from Turkey and their struggles with life in...

‘Shuggie Bain’ by Douglas Stuart is the author’s debut novel, inspired by his own life. And as hard as it was to read, it was just as...

‘Young Mungo’ by Douglas Stuart is the author’s second book after ‘Shuggie Bain.’ And this one is as brilliant as the first. Growing up...

‘ ‘Memorial’ by Bryan Washington is a quiet yet powerful novel set in Houston and Osaka, exploring love, family, and the complexities of...

‘Under the Udala Trees’ by Chinelo Okparanta is a moving account of Ijeoma’s live in the Nigeria, mostly from the 1960s to the 1980s....

‘Marriage of a Thousand Lies’ by SJ Sindu tells the story of Lucky. Lucky’s family is from Sri Lanka and tries to live by Hindu...

‘딸에 대하여’ by Kim Hye-jin, translated into English as ‘Concerning My Daughter’ by Jamie Chang (I read the German translation, ‘Die...

‘Das Summen unter der Haut’ [~the buzzing under the skin] by Stephan Lohse is set in Hamburg (Germany) in 1977. Sexual relations between...

‘Min mor siger’ (English: ‘My Mother Says,’ German: ‘Meine Mutter sagt’) by Stine Pilgaard is the Danish author’s debut and set in...