Category Archives: Fave Five

Fave Five: New Paranormal Romances, 2025 Edition

Yes, that year is intentional; I’m a little behind. Sue me.

The Haunting of William Thorn by Ben Alderson (m/m)

The (Most Unusual Haunting) of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish (m/x)

The Devil She Knows by Alexandria Bellefleur (f/f)

Love at First Fright by Nadia El-Fassi (bi4bi m/f)

The Lone Wolf Cafe by Sydney Wilder (f/f)

Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, check out The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood & Boyfriends by Jamie D’Amato (m/m) and these Witchy Romances

Double Bonus: Night at the Vampire Castle by Hari Conner is a Choose Your Own Romance!

Fave Five: Queer Graphic Novels for Spooky Season

Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens (MG)

Bite Me by Jennifer Dugan and Kit Seaton (YA)

Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu (YA)

My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris

Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil and George Williams

Fave Five: New Sapphic Paranormal Romances, 2026 Edition

Happily Every Afterlife by Emma R. Alban

With All My Haunted Heart by Isabel Sterling

From Hell, With Love by Bryce Oakley

Horny by Lucy Lehane

Vengefully Matched by Audrey Goldberg Ruoff

Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, check out Charmed and Dangerous by Shelly Page

Fave Five: YA Sci-Fi Romance

The Disasters by M.K. England (m/m)

The Celestial Seas by T.A. Chan (f/f)

If All the Stars Go Dark by S.G. Prince (m/m GN)

The Kindred by Alechia Dow (m/f)

The Darkness Outside Us by Eliot Schrefer (m/m duology)

Bonus: Coming in 2027, keep an eye out for We Were Supposed to Find This by Emily Snyder (f/f)

Fave Five: Queer Gothic Horror, Part II

There is so much new Gothic Horror, I had to slip in an extra. For Part I, click here.

The Brides by Charlotte Cross

Rottenheart by Kat Dunn

The Halls of the Dead by S.M. Hallow

Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen

Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran

A Thousand Monstrous Forms by Saratoga Schaefer

Fave Five: Queer Political Fantasy

The Kingdom Trilogy by Bethany Jacobs

The Tithenai Chronicles by Foz Meadows

The Councillor by E.J. Beaton

The Revenant of Surolifia by Florence Chien

A Snake Among Swans by Hannah Kaner

Bonus: Coming in November, check out An Embodiment of Souls by Julia Laurel

Fave Five: Queer Literary Fiction Set at University

Something About Her by Clementine Taylor

We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

Real Life by Brandon Taylor

These Violent Delights by Micah Nemerever

Providence by Craig Willse

Bonus: While not during a university tenure, But How Are You, Really? by Ella Dawson is set at a college reunion on campus