For the 2022 edition, click here.
Finding My Elf by David Valdes (m/m YA)
It’s a Fabulous Life by Kelly Farmer (f/f)
Mistletoe & Mishigas by M.A. Wardell (m/m)
The Christmas Swap by Talia Samuels (f/f)
Secret Heir for Christmas by LaQuette (m/m)
Category Archives: Fave Five
Fave Five: Queer Fiction Set in Antiquity
Fire From Heaven and The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
Alcestis by Katharine Beutner
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Sistersong by Lucy Holland
Fave Five: Queer MG/YA Set at Magic School
Gallowgate by K.R. Alexander (MG)
It Ends in Fire by Andrew Shvarts (YA)
Scholars and Sorcery series by Eleanor Beresford (YA)
A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige O’Brien (YA)
My Name is Magic by Xan van Rooyen (YA)
Bonus: These are all prose novels, but for a YA graphic novel set at a magical culinary school, check out Basil and Oregano by Melissa Capriglione
Double Bonus: The anthology The Grimoire of Grave Fates ed. by Hanna Alkaf and Margaret Owens is set at a magic school and has plenty of queer content
Fave Five: Trans Historical Fiction
The Companion by EE Ottoman
Confessions of the Fox by Jordy Rosenberg
All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane
A Lady for a Duke by Alexis Hall
Bonus: These are all Adult, but in YA, check out The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Double Bonus: Coming in 2024, The Woods All Black by Lee Mandelo
Fave Five: Demisexual Romances
The Charm Offensive by Alison Cochrun (m/m)
Better Hate Than Ever by Chloe Liese (m/demi f)
Far From Home by Lorelie Brown (f/f)
How to Be a Movie Star by TJ Klune (m/m)
That Kind of Guy by Talia Hibbert (demi m/f)
Bonus: Coming next month, For Never & Always by Helena Greer (demi m/f)
Fave Five: Queer Fiction Set in the Middle Ages
Gwen and Art are Not in Love by Lex Croucher (YA)
Teach the Torches to Burn by Caleb Roehrig (YA)
Emry Merlin by Robyn Schneider (YA)
One Night in Hartswood by Emma Denny
The Scottish Boy by Alex de Campi
Fave Five: Queer Novels About Haunted Houses
She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran (YA)
Saint Juniper’s Folly by Alex Crespo (YA)
A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui (YA)
What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher
Tell Me I’m Worthless by Alison Rumfitt
Fave Five: Queer Indigenous Fiction, Part III
For Part I, click here. For part II, click here.
Those Pink Mountain Nights by Jen Ferguson (YA, Métis)
Into the Bright Open by Cherie Dimaline (YA, Métis)
Godly Heathens by H.E. Edgmon (YA, Seminole)
Between Earth and Sky by Rebecca Roanhorse (Fantasy)
Coexistence: Stories by Billy-ray Belcourt
Fave Five: New Queer YA Horror with Male MCs
For new queer YA horror with female MCs, click here.
The Pledge by Cale Dietrich
Your Lonely Nights Are Over by Adam Sass
The Spirit Bares its Teeth by Andrew Joseph White
Beholder by Ryan La Sala
This Pact is Not Ours by Zachary Sergi
Bonus: Coming in 2024, Malicia by Steven Dos Santos
Double Bonus: While it’s not Horror, The Forest Demands its Due by Kosoko Jackson is a paranormal thriller that definitely fits the vibe of spooky season!
Fave Five: New Queer YA Horror with Female MCs
For queer YA horror recs from 2022, click here.
She is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron
This Delicious Death by Kayla Cottingham
The Narrow by Kate Alice Marshall
Monstrous by Jessica Lewis
Bonus: For a whole anthology full, check out Night of the Living Queers ed. by Alex Brown and Shelly Page
Double Bonus: The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan is maybe more psych thriller than Horror, but check it out anyway