Category Archives: Fave Five

Fave Five: New Christmas Romances, 2025 Edition

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I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm by Mariama J. Lockington (YA, f/f)

Christmas With Her by Fiona Zedde (f/f)

A Mannequin for Christmas by Timothy Janovsky (m/m)

Yours for the Season by Kate Cochrane (f/f)

Any Girl But You by Dana Hawkins (f/f)

Bonus: For a Christmas in July romance, check out Holly Jolly July by Lindsay Maple (f/f)

Fave Five: Fiction Starring Queer Veterans

Two Truths and a Lie by Cory O’Brien (Sci-Fi)

There’s Only One Sin in Hollywood by Rasheed Newsom (Historical)

Battle Scars by Meghan O’Brien (Contemporary Romance)

Regeneration by Pat Barker (Historical)

The Charioteer by Mary Renault (Historical)

Fave Five: New Sapphic Sports Romance, 2025 Edition

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Backhanded Compliments by Katie Chandler (Tennis)

Play You For It by Samantha Saldivar (Basketball)

Overtime by Tracey Richardson (Hockey)

Ready to Score by Jodie Slaughter (Basketball)

Hard to Beat by Lexi Greene (Rugby)

Bonus: These are all Adult; for YA, check out It’s a Love/Skate Relationship by Carli J. Corson and All’s Fair in Love and Field Hockeby Kit Rosewater

Fave Five: New Queer Adult Romantasy, 2025 Edition

As Many Souls as Stars by Natasha Siegel

The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri

When the Tides Held the Moon by Venessa Vida Kelley

Son of the Morning by Akwaeke Emezi

Warrior Princess Assassin by Bridgid Kemmerer

Fave Five: Graphic Novel YA Reimaginings

Tragic by Dana Mele and Valentina Pinti (Hamlet)

Northranger by Rey Terciero and Bre Indigo (Northanger Abbey)

Mismatched by Anne Camlin and Isadora Zeferino (Emma)

Dan in Green Gables by Rey Terciero and Claudia Aguirre (Anne of Green Gables)

Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen (“East of the Sun and West of the Moon”)

Bonus: These all reimagine single works, but for a series reimagining multiple Shakespearean works, check out Arden High by Molly Horton Booth, Stephanie Kate Strohm, and Jamie Green (Shakespeare)

Fave Five: Fantasy with Transfem MCs

Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya Deane

The Calyx Charm by May Peterson

Princess of the Pomegranate Moon by Emily Wynne

Lessons in Magic and Disaster by Charlie Jane Anders

Her Majesty’s Royal Coven by Juno Dawson

Bonus: These are all Adult, but in Middle Grade, check out The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith, and in Young Adult, hang tight for the upcoming Queen of Faces by Petra Lord

Fave Five: Queer Heist Novels

Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li (Contemporary)

The Elysium Heist by Y.M. Resnik (Sci-Fi)

A Game of Hearts and Heists by Ruby Roe (Fantasy Romance)

Among Thieves by M.J. Kuhn (Fantasy)

Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto (Sci-Fi)

Bonus: These are all Adult, but for YA, check out Death Prefers Blondes by Caleb RoehrigAces Wild by Amanda DeWittA Million to One by Adiba Jaigirdar, and Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Double Bonus: These are all novels, but for a novella, check out Pyre at the Eyreholme Trust by Lin Darrow