For part I, click here.
The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling
Veal by Mackenzie Nolan
Crafting for Sinners by Jenny Kiefer
Her Wicked Roots by Tanya Pell
Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell
Category Archives: Fave Five
Fave Five: New Queer Witchy YA, 2025 Edition
Whoops, make that six.
Hit Me With Your Best Charm by Lillie Vale (f/f)
Extraordinary Quests for Amateur Witches by Kayla Cottingham (m/m)
Everything She Does is Magic by Bridget Morrissey (f/f)
Witchlore by Emma Hinds (m/x)
No Charm Done by Tori Anne Martin (f/f)
Brewed With Love by Shelly Page (f/f)
Fave Five: Queer Witchy Adult Romances
Best Hex Ever by Nadia El-Fassi (bi m/f)
Caroline’s Heart by Austin Chant (t4t m/f)
Payback’s a Witch by Lana Harper (f/f)
The Entanglement of Rival Wizards by Sara Raasch (m/m)
Spellfire by Agatha Willow (f/f)
Fave Five: Paranormal Middle Grade
A Touch of Ruckus by Ash Van Otterloo
A Little Too Haunted by Justine Pucella Winans
First Kiss With Fangs by Marker Snyder
Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton
Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens
Fave Five: YA for fans of Yellowjackets
Wilder Girls by Rory Power
What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould
The Darkness Greeted Her by Christina Ferko
If We Survive This by Racquel Marie
Lost Girls of Hollow Lake by Rebekah Faubion
Fave Five: Queer Fiction Featuring Fall Holidays
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu (YA GN, Mid-Autumn Festival and Sukkot)
Higher by Roz Alexander (Rosh HaShanah)
Take Me Home by Lorelei Brown (Thanksgiving)
The Lone Wolf Cafe by Sydney Wilder (Halloween)
Hating a Witch by Brigid Hunt (Samhain)
Fave Five: New Queer Adult Horror, 2025 Edition, Part I
The Faceless Thing We Adore by Hester Steel
We Are Always Tender With Our Dead by Eric LaRocca
Moonflow by Bitter Karella
You Weren’t Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White
Blood on Her Tongue by Johanna van Veen
Bonus: These are all novels, but for short stories, check out Teenage Girls Can Be Demons by Hailey Piper
Fave Five: Queer Fiction Set in the 1960s
Shoot the Moon by Isa Arsén
A Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
The Salvage by Anbara Salam
These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
Bonus: Coming in 2026, Heap Earth Upon It by Chloe Michelle Howarth
Fave Five: New Queer YA Horror, 2025 Edition
Surprise, it’s actually six! I do what I want.
For 2024 titles, click here.
If We Survive This by Racquel Marie
The Dead of Summer by Ryan La Sala
Hollow by Taylor Grothe
Empty Heaven by Freddie KölschÂ
Season of Fear by Emily Cooper
He’s So Possessed with Me by Corey Liu
Fave Five: Queer Adult Romance with Autumnal Vibes
Love at First Fright by Nadia El-Fassi (bi4bi M/F)
Rules for Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore (trans M/M)
Learning Curves by Rachel Lacey (F/F)
The (Most Unusual) Haunting of Edgar Lovejoy by Roan Parrish (M/X)
The Lone Wolf Cafe by Sydney Wilder (F/F)