Reading Queer in 2026 (a non-exhaustive list)
We should all be reading queer, all year, but this list is full of upcoming queer books of all makes and models coming out in 2026. If you have a rec to add, just please keep in mind weβre looking for 2026 releases!






Gay boys of colour play sports
Are you tired of how white MM sports romance is?? Gather round, homos!
π€At least one of the MMCs is a person of colour π€
*includes bi & pan characters and everyone under the queer & trans umbrella






M/M adult romances not written by cis women
Please let me know if there are any I should add.






queer 2026 releases to look forward to!
this is an ongoing list of lgbtqiap+ books (across all genres, and age groups) that are planned to be released in 2026. if youβre an arc reader, you can also check whether any of them are available as arcs!! feel free to suggest books to add, since Iβll work on this list over time as well π₯°
last books added in: january!






Gay/trans men written by gay/trans men
Getting a bit fed up of the amount of gay men written by straight women. Please recommend me more books!






the gay agenda
ownvoices books across genres by queer men/masc authors that feature queer men as main characters
disclaimer: this is all just based on my own research and may not always be 100% accurate to the authorβs identity - feel free to comment any edits or suggestions!






Non Hockey Sports Romance
I love hockey romances as much as the next person but sometimes you want another sport to take center stage. So here is a collection of sports romance books where one (or all of them) is playing a sport that isn't hockey.
Feel free to leave any recomendations for the list.
(Contains both YA and Adult romance)






Queer Sports
Yes, queer and trans folks play sports. These are those books.






alt er love
fun/casual lgbt books. predominantly contemporary romance, trying to avoid lit fic. more for when i am looking for a palette cleanse.






Love Means Nothing to a Tennis Player
tennis romance novels






Trend Setters 2026
Be the trend setter of your book club or bookish friend group by getting to know the authors of next yearβs publication cycle. These books are all by new talent in the publishing world from both the Big 5 and small, traditional publishers.
Be sure to also check out these authors on social media for ARC opportunities, and show these authors some love by requesting a purchase with your local library, or pre-ordering a copy yourself!






Love Wins
Achillean/MM sports romance






Books recommended by Cat Sebastian
https://catsebastian.com/bookrecs/
Not included here: "Literally everything by Alyssa Cole, no exceptions. Everything by Rose Lerner, no exceptions."






2026 romance releases
romance releases iβm looking forward to






Read the Rainbow: LGBTQ+ Pride Picks (Fiction)
Shamelessly yoinked from a certain other reading app that shall not be named... this is a list of recently published (2025-2026) LGBTQ+ fiction across a spectrum of genres and identities!
(Disclaimer: I haven't read most of these, but so many compelling covers made me want to save them all in a list to continue referencing into the future.)






Winter 2026 Romance Preview
Your discoverabilibuddies are back! It's a new year which means we're dropping our Winter 2026 reads episode, in which we talk about the million trillion 2026 romance books coming out in January, February and March. As a reminder, we have not necessarily read all these books, but they are on our TBRs and should be on yours!






The Queer Tennis Club πΎπ³οΈβπ
My goal this year as a tennis fan is to read queer romance books, which I surprisingly have never read any of before. So this list contains books I either want to read or am interested in reading.






Anyone for tennis?
Books about tennis that I love. Open to suggestions. (Fiction books not memoirs/biographies)






love all
as a queer (former) tennis player, i just wanted a place to keep track of all of the queer tennis books ive read or want to read






Absolutely KICKING MY FEET and Swooning!!
Romance books I would recommend to anyone! Iβm sure thereβs lots of these lists out there, but as someone who reads about 100 romances a year, I thought Iβd point out ones I love!





