Recs if you like The Leveret: The beautiful and lyrically haunting novel about grief and queer love...

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 we’re looking for 2026 releases!

collecting all 2026 releases featuring sapphic romance!!

Books where grief is personified, given a body, a voice, or a shape, to explore how loss lives alongside us.