Recs if you like These Heathens...
Messy Queer Fiction for Autumn Hill 💌
Autumn Hill is a Prairieland Defendant, sentenced to 50 years in prison for protesting outside of an ICE detention facility, in a move intended to quell all political dissent. To support her, she says “send me more messy gay fiction” especially by queer authors of color!
Books should be paperbacks, purchased new and sent directly from Amazon, and addressed to:
Johnson County Jail, TX Cameron Arnold, 202502023 P.O. Box 247 Phoenix, MD 21131
Suggestions very welcome! 🫶🏽 More info in comments!
Sapphic Historical Fiction
Stories that tell the tale of sapphic life and love throughout time
black lgbtq+
Queer Voices of Color
Sapphic Historical Fiction
Niche but underrated!
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.)
Bahni Turpin Appreciation Club
A list of books with audiobook formats narrated by Bahni Turpin!
This list focuses on books which are either exclusively or primarily narrated by Bahni Turpin in their audiobook format, but this is a non-exhaustive list.
Sources used in compiling this list: Audible Hall of Fame: Bahni Turpin - https://www.audible.com/blog/narrator-bahni-turpin (also using Audible's search) Penguin Random House Authors: Bahni Turpin - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/72264/bahni-turpin/
Alexa, play “Church Girls” by Beyoncé
A list of books (both fiction and non fiction) that deal with nuance in Christianity from the perspective of preachers, theologians, deep thinkers and fictional authors. Books that address the lives and experiences of people marginalised by harsh theology. For the people that the modern Bible and the Church left out and forgot.
actually good queer lit fic
weird gay shit, lots of genre and gender bending, probably no fantasy
Aspen Words Longlist 2026
Awards an influential work of fiction that illuminates a vital contemporary issue and demonstrates the transformative power of literature on thought and culture.
