March’s most anticipated LGBTQIA+ books
Author: Suzi Garcia
March 1, 2023
It’s unbelievably March already, and with that comes a spring of new books. There is a wealth of beauty and diversity in these books, from topics to authors to ideas. If this list was a grab bag, you’ll never know which one you’ll get, and each one of them is a prize. Make sure to check out Lambda Literary fellows and award finalists like Cruel/Cruel by Dior J. Stephens, Synthetic Jungle: Poems by Michael Chang, The House on Ashbury Street by Susie Hara, and American Gospel by Miah Jeffra.
I’d be remiss to not mention that Lambda will be at AWP this March as well! Stop by our table, our reception, or our first annual drag brunch reading!
Bio/Memoir
- Too Much by Tom Allen, Hodder Studio
- Twist: An American Girl: An American Girl by Adele Bertei, ZE Books
- Crying Wolf by Eden Boudreau, Book*hug Press
- Wild Things: A Trans-Glam-Punk-Rock Love Story by Lynette Reini-Grandell, Minnesota Historical Society Press
- Tweakerworld: A Memoir by Jason Yamas, Unnamed Press
Fiction
- Tell the Rest by Lucy Jane Bledsoe, Akashic Books
- Dear Medusa by Olivia a. Cole, Labyrinth Road
- Daughters of Nantucket by Julie Gerstenblatt, Mira Books
- The House on Ashbury Street by Susie Hara, Mumblers Press*
- The Dance Tree by Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Harpervia
- Confidence by Rafael Frumkin, Simon & Schuster
- American Scholar by by Patrick E. Horrigan, Lethe Press
- American Gospel by Miah Jeffra, Rebel Satori Press*
- The Fake by Zoe Whittall, Ballantine Books
Nonfiction
- Screenage: How TV Shaped Our Reality, from Tammy Faye to Rupaul’s Drag Race by Fenton Bailey, Ebury Press
- Ace Notes: Tips and Tricks on Existing in an Allo World by Michele Kirichanskaya, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Finding the Fool: A Tarot Journey to Radical Transformation by Meg Jones Wall, Weiser Books
- Best Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness by Stevan M. Weine, Fordham University Press
LGBTQ Studies
- On Christopher Street: Life, Sex, and Death After Stonewall by Michael Denneny, University of Chicago Press
- Running by Lindsey A. Freeman, Duke University Press
- Black and Queer on Campus by Michael Jeffries, NYU Press
- Ace Notes: Tips and Tricks on Existing in an Allo World by Michele Kirichanskaya, Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Raving by McKenzie Wark, Duke University Press
Romance
- Not for a Moment by Cheyenne Blue, Ylva Publishing
- Under the Stars with You by Jaime Clevenger, Bella Books
- Infamous by Lex Croucher, St. Martin’s Griffin
- The Quiet and the Loud by Helena Fox, Dial Books
- In Too Deep by Rachael Sommers, Ylva Publishing
Mystery/Thriller
- The Lost Americans by Christopher Bollen, Harper
- Hounded by E. J. Cochrane, Bella Books
- The Candlelight Ghost by Jameson Currier, Chelsea Station Editions
- Blue Hunger by Viola Di Grado, Bloomsbury Publishing
- The Paris Contagion: A Geo-Political Thriller by CA Farlow, Launch Point Press
- Biography of X by Catherine Lacey, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- The Mimicking of Known Successes by Malka Older, Tordotcom
- Home by Cailean Stee, Raven Books
Speculative Fiction
- Thorns of Chaos by Jeremiah Cain, Vyletra LLC
- Monstrilio by Gerardo Sámano Córdova, Zando
- Proud Pink Sky by Redfern Jon Barrett, Amble Press
- Flux by Jinwoo Chong, Melville House Publishing
- Dear Mothman by Robin Gow, Amulet Books
- Unusual Minds by Tracie Hollis, Bella Distribution
- The Heavy Bright by Cathy Malkasian, Fantagraphics Books
- Feed Them Silence by Lee Mandelo, Tordotcom
- Chlorine by Jade Song, William Morrow & Company
Young Adult Literature
- My Dear Henry: A Jekyll & Hyde Remix by Kalynn Bayron, Feiwel & Friends
- The Witch and the Vampire by Francesca Flores, Wednesday Books
- Colton’s Terrible Wonderful Year by Vincent Traughber Meis, Spectrum Publishing
- Brother & Sister Enter the Forest by Richard Mirabella, Catapult
- The Immeasurable Depth of You by Maria Ingrande Mora, Peachtree Teen
- Into the Light by Mark Oshiro, Tor Teen
- Lies We Sing to the Sea by Sarah Underwood, Harperteen
- Brighter Than the Moon by David Valdes, Bloomsbury YA
Children’s/Middle Grade Literature
- The Sister Split by Auriane Desombre, Delacorte Press
- Ravensong by Cayla Fay, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Lucy-Roo and Family Too by Rachel Holdsworth, Mascot Kids
- Camp Quiltbag by Nicole Melleby and A. J. Sass, Algonquin Young Readers
- No Horses in the House!: The Audacious Life of Artist Rosa Bonheur by Mireille Messier, Orca Book Publishers
- The Future King by Robyn Schneider, Viking Books for Young Readers
- So You Wanna Be a Pop Star?: A Choices Novel by Zachary Sergi, Running Press Kids
Poetry
- In Springtime by Sarah Blake, Wesleyan University Press
- My Dear Comrades by Sunu P. Chandy, Regal House Publishing
- Synthetic Jungle: Poems by Michael Chang, Curbstone Press
- night mode by Caelan Ernest, Everybody Press
- To the Boy Who Was Night: Poems: Selected and New by Rigoberto González, Four Way Books
- motherworld: a devotional for the alter-life by Destiny Hemphill, Action Books
- in other words you/ by Kevin McLellan, Hilary Tham Capital Collection
- God Themselves by Jae Nichelle, Andrews McMeel Publishing
- Strong Feather: Poems by Jennifer Reeser, Able Muse Press
- Trace Evidence by Charif Shanahan, Tin House Books
- Cruel/Cruel by Dior J. Stephens, Nightboat Books
- little wife: the story of gold by Nuova Wright, Calliope Group
Comics/Graphic Novels
