You’ve made it! You’ve survived the long, harsh winter, the 40 days of torrential rain, and the sprinkle of sunshine scattered throughout both. Spring is finally here and to celebrate, we have a fantastic list of LGBTQIA+ books coming your way for the months of April, May, and June! It was exceptionally hard to narrow down what titles I should include, so expect to see a graphic novel edition coming your way shortly! In the meantime, lets dive in to what Queer books await you this spring!

Queerness and vampirism have always gone hand-in-hand, and nothing screams “gay” more than a transformative college experience which results in being bitten by a vampire. After attending the first campus party of the year, 23-year-old Lucy Easting awakens the next day with a memory block… and two puncture marks on her neck. She tries to piece together what happened that night, but every lead brings her to another dead end. Until she receives a handwritten note from the campus radio station, Mila, inviting her to call. When she does, the host confirms her worst fear, and the simplest explanation of what’s happening to her: she’s turning into a vampire. Soon the two are trying to solve the disappearances of several women in town and falling in love?

From vampires to another pop culture icon: David Bowie. It’s been 10 years since Bowie passed away and 40 years since the release of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth. It’s Only Forever is a wild, intimate, and political deep dive into the cult classic movie filled with puppets and gender-defying goblins. It explores Labyrinth as an ’80s time capsule that both reflects and challenges its era, offering its young audience an alternative to conservatism and soulless economics, at a time when U.S. president Ronald Reagan ignored the HIV/AIDS crisis, pushing queerness further into the shadows. Fall in love with the movie all over again as Jes Battis shows us how meaningful the cult ’80s movie can be.

Recently nominated for the Lesbian Fiction category in the LAMBDA Literary Awards 2026, this novel is a love letter to the queer community of San Francisco.

It’s the summer of ’96 and best friends (and secret girlfriends) Hannah and Sam are driving across the country to the fabled queer paradise of San Francisco, free from the harsh gazes of their neighbours and the stifling demands of Hannah’s devout Orthodox Jewish mother. In San Francisco, they will finally be together as a real couple, out in the open, around other queer people… yet doing so comes at a cost of working at a strip club. Another secret Hannah must keep from her family. There, she meets Chris, an older butch lesbian, who is immediately taken with her. But as Hannah falls deeper into Chris’ world and Sam starts to meet new queer friends, a rift forms between them, leaving Hannah to question who she is. Girls Girls Girls is a tender debut which discusses topics such as sex work, religious trauma, and addiction, and isn’t one to miss.

One of our most highly anticipated releases in April, Michelle Tea’s new gutsy and joyful road trip novel will be the queer escapism you’ve been looking for.

In Spencer’s fantasies, the breezy, queer streets of Provincetown are utopia, a place where he can be free. And when a violent attack in his suburban Arizona schoolyard sends him to the hospital, he decides queer utopia can’t wait. One night, with the help of his best friend, the teenage witch Joy, he hitches a ride to find it. What follows is a cross-country road odyssey throughout the USA, taking Spencer from new moon rituals in Arizona canyons to Texas bus stations, from the luxe drag stages of Houston’s Montrose district to the jazz-soaked streets of New Orleans and beyond. This new novel from Michelle Tea tells the story, by turns raw, romantic, and sweet, of a sheltered boy taking his first leap into queer life, among all the complicated queers who live it.

From starting your queer life from scratch, to having queer mentors guiding you through it. Steven Pfau blends memoir and criticism in this tribute to the gay uncles who have shaped his sense of queer identity, culture, and history. The most influential was his uncle Bruce; a charismatic storyteller with a Burt Reynolds-esque bravado (and a moustache, leather jacket, and pair of cowboy boots to match), Bruce came out in 1950s Memphis and lived in New York City through many of the defining events of the gay liberation era. Bruce was both a unique fixture in Steven’s upbringing and an archetypal figure within a much broader history — a link in a long lineage of uncles, literal and figurative, who have offered various forms of queer tutelage to younger men. But what role is the nephew supposed to play in these bonds? And who does he become once his uncles are no longer there to guide him? Both a coming-of-age story and a wide-ranging study, Say Nephew is a wholly original and expansive consideration of queer mentorship.

Homosexual Intifada is a powerful and ground-breaking anthology spotlighting the voices of queer Palestinian writers from both the diaspora and Palestine. This first-of-its-kind collection features a dynamic range of LGBTQ+ Palestinian perspectives through deeply personal essays, short stories, poetry, comics, photo essays, and memoir. Centring queer Palestinian identity and experience, this essential volume explores themes of displacement, assimilation, belonging, and love across geographies — from Jerusalem and Ramallah to New York, Beirut, and beyond. These stories, often silenced or misrepresented in Western media, challenge false narratives, boldly reclaim agency, and dismantle stereotypes. Contributors include celebrated and emerging queer Palestinian authors such as George Abraham, Noor Hindi, Mejdulene Bernard Shomali, Elias Jahshan, Randa Jarrar, and more.

From Palestine to Senegal, Pure Men is a powerful, nuanced portrait of queerness in a conservative society.

A viral video makes the rounds in Dakar, showing an incensed crowd that gathers to dig up a grave and drag the corpse from holy ground. When Ndene, a French literature teacher, watches it, he’s surprisingly affected. Who was this man, and what could he have done to deserve such a fate? The answer soon becomes clear: he was a “goor-jigeen,” one of the so-called “men-women,” the shameful label given to homosexuals, cross-dressers, or any man who lives outside the accepted norm. Haunted by the video, Ndene sets out to learn more. With the help of a friend who works in night life, he explores a hidden side of Dakar, away from the rigid Islam of his family and university. Although he feels a certain disgust for homosexuality, he’s moved by the suffering and resilience of the people he meets. But the further he goes, the more he doubts his own identity, threatening to become an object of suspicion and scorn himself.

Amongst the underground dancefloors of the Seventies and the global charts of the Nineties, LGBTQ artists and audiences shaped music’s sound, style, and spirit. In Mighty Real, veteran journalist Barry Walters chronicles its LGBTQ history from the Velvet Underground to the 21st century’s dawn as he honours the artists who redefined gender, defied tradition, and dared to challenge sexual norms with the help of a record business that wasn’t as straight as commonly believed. Drawing on his decades as a New York—and San Francisco—based music critic, Walters examines how LGBTQ musicians, music industry executives, and fans reshaped the mainstream.

If you’re looking for a book that will transport you through worlds, genres, and walls, then look no further! Plastic, Prism, Void is the first of a two-part romantasy about a Black trans woman and an Asian-American trans man on a rather extended date. Written in the style of 1940s screwball comedies, expect zingers and quips, tough-talking dames, and… House of Leaves-style metafiction. With startling textual effects, disconcerting breaks of the fourth wall, and more, Plastic, Prism, Void is a nonstop rocket ship, a veritable tour-de-force.

Cat Fitzpatrick’s debut novel The Call-Out won acclaim back in 2022 and she is back with another poetry collection of trans celebration. Perfect for readers of Torrey Peters, Casey Plett, and Jordy Rosenberg, The Dinner Party & Other Writings offers intimate portraits of queer and trans life — from chaotic dinner parties to picnics, accountability processes, and domestic joys.

The perfect pocket book for any LGBTQIA+ member. A whole spectrum of stories has unfolded since the original rainbow flag debuted in the 1970s. For the first time ever, over 30 pride flags are collected together, accompanied by details about their symbolism, creators, usage, and controversial histories. It’s all presented with graphic flair by Icelandic designer and comedian Sindri “Sparkle” Freyr. Kinksters, bears, sex workers, and drag performers—no one is left out. These flags and the motives behind them show us that there really is room for everyone.

In the bleak winter of 1982, fifteen-year-old Bridget has had enough. Enough of Thatcher’s Britain, enough of being invisible, and enough of her family’s secrets. Armed with little more than a sharp tongue and a fierce sense of justice, she runs away from her suburban life to join the Greenham Common Women’s Peace Camp — one of the most iconic protest movements in British history. But Bridget’s disappearance doesn’t just blow open her own life. It sends shockwaves through her fractured family: her distant, conservative mother, who’s about to fall headlong into a love affair she never saw coming, and her father — a man with secrets of his own, who’s spent a lifetime hiding in plain sight. Set at the unlikely intersection of nuclear disarmament and personal awakening, FALLOUT is an aluminous, unforgettable novel about the lies we tell to survive — and the courage it takes to finally come undone.

Another book which has made it onto the LAMBA Literary Awards 2026 is Woodworking, but it has been receiving praise ever since the hardback release last year, from the likes of Washington Post, Book Riot, LA Times, Bustle and more LGBTQ+ literary news outlets. It is an unforgettable and heart-warming debut following Erica, a trans high school teacher from a small town in South Dakota who befriends the only other trans woman she knows: Abigail, one of her students. As their unlikely friendship evolves, it comes under the scrutiny of their community. And soon, both women — and those closest to them — are forced to ask: Who are we if we choose to hide ourselves? What happens once we disappear into the woodwork?

An uplifting, practical discussion about the oppressive landscape queer and transgender people find ourselves in, and what you can do about it. With a focus on direct and effective communication, this expanded edition for our devolving political landscape is filled with real-world examples to help you make a difference in your community. Both urgent and encouraging, each chapter is packed with strategies for real-world interactions that anybody can put to work at any time — from dealing with health professionals, educators, and law enforcement to talking with family, friends, and co-workers; from seeking mental health support to organizing gender-neutral baby showers. We need our allies to back us up, so read up and join the fight!

Weird girl fiction has definitely solidified its place in the world of literature, so I am happy to report there’s another you can add to your TBR pile.

Ava thought the great tragedy of her life would be getting stuck in a dead-end office job, but reality looks even grimmer when she goes on an ill-fated hike with two of her co-workers. Meanwhile, spiralling from a disastrous falling-out with her mercurial best friend, Savannah retreats to her parents’ empty lake house in upstate New York. Her days and nights blend together in a hazy swirl, she wakes up in the woods behind her house… next to a dead body. Unfortunately, Savannah is so down bad that this well-preserved corpse offers some compelling friend potential. This particular dead person also comes with a handy journal detailing her last six months lost in the woods! Ava, as it turns out, is more than just a cold, lonely corpse. She was funny. She was smart. And Savannah has finally found someone she can talk to… As Savannah spends more time with both the Ava in front of her and the Ava of the journal, she begins to feel something for Ava she hasn’t felt for anyone else. Is Savannah finally losing her grip? Or has she found what she’s needed all along?

Queerphoria is a vibrant own voices anthology celebrating ‘queer joy’ in its many forms. Four housemates welcome the reader into their home for a birthday party. An elderly widow visits her first queer bar, beneath the flat she shared with her husband. A couple invite a shipwrecked sailor into their isolated lighthouse on the stormy night of their thirtieth anniversary. A single woman embarks on a romantic relationship with a sex robot. A married couple secretly prepare for their baby’s arrival in a world where procreation is controlled by the Establishment. Through prose, poetry, essays, illustrations and more, 21 writers bring their visions of euphoria to life. These pages celebrate, subvert, expand and reimagine what joy can look like, even in uncertain times.

Akoya, one of our more recent publishers, is entering the world of poetry with this new collection from the Navajo Nation Poet Laureate, Jake Skeets. The landscape of the Navajo Nation is undergoing dramatic changes. In 2018, 191 wild horses were discovered dead in a stock pond near Gray Mountain. The horses were trapped high — and neck-deep in mud, some piled on top of others. Horses is a twelve-part poem responding to the climate crisis faced by this region and beyond. It is about the end of the world, but it might also be about emergence, caught somewhere at the horizon, like the morning, all blue and crisp. This poetry collection is for fans of Tommy Orange, Joy Harjo, Danez Smith and Ocean Vuong.

Who doesn’t love a queer retelling of Shakespeare’s plays? Meet Puck: the nonbinary, thirty-year-old mastermind behind ‘Homewreckers’, a dating show that puts troubled couples through hell — with a little help from their exes. Used to being the one pulling the strings, it shocks Puck when their life undergoes a plot twist of its own and their college roommate Mia announces her engagement to her ex’s best friend, Damon. Mia’s news leaves her friend group reeling — and Puck’s mind whirling. When they arrive for a week of wedding festivities at an upscale resort in the Appalachian forest, Puck immediately sees that Mia’s marriage will lead to misery, and takes it upon themself to save their friends by rearranging the couples — without anyone finding out. But as Puck comes up against a type-A maid of honour hell-bent on making this wedding happen, it becomes clear that they will have to deliver the greatest stunt of their career. Filled with mischief and shenanigans Shakespeare himself would be proud of.

From the creator of the space opera Outside trilogy, comes a heartfelt interplanetary epic of identity, longing, and a space pirate who smuggles inappropriate stories for her deeper, darker queer desires. Kelli Reynolds loves creating stories more than anything in the world. But on Callisto, a generative AI company called Inspiration owns everything, including all the media, and only Inspiration determines which stories can be told. Kelli has a rare and coveted job where her autism is to her advantage: she precisely edits AI output into ‘appropriate’ stories for Inspiration’s massive TV audience. Her proudest creation is the pirate Orlando — a dashing do-gooder based on stories she used to tell friends. Re-enter Kelli’s ex-boyfriend Rowan, the person Kelli based Orlando on. Back when they were teenagers, their relationship was a secret. Rowan is tangled up in the black market after he needed to get money for gender reassignment surgery. He needs Kelli’s help with something… illegal. So, now Kelli has to decide: Will she risk the safe, tidy story of her life now for the world she once wished for? What would Orlando do?

Saving the best-named title till last, A Pizza Hut, A Pizza Hut, Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut is an electric and playful novel exploring queer suburbia and the places that shape us. Herb and Lara are busy slinging coffees in their hometown — of Watford! While Herb dreams of leaving to write big gay plays for a big gay world, Lara’s dedication to being in the here and now keeps her firmly rooted. Plus she’s fallen madly in love with Cynthia, a high-femme roboteer here to finish her PhD, teaching her way through robot post-doc hell, stamping on the brains of robo-boys as she goes. Soon Watford will use Cynthia’s inventions to reinvent itself into the communised Watford Underburg, but not yet. Meanwhile, Lazarus is back at her mum’s. Her attempt at city life didn’t exactly go to plan, and now she spends her days working on a Yiddish translation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle and playing video games. With no capacity to think about her future and trying to forget her past, what will happen? Local football coach Butch Lichenstein, that’s what.

As mentioned, these were only a snippet of what’s to come in the next few months, so for even more LGBTQIA+ titles, you can find them on our Bookshop.org page.