March’s Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Literature

Author: Samihah Sirajul-Islam

March 1, 2022

Hello and welcome back, dear readers to another exciting installment of our monthly Most Anticipated! On this marvelous March morning, we have over 95 magnificent LGBTQIA+ titles to share with you. From murder mysteries to magic and myth, we’ve got everything in the middle and more. Mmmm… Did you catch all the alliteration? 😋 😅 Here are some of our featured picks for this month with alliterative titles:

This nostalgic and reflective memoir on growing up queer and South Asian American in West Virginia.
This historical fiction novel about a 17th century Algonquin woman caught between her feelings for another woman and the forces of colonial violence.
A non-fiction book exploring the author’s thoughts on their body—“a nonbinary body, a trans body, a body in two races–and a body continually in discovery.”
A thrilling murder mystery set in 1946 Phoenix, Arizona, taking place right under the nose of a famed private investigator.
This sapphic horror debut novel, which puts the dark in dark academia, about two girls summoning monsters on the campus of their ultra-competitive school.
This YA fantasy novel about two non-binary teens whose lives are forever changed after they are pulled into a magical world under a lake.
This honest and humorous YA book about a teen who discovers and figures out her place in the world of asexuality.
A charmingly illustrated picture book about family and missing a parent, telling the story of a young girl who stays home with Mama when her Mommy goes off on a work trip.
This collection of poetry with poems described as “a piercing lyric ferocity,” touching on themes of immigration, violent heartbreak, and bodily transition.
A book of poems critically examining female queerness through the lens of a first-generation child of immigrants.
This autobiographical manga diary about the author’s journey to find love, happiness, and ultimately the lesbian wedding of her dreams.

Looking for even more books to read? Check out our Bookshop page with handy lists of previous award winners, finalists, authors featured in our May We Present series, and more!

Bio/Memoir

Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place by Neema Avashia, West Virginia University Press
Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision by Charles Elton, Abrams Press
Dear Queer Self: An Experiment in Memoir by Jonathan Alexander, Acre Books
How Do I Un-Remember This?: Unfortunately True Stories by Danny Pellegrino, Sourcebooks
I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir by Harvey Fierstein, Knopf
Save Yourself by Cameron Esposito, Grand Central Publishing
Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation by Hannah Gadsby, Ballantine Books

Fiction

The Butterfly Jungle by Diriye Osman, Team Angelica Publishing
Daughters of the Deer by Danielle Daniel, Random House Canada
Eleutheria by Allegra Hyde, Vintage
Monarch by Candice Wuehle, Soft Skull
My Volcano by John Elizabeth Stintzi
Panpocalypse by Carley Moore, Amethyst Editions
Survive the Dome by Kosoko Jackson, Sourcebooks Fire
The Town of Babylon by Alejandro Varela, Astra House
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde, Riverhead Books

Nonfiction

A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality by Molly Muldoon and Illustrated by Will Hernandez, Limerence Press
Alphabet Soup: The Essential Guide to Lgbtq2+ Inclusion at Work by Michael Bach, Page Two Books, Inc.
Body Becoming: A Path to Our Liberation by Robyn Henderson-Espinoza, Broadleaf Books
Coming Out by Kyle Frackman, Camden House
The End of Innocence by Simon Garfield, Faber & Faber
Girls Can Kiss Now: Essays by Jill Gutowitz, Atria Books
My Body Keeps Your Secrets by Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Indigo Press
Outrageous!: The Story of Section 28 and Britain’s Battle for LGBT Education by Paul Baker, Reaktion Books
The Sex Lives of African Women: Self-Discovery, Freedom, and Healing by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah, Astra House

LGBTQ Studies

Courtly and Queer: Deconstruction, Desire, and Medieval French Literature by Charlie Samuelson, Ohio State University Press
The Cultural Impact of Rupaul’s Drag Race: Why Are We All Gagging? edited by Cameron Crookston, Intellect (UK)
Hope: A Literary History by Adam Potkay, Cambridge University Press
Lesbian Potentiality and Feminist Media in the 1970s by Rox Samer, Duke University Press
Poetic Operations: Trans of Color Art in Digital Media by Micha Cárdenas, Duke University Press
Queer African Cinemas by Lindsey B. Green-Simms, Duke University Press

Romance

As You Look by Verónica Gutiérrez, Bella Books
Business of the Heart by Claire Forsythe, Bold Strokes Books
Chasing Dreams by A.L. Brooks, Ylva Publishing
Dying for You by Jenny Frame, Bold Strokes Books
Exclusive by Melissa Brayden, Bold Strokes Books
The Game by Jan Gayle, Bold Strokes Books
Her Duchess to Desire by Jane Walsh, Bold Strokes Books
The Roads Left Behind Us by Kat Jackson, Bella Books
Training for Love by Amanda Kabak, Bella Books
Worthy of Love by Quinn Ivins, Ylva Publishing

Mystery/Thriller

Murder on Monte Vista by David S. Pederson, Bold Strokes Books
Steadying the Ark by Rebecca K. Jones, Bella Books
The World Cannot Give by Tara Isabella Burton, Simon & Schuster
Whereabouts Unknown by Meredith Doench, Bold Strokes Books

Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror

All the White Spaces by Ally Wilkes, Atria Books
The City of Dusk by Tara Sim, Orbit
Death by Misadventure by Thomas Kearnes, Dark Ink
Master of Restless Shadows Book Two by Ginn Hale, Blind Eye Books
My Dearest Darkest by Kayla Cottingham, Sourcebooks Fire
Wild and Wicked Things by Francesca May, Redhook

Young Adult Literature

The Complete A Story of Now by Emily O’Beirne, Ylva Publishing
Drew LeClair Gets a Clue by Katryn Bury, Clarion Books
Every Variable of Us by Charles a. Bush, Flux
Kiss & Tell by Adib Khorram, Dial Books
Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore, Feiwel & Friends
Live, Laugh, Kidnap by Gaby Noone, Razorbill
Loveless by Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press
The Most Dazzling Girl In Berlin by Kip Wilson, Versify
The One True Me and You by Remi K. England, Wednesday Books
Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters, Viking Books for Young Readers
So This Is Ever After by F. T. Lukens, Margaret K. McElderry Books
The Space Between by Michelle L. Teichman, Ylva Publishing
Take Her Down by Lauren Emily Whalen, Bold Strokes Books

Children’s/Middle Grade Literature

All Moms by Sarah Kate Ellis, Kristen Ellis-Henderson, and Max Rambaldi, Little Bee Books
The Best Liars in Riverview by Lin Thomspon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Ellen Outside the Lines by A. J. Sass, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina Lacour and illustrated by Kaylani Juanita, Candlewick Press
Firsts and Lasts: The Changing Seasons by Leda Schubert and Clover Robin, Candlewick Press
I Am Everything in Between by Sydney Sunderland, Rebel Mountain Press
My Moms Love Me by Anna Membrino and illustrated by Joy Hwang Ruiz, Orchard Books
My Own Way: Celebrating Gender Freedom for Kids by Joana Estrela and Jay Hulme, Wide Eyed Editions
Pink, Blue, and You!: Questions for Kids about Gender Stereotypes by Elise Gravel and Mykaell Blais, Anne Schwartz Books

Poetry

A Year & Other Poems: And Other Poems by Jos Charles, Milkweed Editions
Cane Fire by Shani Mootoo, Book*hug Press
Dream of the Divided Field by Yanyi, One World
Greyhound Americans by Moncho Ollin Alvarado, Saturnalia Books
Instructions between Takeoff and Landing by Charles Jensen, University of Akron Press
let the dead in by Saida Agostini, Alan Squire Publishing
Madness by Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, Nightboat Books
My Body is a Junkyard by Aitch Alexander, Glass Spider Publishing
Poems of Reckoning and Hope by Félix Garmendía, Pearlsong Press
Prelude by Brynne Rebele-Henry, University of Pittsburgh Press
Real Phonies and Genuine Fakes by Nicky Beer, Milkweed Editions
Some Integrity by Padraig Regan, Carcanet Press
Tanto Tanto by Marina Carreira, CavanKerry Press
Thresh & Hold by Marlanda Dekine, Hub City Press

Comics/Graphic Novels

Anne of West Philly: A Modern Graphic Retelling of Anne of Green Gables by Ivy Noelle Weir and illustrated by Myisha Haynes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Call Me Nathan by Catherine Castro and illustrated by Quentin Zuttion, Selfmadehero
Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez and illustrated by Danica Brine, Oni Press
Killer Queens by David Booher and illustrated by Claudia Balboni and Harry Saxon, Dark Horse Books
Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao, Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
My Wandering Warrior Existence by Nagata Kabi, Seven Seas
Rockstar & Softboy by Sina Grace, Image Comics