A Rainbow of Queer Books for Pride 2025: Red
HAPPY PRIDE 2025! For Pride this year, we’re changing up our usual rec lists. Instead of doing books with specific identities or themes, we’re focused this time on cover color! Throughout the month of June, we’ll be doing 8 rec lists, each with covers inspired by one of the colors of the original Gilbert Baker Pride Flag. We drew a little additional inspiration from the meaning behind the color and why it was included in the original LGBTQIA+ flag (in this case, red = life), but we prioritized color over meaning. The contributors to this list are: Sanne, Neo Scarlett, boneturtle, Nina Waters, Shannon, Shadaras, Tris Lawrence, Linnea Peterson, Owl Outerbridge, Shea Sullivan and 2 anonymous contributors.
The Devil’s Luck by L.S. Baird
The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao
Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas’s “The Three Musketeers” ed. by Nina Waters
Heaven Official’s Blessing by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu
Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle
Fat Ham by James Ijames
Are You My Mother? A Comic Drama by Alison Bechdel
Witches of Ash and Ruin by E. Latimer
Husband Material by Alexis Hall
The Red Scholar’s Wake by Aliette de Bodard
For Real by Alexis Hall
Jay Moriarty Violates the Official Secrets Act by Kit Walker
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan
The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado & DaNi
Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
Devilman by Go Nagai
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