Be Gay, Do Crime (2025) edited by Kristel Buckley and Molly Llewellyn
Emily Austin recommends
Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It (2026) Brooke Averick "Heartfelt and funny. This has everything romantic comedies need: projectile vomiting, checklists, and an easy-to-root-for, endearing protagonist. A love story for the ages - or at least for the anxious."
Girls Girls Girls (2025) Shoshana von Blanckensee "An immersive and emotional debut teeming with heart, angst, love, and self-discovery. This is a queer, touching, and charming book that makes you feel at home in 1990s San Francisco through the eyes of a messy and endearing lesbian."
Palm Meridian (2025) Grace Flahive "Bursting with humor, queer joy, and heart. A unique and deeply touching celebration of both community and life."
Loneliness & Company (2024) Charlee Dyroff "Naturally intelligent. An inventive, timely, and perceptive story about human connection and being alive."
A Good Happy Girl (2024) Marissa Higgins "An intensely queer and disarming story about unconventional love. Marissa Higgins's debut is superbly sad, sapphic, and sexy."
Never Been Better (2024) Leanne Toshiko Simpson "A hilarious, honest, refreshing, and moving story about mental health, friendship, and love. Never Been Better is a brilliant debut."
Greta & Valdin (2024) Rebecca K Reilly "Hysterical, smart, and gay. I loved these characters so much. Greta & Valdin is an engrossing and charming read peppered with humour and insight. I can't wait to read more from Rebecca K Reilly."
Sunshine Nails (2023) Mai Nguyen "Sunshine Nails manages to be lighthearted and funny while it also shrewdly addresses complex topics, like gentrification and anti-Asian racism. I loved the Tran family and their bright, compelling story."
Ripe (2023) Sarah Rose Etter "I was sucked into this novel like a black hole. Ripe is brilliant - a distinctive, sharp, engrossing window into late-stage capitalism. My face melted into this book."
Bored Gay Werewolf (2023) Tony Santorella "I ate this up. A clever and chaotic commentary on toxic masculinity, the self-improvement industry, and the grind of modern existence. This book is biting!"
The Adult (2023) Bronwyn Fischer "All-consuming. The Adult has it all: betrayal, the intensity of inexperienced queer infatuation, and a perceptive and comic voice. A bright and poignant coming-of-age story that will leave you thinking, 'I hope Bronwyn Fischer writes more!'"
