{"id":15101,"date":"2026-10-02T10:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/all-the-queer-books-i-read-in-september-and-whats-on-my-october-tbr\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T09:55:00","slug":"all-the-queer-books-i-read-in-september-and-whats-on-my-october-tbr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/all-the-queer-books-i-read-in-september-and-whats-on-my-october-tbr\/","title":{"rendered":"All the Queer Books I Read in September, and What&#8217;s On My October TBR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>I didn\u2019t get a ton of reading done in September: it was mostly graphic novels. I did reread <em><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\" product-id=\"1644453150\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Ftaiwan-travelogue-a-novel_shuang-zi-yang%2F52035680%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Taiwan Travelogue: A Novel\" data-publisher=\"Graywolf Press\" data-releasedate=\"2024-11-12\" data-author=\"Y\u00e1ng, Shu\u0101ng-z\u01d0\" data-ean=\"9781644453155\" data-asin=\"1644453150\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Taiwan Travelogue<\/a><\/em> by Y\u00e1ng Shu\u0101ng-z\u01d0, translated by Lin King, for my book club, which I highly recommend. It ended up being our most animated discussion yet, because there were a lot of differing opinions.<\/p>\n<p>As for graphic novels, I reread <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"1338617435\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1338617435\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=1338617435\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Heartstopper #1: A Graphic Novel\" data-publisher=\"Graphix\" data-releasedate=\"2020-05-05\" data-author=\"Oseman, Alice\" data-ean=\"9781338617436\" data-asin=\"1338617435\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Heartstopper<\/a>, Volumes 1 &amp; 2 by Alice Oseman\u2026 again\u2026 Similarly, I picked up <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\" product-id=\"1250330726\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Ftripping-over-you-book-1_suzana-harcum_owena-white%2F53306380%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Tripping Over You Book 1: A Graphic Novel\" data-publisher=\"First Second\" data-releasedate=\"2025-08-19\" data-author=\"Harcum, Suzana\" data-ean=\"9781250330727\" data-asin=\"1250330726\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Tripping Over You<\/a>, Volumes 1 &amp; 2 by Suzana Harcum and Owena White, which is a slice-of-life YA M\/M graphic novel series I liked.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1984862316\/?tag=boorio-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Legends-Lattes-The-Graphic-Novel-236x300.jpg.webp\" alt=\"Legends &amp; Lattes: The Graphic Novel cover\" class=\"wp-image-661215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Legends-Lattes-The-Graphic-Novel-236x300.jpg.webp 236w, https:\/\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Legends-Lattes-The-Graphic-Novel-768x977.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Legends-Lattes-The-Graphic-Novel.jpg.webp 1006w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, I read <em><a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Buy from Amazon\" product-id=\"1984862316\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1984862316\/ref=as_li_tf_il?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=boorio-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=217145&amp;creative=399349&amp;creativeASIN=1984862316\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Legends &amp; Lattes: The Graphic Novel\" data-publisher=\"Ten Speed Graphic\" data-releasedate=\"2026-10-06\" data-author=\"Sattin, Samuel\" data-ean=\"9781984862310\" data-asin=\"1984862316\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Legends &amp; Lattes: The Graphic Novel<\/a><\/em> by Travis Baldree, adapted by Samuel Sattin, and illustrated by Shanti Rittgers and Sarah Webb. It comes out on October 6th, and I loved it! The original novel is a favourite of mine, but I like it even better as a graphic novel. It\u2019s the perfect comforting cozy fantasy read, with a sweet F\/F romance.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m currently reading <em><a target=\"_blank\" product-id=\"1770468706\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fbeware-her-fury_mirion-malle%2F56820243%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\" data-title=\"Beware Her Fury\" data-publisher=\"Drawn and Quarterly\" data-releasedate=\"2026-08-04\" data-ean=\"9781770468702\" data-asin=\"1770468706\" data-author=\"Malle, Mirion\" class=\"rnmg-book\">Beware Her Fury<\/a><\/em> by Mirion Malle, translated by Aleshia Jensen, which is a graphic novel about a queer woman trying to process the rage she has about her sexual assault. It\u2019s not an easy subject to read about, but it\u2019s really well done, and I especially like the queer community Clemence has around her.<\/p>\n<p>As for my October TBR, it\u2019s totally out of control. I\u2019ve maxed out my library holds and have stacks of ARCs and owned books to choose from, too.<\/p>\n<p>I plan to read a ton of queer horror this month. Here are just a few of them I\u2019ll be choosing between:<\/p>\n<p>Plus, I somehow have also convinced myself I\u2019ll be able to squeeze in some non-horror reads, including <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\" product-id=\"0316274224\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fqueer-and-how-we-got-here_hazel-newlevant%2F56734685%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" data-title=\"Queer and How We Got Here: A (Personal) History\" data-publisher=\"Little, Brown Ink\" data-releasedate=\"2026-05-12\" data-author=\"Newlevant, Hazel\" data-ean=\"9780316274227\" data-asin=\"0316274224\" class=\"rnmg-book\"><em>Queer and How We Got Here: A (Personal) History<\/em><\/a> by Hazel Newlevant, and the whole <a target=\"_blank\" product-id=\"1974711749\" href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/p\/click\/camref:1101lkCeo\/destination:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thriftbooks.com%2Fw%2Fhow-do-we-relationship-vol-12_tamifull%2F53132559%2F?partner=thriftbooks\" target=\"_blank\" nofollow=\"nofollow\" title=\"Buy from Thriftbooks\" data-title=\"How Do We Relationship?, Vol. 1\" data-publisher=\"VIZ Media LLC\" data-releasedate=\"2020-06-09\" data-ean=\"9781974711741\" data-asin=\"1974711749\" data-author=\"Tamifull\" class=\"rnmg-book\">How Do We Relationship?<\/a> manga series.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m well aware I\u2019m fully delusional. But there\u2019s nothing wrong with having a big reading appetite and lots to choose from! Enough about my October TBR, though: what\u2019s on yours?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/queer-books-wrap-up-september-2026\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I didn\u2019t get a ton of reading done in September: it was mostly graphic novels. I did reread Taiwan Travelogue by Y\u00e1ng Shu\u0101ng-z\u01d0, translated by Lin King, for my book club, which I highly recommend. It ended up being our most animated discussion yet, because there were a lot of differing opinions. As for graphic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15102,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/bookriot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/rainbow-stack-hero-image.jpg.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[15717,1133,290,610,1177,5237,8300,6729],"class_list":["post-15101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-all-access","tag-books","tag-october","tag-queer","tag-read","tag-september","tag-tbr","tag-whats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}