
The Best Queer Books of the Year, According to Barnes & Noble
Barnes & Noble has released its Best Books of the Year 2024 lists, which I think we can all agree is a little early in the year for that. Regardless, it’s an interesting look at the biggest and buzziest books of 2024, especially from a bookselling perspective. There isn’t a separate Best LGBTQ Books of 2024 section, but I’ve browsed through all the lists and pulled out the ones I recognized as queer.
Unfortunately, I still don’t have 100% accurate queerdar for books, so let me know in the comments if you spot any I missed. Also, if you think, “Is that book queer? I didn’t know it was queer,” it probably has a bisexual main character. Bisexual invisibility strikes again!
I could have subtitled this list “Horror is Queer,” because that’s the category that has the most queer books in it. Still, there is at least one queer book in the Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Audiobooks, Entertainment Memoirs, and Romance categories. Without further ado, here are the 13 queer books that made Barnes & Noble’s list of the best books of the year.
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Best Fiction Books of 2024:
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
All Fours by Miranda July
Best Fantasy Books of 2024:
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
Best Horror Books of 2024:
Lucy Undying: A Dracula Novel by Kiersten White
Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen
We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram
Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Best Young Adult Books of 2024:
Celestial Monsters by Aiden Thomas
Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews
Best Audiobooks of 2024:
The Pairing by Casey McQuiston, narrated by Emma Galvin and Max Meyers
Best Entertainment Memoirs of 2024:
Farewell Yellow Brick Road: Memories of My Life on Tour by Elton John
Best Romance of 2024:
A Jingle Bell Mingle by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
Which queer 2024 books would you add to this list? Let’s chat in the comments!
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