Hello Rainbow Readers! February is Black History month, and today we’re featuring 24 Black Queer books to add to your TBR! Anytime is a great time to pick up a Black Queer book and find a new favorite. These books include a multitude of age categories and genres. These are brand new recs continuing from parts 1 and 2 we posted in 2023 (shared in stories for more recs)!
Have you read any of these? Do you have any others we missed? Add the title & author in the comments so we can find new favorites too!
Queer stories that feature Black MCs are always needed and we hope to see even more continue to be published in the future whether that’s traditionally or through indie publishing. Speaking of indie books, if you are a Black author with a Black queer story: we want your books! Please consider adding your book to our submissions via the link in our bio so we can review your book for a future special edition printing! PSA: Indie means small press AND self-published books. We’re looking for both!
🌈 Our February crate will include the first two books on this list: Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender and The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jerée. Subscriptions and one time purchases for this box are currently open. Both books have brand new covers exclusive to Rainbow Crate.
Books listed above their respective graphics.
📷: Thanks to @foreverinastory for the photo of our The Sound of Stars magnet as the background!
ID: A post of seven slides. Slide 1: A photo of a magnet of two Black kids with a stack of rainbow books in between the two. The magnet rests on a wood log with purple, blue and green flowers next to it. Overlaid is pink slightly opaque circle with text on it that says “24 Queer Black Books” in white font with a black outline. Slides 2-7: The background is the same photo of the magnet with an added blur effect. Over the photo are four book covers in a 2 x 2. End ID.
Infinity Alchemist by Kacen Callender
The Fall That Saved Us by Tamara Jerée
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
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Stud Like Her by Fiona Zedde
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
The Principle of Moments by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
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Here For it; Or, How to Save Your Soul in America: Essays by R. Eric Thomas
I Have Always Been Me: A Memoir by Precious Brady-Davis
So Let Them Burn by Kamilah Cole
The Passing Playbook by Isaac Fitzsimmons
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The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.
Survive The Dome by Kosoko Jackson
This is What it Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow
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Right Where I Left You by Julian Winters
Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson
The Romantic Agenda by Claire Kann
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
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Outdrawn by Deanna Grey
The Stars & the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
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