{"id":6643,"date":"2025-09-06T20:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/6643\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T20:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T20:44:11","slug":"the-bestselling-queer-books-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/6643\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bestselling Queer Books of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every week, I look at the biggest bestseller lists and note the overlap to see the\u00a0bestselling books of the week, according to all the lists<\/a>. It\u2019s interesting to see the buzzy books of the moment, but the selection typically leaves something to be desired. That list is usually very predictable and anything but diverse. It points to just how monolithic (white, straight, cis, abled, etc) the biggest books are right now, representing only a very narrow range of voices.<\/p>\n

That said, there are different ways to look at the bestseller lists. That weekly feature only looks at the top ten of each list. Today, I\u2019ve gone through every one of the\u00a0New York Times, USA Today, Amazon, and Indie Bestseller lists in full to find the bestselling queer books of the week. With this broader scope, I\u2019ve found ten queer books on one or more bestseller lists, from literary fiction to horror. Unfortunately, the queer selection of bestsellers is still disproportionately by white authors.<\/p>\n

Can you guess the author who has three queer books on the USA Today bestseller list this week?<\/p>\n

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Atmosphere: A Love Story<\/a> by Taylor Jenkins Reid (USA Today, The New York Times, Amazon, Indie Bestsellers)<\/p>\n

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil<\/a> by V. E. Schwab (USA Today, Indie Bestsellers)<\/p>\n

All Fours<\/a> by Miranda July (USA Today, Indie Bestsellers)<\/p>\n

The Entanglement of Rival Wizards<\/a> by Sara Raasch (USA Today)<\/p>\n

Lucky Day<\/a> by Chuck Tingle (USA Today)<\/p>\n

The Emperor of Gladness<\/a> by Ocean Vuong (Indie Bestsellers)<\/p>\n

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Martyr!<\/a> by Kaveh Akbar (USA Today)<\/p>\n

Bury Your Gays<\/a> by Chuck Tingle (USA Today)<\/p>\n

Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead<\/a> by Emily Austin (USA Today)<\/p>\n

Camp Damascus<\/a> by Chuck Tingle (USA Today)<\/p>\n

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