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A Rainbow of Queer Books for Pride 2025: Violet


HAPPY PRIDE 2025! For Pride this year, we’re changing up our usual rec lists. Instead of doing books with specific identities or themes, we’re focused this time on cover color! Throughout the month of June, we’ll be doing 8 rec lists, each with covers inspired by one of the colors of the original Gilbert Baker Pride Flag. We drew a little additional inspiration from the meaning behind the color and why it was included in the original LGBTQIA+ flag (in this case, violet = spirit), but we prioritized color over meaning. The contributors to this list are: Nina Waters, Dei Walker, Shannon, and Tris Lawrence.
- Commit to the Kick by Tris Lawrence
- Promises Stronger Than Darkness by Charlie Jane Anders
- The Witch Roads by Kate Elliott
- Spinning by Tillie Walden
- Rules For Ghosting by Shelly Jay Shore
- The Glass Scientists by S.H. Cotugno
- Stormsong by C.L. Polk
- The Diablo’s Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa
- Love at Second Sight by F.T. Lukens
- The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester by Maya MacGregor
- Sweet & Bitter Magic by Adrienne Tooley
- Victories Greater Than Death by Charlie Jane Anders
- These Witches Don’t Burn by Isabel Sterling
- The Witch Boy by Molly Knox Ostertag
- How to Be a Werewolf by Shawn Lenore
- Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban
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