Happy Black History Month! 24 Queer Book Recommendations

February is Black History Month, and Duck Prints Press is back with more queer reads! We asked our list reccers for books either by Black authors or starring Black characters, and in this resulting list of 24 books, most of the books are both! The contributors to this list are: May Barros, Sebastian Marie, Shea Sullivan, Nina Waters, Shannon, Neo Scarlett, Meera S., Terra P. Waters, Linnea Peterson, Tris Lawrence and an anonymous contributor.

• The Black Veins by Ashia Monet
• Give Fangs A Chance by Tatiana Carey
• How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole
• Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
• Blood Like Magic by Liselle Sambury
• The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
• Blood Debts by Terry J. Benton-Walker
• Brooms by Jasmine Walls
• You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
• The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass
• Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise
• Rust in the Root by Justina Ireland
• The Unbroken by C.L. Clark
• Free-Wrench by Joseph R. Lallo
• The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez
• House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson
• This Poison Heart by Kalynn Bayron
• I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
• Bunt!: Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu
• If It Makes You Happy by Claire Kann
• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
• Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
• Bloodchild by Octavia E. Butler
• Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the Us by lenny duncan

Tell us your favorites!

You can find these and more books on our Goodreads shelves: Queer Books with Black Characters and Queer Books by Black Authors

See anything you like? You can buy it through Duck Prints Press Bookshop.org affiliate page from two handy lists: Books with Queer Black Characters and Queer Books by Black Authors!

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