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Graphic 1 of 8. Text and a graphic of a sport whistle on a light blue background with a border of a rainbow flag. The text reads: Queer Sport Books we Love.

Graphic 2 of 8, titled American Football. A clipart of a football ball and four book covers on a light blue background with a border of a rainbow flag. The books are: Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler; May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor; Commit to the Kick by Tris Lawrence; The Goat in the Bedroom by Amy Award. The text below the last books reads: Football & Rugby.

Graphic 3 of 8, titled Baseball. A clipart of a baseball bat and ball and two book covers on a light blue background with a border of a rainbow flag. The books are: It's A Hit! by Arin Cole Barth & Marika Barth; Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman.

Graphic 4 of 8, titled Soccer. A clipart of a soccer ball and two book covers on a light blue background with a border of a rainbow flag. The books are: Caf� Con Lychee by Emery Lee; Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner.

Graphic 5 of 8, titled Cheerleading. A clipart of two cheer pom poms and three book covers on a light blue background with a border of a rainbow flag. The books are: Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier & Val Wise; King Cheer by Stephanie Kate Strohm & Molly Horton Booth; She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen. The text under the last book reads: Cheerleading & Basketball.

Graphic 6 of 8, titled Esports. A clipart of a gamepad and four book covers on a light blue background with a border of a rainbow flag. The books are: AWM: PUBG by Man Man He Qi Duo; Renegade Rule by Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein; I Can Do It by Jiang Zi Bei; God Level Summoner by Die Zhiling.

Graphic 7 of 8, titled And More. Three book covers each described with a sport name on a light blue background with a border of a rainbow flag. The books are: Bunt!: Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu (Softball); Fence by C.S. Pacat (Fencing); 10 Dance by Inouesatoh (Competitive Balroom Dancing).

Graphic 8 of 8, titled And Even More. Three book covers each described with a sport name on a light blue background with a border of a rainbow flag. The books are: Salad Days by Jing Shui Bian (Boxing); All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny (Knightly Tournament); The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic (Fictional Sport).

Happy day-after-the-Superbowl and first-week-of-the-winter-Olympics! Duck Prints Press has a small but vocal contingent of sports lovers among our number (including yours truly, I’m unforth/Nina Waters), and so we thought it’d be fun to make a list of our favorite sports stories with queer characters! And before anyone asks “but where’s hockey?” the answer is, we got so many recs for hockey stories that we decided to make that a separate rec list. It’ll go up in the next few days.

The contributors to the list are: Nina Waters, Terra P. Waters, Puck, JD Rivers, jumblejen, Tris Lawrence, Shadaras, Dei Walker, Linnea Peterson.

Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler (american football)
May the Best Man Win by Z.R. Ellor (american football)
Commit to the Kick by Tris Lawrence (american football)
The Goat in the Bedroom by Amy Award (american football & rugby)
It’s A Hit! by Arin Cole Barth & Marika Barth (baseball)
Out of Left Field by Jonah Newman (baseball)
Café Con Lychee by Emery Lee (soccer)
Cleat Cute by Meryl Wilsner (soccer)
Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier & Val Wise (cheerleading)
King Cheer by Stephanie Kate Strohm & Molly Horton Booth (cheerleading)
She Drives Me Crazy by Kelly Quindlen (cheerleading & basketball)
AWM: PUBG by Man Man He Qi Duo (esports)
Renegade Rule by Ben Kahn, Rachel Silverstein (esports)
I Can Do It by Jiang Zi Bei (esports)
God Level Summoner by Die Zhiling (esports)
Bunt!: Striking Out on Financial Aid by Ngozi Ukazu (softball)
Fence by C.S. Pacat (fencing)
Salad Days by Jing Shui Bian (boxing)
10 Dance by Inouesatoh (competitive dance)
All the Painted Stars by Emma Denny (knightly tournament)
The Foxhole Court by Nora Sakavic (original sport)

Find these and other books on our Goodreads book shelf or buy them through the Duck Prints Press Bookshop.org affiliate page. It’s also a list on pagebound.co!

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Our Favorite Sports Books with Queer Characters!

Our Favorite Sports Books with Queer Characters!

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