Happy Speak Your Language Day!
May. 7th, 2026 10:22 am

We have an annual tradition that on Speak Your Language day, we share some of our favorite queer books that weren’t originally published in English! Check out the recs we’ve got along those lines today, brought to you by Sanne, Evangeline Giaconia, Nina Waters, Lucy K.R., Dei Walker, JD Rivers, Shannon.
- Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt – Dutch
- Counterweight / 평형추 (Pyeonghyeongchu) by Djuna – Korean
- The Route of Ice and Salt / La Ruta Del Hielo Y La Sal by José Luis Zárate – Spanish
- Walking Practice / 보행 연습 (Bohaeng Yeonseub) by Dolki Min – Korean
- Stars of Chaos / 杀破狼 (Sha Po Lang) by priest – Chinese
- The Way Spring Arrives and Other Stories by Regina Kanyu Wang & Yu Chen – Chinese
- Peerless / 无双 (Wu Shuang) by Meng Xi Shi – Chinese
- The Center of the World / Die Mitte der Welt by Andreas Steinhöfel – German
- Kisses That Taste Like Lies / くちづけは嘘の味 (Kuchizuke Wa Uso No Aji) by Waka Sagami – Japanese
- But Not Too Bold / Bem Mal Me Quer by Hache Pueyo – Brazilian Portuguese
- The Other World’s Books Depend on the Bean Counter / 異世界の沙汰は社畜次第 (Isekai No Sata Wa Shachiku Shidai) by Yatsuki Wakatsu & Kazuki Irodori – Japanese
- Planeta by Ana Oncina – Spanish
- Mistakenly Saving the Villain / 論救錯反派的下場 (Lun Jiu Cuo Fanpai De Xiachang) by Feng Yu Nie – Chinese
- Paradise Rot / Perlebryggeriet by Jenny Hval – Norwegian
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