Celebrating Pride Month 2026: Top Queer Reads of the Year
Toasted golden, schmeared with insight. Top of the rack.
Summary
A personal essay celebrating Pride Month by sharing a curated list of top queer reads from 2025-2026, co-created with a friend. The article highlights queer literature, beginning with a reflective review of "Forest Euphoria: The Abounding Queerness of Nature" by Patricia Ononiwu Kaishian, emphasizing its meditative quality over factual density.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledOverall, the thing I loved about this read was not the fount of factfulness but the fountain of meditative, calm reflection
my friend Sarah-Hope and I decided that a good way to celebrate #PrideMonth would be by highlighting our top five queer reads of the past year
I cheated; one of Sarah-Hope's is also one of mine so I included but didn't count it
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