Welcome! This page is a one-stop for all things related to the Queer Lit Readathon. Here are the dates for all of 2023. Round 11 is here!
Challenges
- Banned Book
- Group Reads
- All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
- Finna by Nino Cipri
- Trans Joy
- Choose Your Own Category
- M-Spec
- Multi-attraction spectrum: used here as an umbrella term for people attracted to more than one gender, including bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, etc.
- History
- This is up to you how it’s interpreted. It can mean historical fiction, or actual history.
- Host Rec
- Memoir
- Crime
- Enby Author or MC
- Intersectional
- Folklore
- Continued
- Read the next book in a series you’ve started
- Read another book by an author you’ve read before
- Read more in a specific subject
- Short Stories
- Read a single short story, or a whole collection
- Sapphic
- Queer Friends
FAQ
Can I read the same book for multiple challenges?
Yes! We are aware not everyone can read many books in one week, so go for it!
Do I have to make a bingo?
No you don’t! You can read books from only the corners, or only the center, it’s all up to you. You can read 2 books or 14 books (we would be very impressed if you managed this!), the goal of this readathon is to be as flexible as possible.
I can’t think of any books that match {this challenge}, help!
We have a few videos that recommend several queer lit books, linked here.
- A to Z of Queer Lit – Playlist (Kathy)
- Queer Lit Recs (Rogan)
Are you on other platforms?
Yes, we are @queer_lit on Twitter (where we will do chats/sprints, and boast other Queer Lit Tweets) and Instagram (where we post pictures of queer books year round).
When does the readathon start?
Midnight in your own time zone (or whichever time zone you want to pretend to be in for that week).
Should I caption my TBR video?
Yes, please! In fact, it would be great if you captioned all of your videos. The auto-generated captions have gotten better over the past couple of years, but they still don’t understand everything people say, and are clueless about punctuation and capitalization. Making sure your content is accessible is just the right thing to do.