Book Riot highlights the Lit for Queer Liberation auction, running from March 8 to 14, 2026, to raise funds for queer and trans individuals facing financial hardship. The event features signed books from authors including Martha Wells, Khaled Hosseini, Angie Thomas, and V.E. Schwab. It coincides with discussions on the 2026 Read Harder Challenge and March reading recommendations.
In a recent Book Riot post titled 'What are You Reading in March?', the site promotes the Lit for Queer Liberation auction as a way to combine book enthusiasm with social good. The auction aims to help queer and trans people dealing with financial difficulties and includes notable items such as signed books by Martha Wells, Khaled Hosseini, Angie Thomas, and V.E. Schwab, among others. It will take place from March 8 to 14, 2026.
The post also reflects on February reading, noting the author's completion of several queer nonfiction titles. These include 'All the Parts We Exile' by Roza Nozari, a memoir about a queer Muslim immigrant's journey in Canada, focusing on coming out, cultural reconciliation, and family relationships. Another is 'Guest Privileges: Queer Lives and Finding Home in the Middle East' by Gaar Adams, which blends personal experiences of a white gay American in the UAE with explorations of queer communities in regions where being queer is illegal, such as karaoke bars and parkour groups.
Further recommendations cover 'Hermaphrodite Logic: A History of Intersex Liberation' by Juliana Gleeson, described as academic but informative on intersex activism from the 1990s onward, aligning with task #5 of the 2026 Read Harder Challenge: reading nonfiction about resistance. A microhistory for task #1 is 'Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness' by Michael Koresky, examining queerness in Hollywood under the Hays Code, including a lesser-known butch lesbian director.
For March, the author anticipates 'The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn’t a Guy at All, Vol. 3' by Sumiko Arai, a sapphic manga series; 'Spoiled Milk' by Avery Curran, a sapphic gothic novel for task #6; 'Hell’s Heart' by Alexis Hall, a queer sci-fi retelling of Moby Dick; and 'These Heathens' by Mia McKenzie. The post invites readers to share their February reads and March plans in the comments, tying into the ongoing 2026 Read Harder Challenge.
