Queer Fiction, Shared Experiences.

This article highlights a selection of queer fiction novels that explore various themes such as friendship, family, love, and self-discovery. The novels featured include "Big Familia" by Tomas Moniz, which focuses on platonic love and found family; "Cinema Love" by Jiaming Tang, which delves into the secret lives of gay men and their wives; "Housemates" by Emma Copley Eisenberg, inspired by the real-life relationship between photographer Berenice Abbott and art critic Elizabeth McCausland; "Indian Winter" by Kazim Ali, starring a queer writer and translator traveling through India; "Little Rot" by Akwaeke Emezi, set in an imagined Nigerian city and exploring themes of relationships and power dynamics; "Model Home" by Rivers Solomon, a twist on the haunted house story that confronts racism and segregation; "My Lesbian Novel" by Renee Gladman, an exploration of queerness and art-making through autofiction; "The Palace of Eros" by Caro De Robertis, a queer and feminist retelling of the Greek myth of Psyche and Eros; "Road to Ruin" by Hana Lee, an apocalyptic fantasy with a bisexual love triangle; "Vera Bushwack" by Sig Burwash, a graphic novel set in Nova Scotia that explores gender identity and past traumas. [Extracted from the article]