12 New Queer Latine Books (…Plus 14 More)

September 15th to October 15th is Latine Heritage Month, but there’s never a bad time to add more Latine lit to your reading list! I’m here with 12 new queer Latine books out in 2026… plus a bonus list of 14 more, because I couldn’t stop there. We have literary fiction set in Bogotá’s queer underground, a love story between two men in 1960s Cuba, a sapphic rivals-to-lovers wedding romance (she ruined her quinceañera), a return to the graveyard gay brujos and brujes, and much more. Get 15% off annual All Access memberships for a limited time in celebration of Book Riot’s 15th anniversary! Savings amount to more than 3 months of free unlimited access to our entire content archive, plus features like Collections and the New Release Index. Claim your savings and start leveling up your reading life. Pretend You’re Dead and I Carry You by Julián Delgado LoperaIn Bogota, Colombia, teen Valentina is desperate for details surrounding her mother’s drowning and for her father to snap out of his depression. But all Ignacio does is smoke cigarettes all day in a long blonde wig, heavy with guilt over his marriage and memories of a man he once loved and betrayed. Enter Mamadora Eléctrica, the tra...