Last Updated on February 1, 2025 by Kittredge Cherry
New LGBTQ Christian books are being published in 2025, including theology, Bible, history, memoir, church life and spirituality by diverse authors.
Q Spirit presents summaries of LGBTQ Christian books released this year, plus lists of titles that are coming soon or recently published. It will be updated continuously during the year. Books on this list cost less than $75 — usually A LOT less.
The “coming soon” section has expanded in response to its growing importance. Last year publishers started announcing their forthcoming titles much further ahead — sometimes almost a year in advance. “Get ready — 2025 promises a powerful lineup of LGBTQ Christian books,” says Q Spirit founder Kittredge Cherry, who compiles the booklist.
Added in February
“A Prince of a Boy: How One Gay Catholic Helped Change the World” by Brian McNaught.
A gay Catholic who was named “the godfather of gay diversity training” by the New York Times tells his life story in his beautifully written memoir. He reveals his struggles and triumphs as an openly gay man in the Catholic church and the corporate world. The author is an internationally acclaimed corporate diversity trainer who spent 40 years in the LGBTQ rights movement and wrote 13 books on LGBTQ issues. Published by Cascade Books.
“Legends from Lindisfarne: Diverse and Inclusive Saints” by Elizabeth Hopkinson (author) and Anna Hopkinson (illustrator).
Two queer saints –“Marinos: The Trans Monk” and “Our Lady of Montevergine: Affirmer of Same Sex Partners” — are prominently featured in this illustrated set of legends about little-known saints. Most come from the Celtic tradition, and the crisp black-and-white illustrations have a Celtic vibe. Based in the United Kingdom, Elizabeth and Anna Hopkinson are a mother-daughter team that also joined forces on the “Asexual Fairy Tales” series. Published by SilverWood Books.
Recently released
“Public Theology and Violent Rhetoric Examined in a Queer Womanist Critical Ethnography” by Teresa L. Smallwood. Published by T&T Clark.
Coming soon and available for pre-order
Feb. 1, 2025
“How to Win a Million Dollars and BEEP Glitter!: A Mostly True Misadventure” by Luke Stoffel. Published by Cinderly.
April 8, 2025
“Trans Biblical: New Approaches to Interpretation and Embodiment in Scripture” by Joseph A. Marchal, Melissa Harl Sellew and Katy E. Valentine (editors). Published by Westminster John Knox Press, official publisher for the Presbyterian Church.
April 15, 2025
“Hey, Mary!” (young-adult graphic novel) by Andrew Wheeler (author) and Rye Hickman (illustrator). Published by Oni Press.
May 20, 2025
“Queer Devotion: Spirituality Beyond the Binary in Myth, Story, and Practice” by Charlie Claire Burgess. Published by Hay House.
May 27, 2025
“Queer & Christian: Reclaiming the Bible, Our Faith, and Our Place at the Table” by Brandan Robertson. Published by St. Martin’s Essentials.
June 24, 2025
“Reading Secrets: A Queer Inheritance of Life and Scripture” by Malcolm Himschoot. Published by Flare Books.
July 1, 2025
“A Queer Lectionary: (Im)proper Readings from the Margins – Year A” by Peter Carlson (editor). Published by Seabury Books, an imprint of Church Publishing, an official publisher of the Episcopal Church.
October 21, 2025
“Queer Communion: Religion in Appalachia” by Davis Shoulders (editor), Foreword by Willie Edward Taylor Carver. Published by University Press of Kentucky.
Related links
Top 24 LGBTQ Christian books of 2024 named
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Top 35 LGBTQ Christian books of 2022 named
Top 28 LGBTQ Christian books of 2021 named
Top 30 LGBTQ Christian books of 2020 named
Top 23 LGBTQ Christian books of 2019 named
Top 30 LGBTQ Christian books of 2018 named
Top 25 LGBTQ Christian books of 2017 named
Top 35 LGBTQ Christian books of 2016 named
Top 25 LGBTQ Christian books of 2015 named
Top 25 LGBTQ Christian books of 2014 named
Basic LGBTQ Christian books: Where to start?
LGBTQ Religion and Spirituality: A Selective Bibliography, 2021-2024 from the American Library Association’s Rainbow Round Table (ala.org)
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