Queer Fiction Reading Group

Welcome to our Queer Fiction Reading Group!

This is an inclusive reading group open to anyone to come together to read and discuss LGBTQIA+ literature, with titles handpicked by Sanna. Through a queer lens we’ll explore everything from overlooked queer classics to groundbreaking works of contemporary literary fiction.

In November we're exploring Alana S. Portrero's debut novel Bad Habit. Beautifully written and told in an irresistible voice, this book is a powerfully moving coming-of-age novel following a young trans woman in 1980s Madrid.

An unnamed young trans woman grows up in a working-class suburb that has no place for her. She discovers community and kinship in downtown Madrid, amid a dazzling party scene animated by charming junkies, glamorous pop divas, and fallen angels. With each step she takes forward in the city, she finds herself confronted by an antagonism she does not yet know how to counter. In this thrilling and yet often frightening place each decision can have the highest of stakes and yet she knows that only she can forge a path forward to the life she truly wants to live.

'A work of deep humility' - GUARDIAN

'A revelation ... made me weep more than once' - SABA SAMS

'Infused with camp humour, pathos and the spirit of resilience' - AMELIA ABRAHAMS

'Affecting and evocative' - OBSERVER

'Painful yet unquestionably hopeful' - NICOLA DINAN

'Obliges the reader to hold back (or unleash) their feelings chapter after chapter' - VOGUE SPAIN

'The most talked-about debut of the year' - TIME OUT SPAIN