Lately, I’ve been seeing a bunch of bookish influencers share their “ten before the end:” ten books they want to finish before the end of the year. I only have a couple of books I have to finish before 2026, but there are some titles I’m hoping to get through, including some queer holiday reads. Here are my picks for the ten queer books I want to read by the end of December—with the understanding that I almost definitely won’t get to them all.