This weekend is Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon! It started in 2007, and I’ve participating every April and October for more than ten years. It’s a great excuse to clear my calendar for a day and read as much as I can. These days, I celebrate with a couple of my friends: the three of us snack and read together all day long (and most of the night!).

Over the years, I’ve learned some things about readathoning. For one thing, I don’t stay up the full 24 hours anymore. I’m too old for that. I also am still perfecting the exact perfect balance of snacks. Equally important to snacks, though, are the books. I usually read mostly graphic novels and novellas on readathon days, but there are a few more things I’ve learned about book selection. (Like every day of the year, of course, I mostly read queer books.)

Here are some of the best and worst choices of queer books to read in one sitting—at least, when it comes to my reading tastes.