November is a slower month in publishing, coming off the heels of the deluge of books that came out in September and October. Regardless, there are gems coming out this month, including some excellent new LGBTQ books. Here are ten of the most exciting queer books out in November 2026, including a queer 1970s thriller with shades of The X-Files, an M/M tennis romance, a nonbinary fantasy adventure, a sapphic thriller that’s “ The Golden Girls meets Bonnie and Clyde and Thelma and Louise ,” and more.

There Used To Be People Here by Kennedy Cole (November 3)

Samuel Barkley is the only Black detective in 1970’s Wenton, Mississippi. He’s just trying to keep his head down when he’s assigned a case about a man found dead in the bathroom of a local gay bar. Keeping a low profile is made difficult by two things, though: Harvey, his vexing new partner, and a UFO crash. This promises to be a queer thriller “with shades of The X-Files and S. A.…