LGBTQ+ Collection
We are proud to publish incredible fiction, non-fiction and poetry from queer voices to discover now, and adore for life. This Pride Month, explore trans life past, present and future in Torrey Peters’ Stag Dance, delve into a genre-bending memoir of domestic violence in Carmen Maria Machado’s In the Dream House, and be taken on a wild ride by ‘the rock star of modern poetry’, Eileen Myles. Want a recommendation? Get in touch on Instagram – @serpentstail
Say Say Say
Lila Savage
A beautiful, bracingly honest debut novel about the triangle formed between a young woman and the couple whose life she enters: a story about love and…
The Natashas
Yelena Moskovich
A stunning literary debut with shades of Angela Carter and Haruki Murakami
Her Body And Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado
Wonderful and terrible humans skulk in the myths of Carmen Maria Machado's genre-bending debut – perfect for fans of Angela Carter's Fairy T…
Eat Up
Ruby Tandoh
Ruby Tandoh's radical manifesto takes the guilt out of eating and puts the pleasure back in.
I Must Be Living Twice
Eileen Myles
Selected works new and old from the celebrated poet and radical icon
Before Night Falls
Reinaldo Arenas
The heartbreaking memoir of artistic, sexual and political freedom in Castro's Cuba, with a new foreword by Garth Greenwell
Ready To Catch Him Should He Fall
Neil Bartlett
Neil Bartlett's groundbreaking debut novel, now available as a Serpent's Tail Classic, with a new introduction by the author
Chelsea Girls
Eileen Myles
A groundbreaking and candid novel-in-real-time, considered a cult classic, from the 'rock star of modern poetry'
Tell it to the Bees
Fiona Shaw
A spellbinding story of forbidden love in the 1950s, now a major movie starring Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger