Literature

Author interviews, guides to the best LGBT Literature, Gay and Lesbian Novels and Memoirs and more!

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for February 2026

Here are our most anticipated LGBTQ+ book picks for February! There’s a little bit of something for everyone!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

Feb 3, 2026

A woman with long curly hair reading in a window, with a tea cup in a saucer and a mid-sized shorthaired dog

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Lez Liberty Lit Is Reading in Translation

Is literary fiction a scam? How do you read the unread books you already own? Are you reading enough books in translation? Wanna read about baby penguins? Click through.

Ryan Yates

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Nov 21, 2019

lgbt book reviews

“March Sisters” Celebrates “Little Women,” But Stops Short of Queerness

This essay collection is a warm and personal tribute to the title characters of Little Women, in honor of the classic’s 150th birthday. But it left much to be desired…

Kate Gorton

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Nov 14, 2019

lgbt book reviews

8 Great Books About Queer Monstrous Women

“Books about *monstrous women* of all varieties. Softhearted giantesses, feral shapeshifters, malicious sea creatures, lonely gorgons. Women with the strength of gods, women with fangs and fur, women formed of…

Casey

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Nov 12, 2019

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Things I Read That I Love #301: A Truly Raunchy Line Involving a Sandwich Bun and a Hairdresser

Topics include Phoebe Waller-Bridge, an Air BnB scam, tourism in Iceland, what even is Newsweek anymore, some deportations of history and more! Like an excerpt from Carmen Maria Machado’s new…

Riese

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Nov 8, 2019

woman reading at a table with a beverage in an orange mug

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Lez Liberty Lit Is in the Dream House

Carmen Maria Machado’s new gothic memoir, why reading is different from experiencing, new Elena Ferrante and more.

Ryan Yates

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Nov 7, 2019

book features

Is the Resurgence of Feminist Bookstores in the South a Moment or a Movement?

Visit five feminist bookstores across the south east that are creating community building and political organizing space as well as curating feminist literature written by authors from different backgrounds holding…

meagan

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Nov 7, 2019

lgbt book reviews

“In the Dream House” Deconstructs the Nightmare of Abuse in Queer Relationships

Carmen Maria Machado’s first memoir, a deep dive into abuse between women both in Machado’s past relationship and in our world, is a wholly unique and wholly necessary text.

Rachel

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Nov 5, 2019

lgbt book reviews

Cyrus Grace Dunham’s “A Year Without a Name” Is an Affecting, Imperfect Exploration of Identity

Often, we talk about novels that should have been short stories. Dunham’s book of the same title “A Year Without a Name” feels like a memoir that should have been…

Oliver Reeson

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Oct 30, 2019