Literature

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

‘The Queer Bookshelf’ Will Help You Find Your Next Gay Read — Without Algorithms

London-based author Layla McCay has written The Queer Bookshelf to bring us a reader’s perspective on what a queer canon…

Sally

Jun 11, 2026

lgbt book reviews

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for June 2026

Here at Autostraddle, of course, we celebrate LGBTQ+ books year-round, and that has become an increasingly vital.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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Jun 9, 2026

All Us Saints by Katherine Packert Burke

lgbt book reviews

‘All Us Saints’ Boldly Slashes Away at the Trans Killer Trope

All Us Saints is hardly the first work to critique and analyze the prolific horror trope of the transgender slasher killer, but few have done so with as much courage…

Nic Anstett

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Jun 6, 2026

lgbt book reviews

My ‘Dry Season’

Taking time to be celibate during my first year in California allowed me to build a life which matched my priorities.

Gen

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Jun 2, 2026

movie lists

All 100+ Queer Women of the Star Wars Universe, Ranked

Unlike Luke Skywalker in the swamps of Dagobah, I’m no quitter. I’m ranking all one hundred plus canon queer women in Star Wars.

Nic Anstett

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May 28, 2026

lgbt book reviews

‘Work To Do’ and the Fight for a Better World

Work To Do is not an exposé, but rather a workplace drama that seizes on the petty squabbles of romantic trysts, the looming threat of climate change, and what it…

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

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May 20, 2026

Pretend You're Dead and I Carry You, All Us Saints, and The Lesbian Bar Chronicles

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Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2026

Great sci-fi and hybrid nonfiction are coming your way this month. Plus a whole lot more.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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May 6, 2026

lgbt book reviews

‘Saturn Returning’ Explores Loves More Complex Than Romance

I should mention: This is the most lesbian book I have ever read.

Mia Arias Tsang

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May 4, 2026

book features

Things I Read That I Love #351: Girl Interrupted, The Best Free Bread, Small Pets

Caity Weaver searches America for its best free bread, an oral history of Girl Interrupted, Patricia Cornwell’s wikipedia page and more longform for you

Riese

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May 2, 2026