Literature

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

Book Features Book Lists LGBT Book Reviews

book features

New Memoir ‘A Body Made Home’ Embraces Black Trans Love, Healing, and Transformation

Kai Marshall Green resists cliche disability recovery narratives and normative tropes of trans storytelling.

Lauren Herold

Mar 5, 2026

A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

lgbt book reviews

‘A Bánh Mì for Two’ Is a Swoony Sapphic Romance Between Two Foodies

The story combines two of my favorite things: girls falling in love, and finding connection through food!

Sa'iyda Shabazz

—

Aug 23, 2024

A triptych of Joshua Jennifer Espinoza's new collection I Don't Want to Be Understood.

lgbt book reviews

Poet Joshua Jennifer Espinoza Takes Risks in Her Stunning New Collection

It’s thrilling to read an artist like Jennifer experiment and play.

Drew Burnett Gregory

—

Aug 6, 2024

THE PAIRING by Casey McQuiston

lgbt book reviews

Casey McQuiston’s Bi4Bi Romance ‘The Pairing’ Is for Queer Hedonists Everywhere

The bisexual and trans romance is a delectable feast.

ashni

—

Aug 6, 2024

Little Fires Everywhere, Dare Me, Tipping the Velvet, Station Eleven, Survival of the Thickest, Killing Eve, Shrill, The Haunting of Hill House, I Love Dick, and Daisy Jones & the Six

book lists

How Gay Are the Books These Queer Shows Are Based On?

My favorite adaptations are always the ones that inject queerness where there previously was none. Here are 69 book-to-queer-TV adaptations along with a look at just how queer the books…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

—

Aug 3, 2024

Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager

lgbt book reviews

The Holocaust Doesn’t Exist in a Historical Vacuum

As Solomon J. Brager implies in their new graphic memoir, Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory, Holocaust memoirs have been part of our global literary culture…

Stef Rubino

—

Jul 30, 2024

The Miseducation of Cameron Post, I Can't Think Straight, Disobedience, Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Hours, Rebecca, The Color Purple, and Fingersmith

book lists

Which of These Books Are Better Than the Lesbian Movies Based on Them?

I think we can all agree there should be MORE queer film adaptations of queer (or queer-coded) books! Here are 32 from 1940 to now.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

—

Jul 24, 2024

Olivia Laing's The Garden Against Time

lgbt book reviews

‘The Garden Against Time’ Asks, Who Gets To Live in Paradise?

I didn’t grow up knowing anyone who had a traditional garden. In South Florida, where the heat is relentless and the storms are unpredictable, it takes a special kind of…

Stef Rubino

—

Jul 22, 2024

Lesbian Potentiality & Feminist Media in the 1970s

book features

Looking Back on 1970s Lesbian Feminist Film and Sci-Fi To Reimagine the Future

“I mean props to those who are three years old and are like, ‘I’m gay.’ But some of us have to meet some gay people, and sometimes those people are…

Lauren Herold

—

Jul 13, 2024

Book List

More Book Lists

The Seep, Land of Milk and Honey, and The Unworthy

Queer Books To Read if You’re Really Missing ‘Pluribus’

Literature

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2025

The Best Queer Poetry Releases of 2025

Literature

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

the best queer books of 2025

The Best Queer Books of 2025

Literature

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

17 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

17 Sapphic Holiday Romances To Devour This Winter

Literature

Sa'iyda Shabazz

lgbt middle grade books

10 New Middle Grade Books Featuring LGBTQ+ Main Characters

Literature

Sa'iyda Shabazz

10 Trans Horror Books You Should Read Right Now

10 Trans Horror Books You Should Read Right Now

Literature

Nic Anstett

memoirs by brandi carlile, brittney griner and kristen kish

48 Lesbian, Queer and Trans Celebrity Memoirs

Literature

Riese

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

Literature

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

Literature

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

a woman reading a book in a straw hat

What Hot Queer Book Published This Summer Should You Read?

Games

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

More Book Lists

Author Interviews

A Body Made Home by Kai Marshall Green

New Memoir ‘A Body Made Home’ Embraces Black Trans Love, Healing, and Transformation

Literature

Lauren Herold

Ashley Herring Blake and Get Over it, April Evans

Ashley Herring Blake Loves Writing Messy Queer Characters

Literature

Sa'iyda Shabazz

Amy Spalding - In Her Spotlight

How Amy Spalding Built a Four-Book Sapphic Romance Universe

Literature

Sa'iyda Shabazz

Queers at the Table

What Does ‘Queer Food’ Mean?

Literature

Stef Rubino

Best Woman by Rose Dommu and The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Rose Dommu and Casey McQuiston on Writing Queer Romance That Fucks With the Formula

Literature

Adam Eli

ilana masad BEINGS

Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

Pick An Actual Category, You Strange Genius

Gabrielle Korn

Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

Literature

Drew Burnett Gregory

Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

Literature

Stef Rubino

A close up of Alison Bechdel next to the cover her for new novel Spent

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

Literature

Drew Burnett Gregory

photos from behind the scenes of The L Word, taken by Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

Literature

Sa'iyda Shabazz

Become a Member

Support queer journalism

What You Get:

EXCLUSIVE AF+ CONTENT

AD-FREE READING EXPERIENCE

PRINT MAGAZINE DELIVERED FREE

Become a Member

Support queer journalism

EXCLUSIVE AF+ CONTENT

AD-FREE READING EXPERIENCE

PRINT MAGAZINE DELIVERED FREE

Don’t want to see ads? Join AF+

Don’t want to see ads? Join AF+