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Things I Read That I Love #344: Dishwasher Wars, Divorce, Motels, The Perimenopausal Novel, Mystery Pallets and More

Elif Bautman interviews Miranda July, Rachel Kushner remembers ‘Less Than Zero’, The Ringer explains Olivia Nuzzi, why men like AI…

Riese

Dec 20, 2025

Autostraddle and Bookshop collab with two lesbians reading together

book lists

75 Books for Every Pride Vibe

Browse our curated list of books by LGBTQ authors and receive a discount on books purchased through Bookshop all Pride month long!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Jun 3, 2024

book features

‘I Want You More’ Traps a Lesbian Ghostwriter in a Manor With a Devious Food Network Star

Talking to Swan Huntley about her new queer thriller “I Want You More,” building a writing career, whether she takes her own advice, the endless internal void, loving food shows…

Riese

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May 31, 2024

The 7-10 Split and A Little Kissing Between Friends

lgbt book reviews

This Month, We Get Two Sapphic Romances Featuring Black Main Characters

I hope this means there will be more trad pubs looking to publish Black sapphic stories, because my bookshelf is ready.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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May 30, 2024

parenting & family

When it Comes to Queer Fertility, There Are No Perfect Choices

I was 22 years old when I donated my eggs anonymously at a fertility clinic in New York City.

Lauren Herold

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May 29, 2024

Housemates novel: a triptych of the cover of Emma Copley Eisenberg's Housemates, a blue tinted image of side by side Philly homes with a pink, green, and blue palette for the the title and outline.

lgbt book reviews

‘Housemates’ Is a Remarkable Novel, Intimate, Expansive, and Full of Sight

It’s about seeing through images and seeing through words. It’s also a love story, about falling for the way another person sees the world, the magic of realizing someone sees…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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May 28, 2024

book features

Anna Dorn Writes Maximalist, Campy Queer Fiction Inspired by Lesbian Pulp

“I have problematic fantasies about being closeted in the 50s and just like having ‘a friend.'”

Keely

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May 22, 2024

lgbt book reviews

‘Cactus Country’ Moves Beyond the Expected Borders of the Traditional Transition Memoir

Our stories don’t have to end where they start if we stay open to the potential around us.

Stef Rubino

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May 21, 2024

We Were the Universe by Kimberly King Parson

lgbt book reviews

In ‘We Were the Universe’, Grief and Motherhood Are Horny

We Were the Universe eschews the conventional grief novel in its horniness, the conventional motherhood novel in its queerness, and even the conventional sex novel in its emphasis on fantasy…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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May 20, 2024