Literature

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

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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

May 6, 2026

An illustrated woman peeks from behind a book

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Rainbow Reading: Book Hangovers Are Real and I Have One

The latest LGBTQ+ book releases are full of queer dark academia vibes.

Yashwina

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Sep 22, 2022

lgbt book reviews

In “Nona the Ninth,” Tamsyn Muir Zooms In on Her Goth Puzzle Box World

If you want to feel the dazzling space-goth world of Gideon and Harrow within reach, to pull it close enough to see its day-to-day details, then Nona will feel like…

Yashwina

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Sep 19, 2022

The book cover for Chasing Harmony: A silhouette of a girl sitting at a piano

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Author Melanie Bell on her YA Novel “Chasing Harmony” and the Messy Process of Growing Up Queer

“The people I met who were identified as musical prodigies had long journeys involving conflict between their abilities and personal needs and finding who they were beyond the weight of…

Darcy

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Sep 17, 2022

four square: abandoned mall, choose your own adventure, disneyworld, the TSA

book features

Things I Read That I Love #328: You Never Called That Girl Back Even Though You Were Dating

Topics include the mall, Tinder, Gabby Petito, the abuse scandal at an acclaimed L.A high school, Choose Your Own Adventure books, Crime Junkie, amusement parks, dog breeds and more!

Riese

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Sep 16, 2022

Three images in a row of the pink cover of the book I'm The Girl. It features a blonde girl with dark brows and smeared red lipstick on a pink background.

lgbt book reviews

“I’m the Girl” Is a Harrowing, Complex Story of Abuse That’s Difficult To Read

Courtney Summers’ latest thriller tries to hold our culture accountable for its crimes against teen girls. Does it succeed?

Darcy

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Sep 13, 2022

A woman reads a book on a bench, and stars are bursting from it.

literature

Rainbow Reading: Book Recommendations From Hot People Just Hit Different

It’s a great time to immerse yourself in some LGBTQ+ sci-fi and genre fiction.

Yashwina

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Sep 8, 2022

An image made of two repeating images of the author Sarah Thankam Mathews photo and the cover of her book All This Could Be Different. The author is a South Asian woman with long dark hair wearing a red and black boldly patterned top and orange earrings. She is looking at the viewer. The cover of all this could be different features a painting of a crowded room of a diverse array of people all interacting, drinking, talking, sitting, standing, leaning on each other. It is very colorful.

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A+ Read a Fucking Book Club Q&A with Sarah Thankam Mathews

This time, we’re reading All This Could Be Different by Sarah Thankam Mathews, a book our Managing Editor Kayla called “so good I dreaded finishing it.”

Nico

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Sep 7, 2022

The "Coven" graphic novel book cover features a witch in a red trench coat holding fire in both of her hands.

lgbt book reviews

Queer Graphic Novel “Coven” Will Fill the Buffy-Shaped Hole in Your Heart

Do you like witches, gays, and found family, and fictional teen angst? Is there a Buffy- or Baby-Sitter’s Club- or Motherland: Fort Salem-shaped hole in your heart? Good news, this…

Heather Hogan

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Sep 6, 2022