Literature

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

Things I Read That I Love #346: Bama Rush, Celebrity Memoirs, Laptop Boyfriends, Leaving LA and More

An elite rescue squad in the Great Smokey Mountains, the museum at the Pennhurst Asylum, a liberal journalist gets hired…

Riese

Jan 17, 2026

Alia Shawkat and Ilana Glazer hold their hands up to each other on Broad City.

book features

Let’s Hear It for the Disaster Bisexuals

My confused disaster of a teenage self could have used stories from this new canon of disaster bisexuals, stories about sexually fluid people in all their imperfections.

Antonia Angress

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Jul 3, 2022

Letters to Half Moon Street by Sarah Wallace

book features

Self-Publishing Taught Me To Rethink Success

Author Sarah Wallace writes on queer community in the self-publishing world and rewriting the rules of her own success.

Sarah Wallace

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Jul 2, 2022

four book covers in a simple collage: blood fresh, there are trans people here, funeral for flaca, and the subtweet

book lists

30 Books That Are Still Gay Even Though Pride Month Is Over

Today is July 1 which means that Pride Month is officially over, but here at Autostraddle we like talking about gay books 24/7/365.

Vanessa

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Jul 1, 2022

I Feel Love: Notes on Queer Joy has a purple book cover.

lgbt book reviews

“I Feel Love: Notes On Queer Joy” Reminds Us That Suffering Is Not Our Destiny

Queerness doesn’t have to be a burden. That’s what I wish I could tell my younger, lonely, and confused self.

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Jun 30, 2022

An illustrated woman sails on a large book.

literature

Rainbow Reading: Give Me Your Most Escapist Book Recommendations

There’s been a ton of new queer romance coming out, as well as queer mystery. Catch up on the latest LGBTQ literary news.

Yashwina

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Jun 30, 2022

The cover of Brown Neon: Essays by Raquel Gutiérrez features the title and author name in blue neon sign lettering against a landscape background.

lgbt book reviews

“Brown Neon” Is a Tribute to the Power of Art and Community in the American Southwest

Over the course of these ten essays, Raquel Gutiérrez skillfully maps the realities, struggles, and joys of queer, Latinx, artistic life in the Southwest U.S.

Stef Rubino

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Jun 29, 2022

book lists

Queer Books Across America: Incredible Lesbian and Queer Novels and Memoirs Set in Every State

Take a gay road trip to all 50 states right on your couch with queer fiction, memoirs and graphic novels set all across the United States.

Riese

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Jun 28, 2022

The cover of X by Davey Davis features a large black letter X against a gold background. The image is repeated three times.

book features

Davey Davis on “X,” True Crime, and the Fantasy of Screwball Comedy

“The thing that gets me about a lot of people’s just criticisms of Fifty Shades of Grey is, as a romance novel, as a ravishment novel, it’s a lot closer…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Jun 28, 2022