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

Solo Dance by Li Kotomi, translated by Arthur Reiji Morris

lgbt book reviews

Li Kotomi’s “Solo Dance” Is Haunted by Death and Literature

Solo Dance has no illusions that in the present day, the implicit and explicit violence of homophobia still leaves lasting scars on young queer people.

himani

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May 24, 2022

A cartoon woman wearing a red swimsuit dives into a book

literature

Rainbow Reading: Don’t Stop Believer-ing

Let’s talk about what just happened with The Believer. Also, calling all my short story gays! Welcome back to Rainbow Reading, your biweekly roundup of LGBTQ+ lit news.

Yashwina

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May 19, 2022

Two illustrated pink roses against a blue background

book lists

In Verse: Poetry Collections That Conjure Spring

In these books, you won’t necessarily find flowers and natural scenes, but you will find a general feeling of rebirth, of growth, and of finding peace within the things that…

danijanae

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May 12, 2022

the cover of the sex and the single woman anthology, retro pink and orange text read sex and the single woman: 24 writers reimagine helen gurley brown's cult classic

book features

Seven Queer Writers Reflect on Their Essays Published in “Sex and the Single Woman”

Behind the scenes with Kristen Arnett, Keah Brown, Rosemary Donahue, Josie Pickens, Vanessa Friedman, Samantha Allen, and Xoai Pham about their contributions to this reimagined cult classic.

Vanessa

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May 10, 2022

A cartoon woman holds a stack of books so big that it covers her face.

literature

Rainbow Reading: A Fictional Happy-Ever-After Doesn’t Always Satisfy When It’s a Real Life Happy-Ever-After That I Want

Check out the latest updates in LGBTQ+ literature, including an upcoming virtual reading to raise funds for queer and trans youth in Florida and Texas!

Yashwina

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May 5, 2022

We Do What We Do in the Dark by Michelle Hart

lgbt book reviews

“We Do What We Do In the Dark” Is More Than a Lesbian Age Gap Romance

When we’re young, we relate to older people who are themselves young. We read maturity where it is not deserved.

Drew Burnett Gregory

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May 3, 2022

The cover of Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler. A green background with a blonde girl holding a pink envelope with lipstick kisses on it.

lgbt book reviews

“I Kissed Shara Wheeler” Is Another Swoony Queer Romance From Casey McQuiston

If you loved Red, White & Royal Blue or One Last Stop, you’re going to be over the gay moon about McQuiston’s latest novel.

Heather Hogan

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May 2, 2022

The books Home Field Advantage by Dahlia Adler; Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole; Stud Like Her by Fiona Zedde; and Get It Right by Skye Kilaen

book lists

Eight Romance Books Featuring Butches, Studs, and Masc of Center Characters

These are mostly contemporary romances, with themes and tropes such as second chance relationships, sports, reality TV, fake relationships, online dating, ghosting, age gaps, and more!

Casey

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May 2, 2022