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 June 2026

Here at Autostraddle, of course, we celebrate LGBTQ+ books year-round, and that has become an increasingly vital.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

Jun 9, 2026

the cover of Kamala's novel, Zigzags. the cover is a graphic that features two queer women lounging beside Lake Michigan as the sun sets into the purple water. in the right upper corner is the A+ symbol with a 7 highlighted for the 13 days of A+

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A Scene & Notes From Kamala’s Novel Zigzags

I’m sharing part of a scene from the book that captures the essence of why I love to write fiction: so I can write the fantasy dates with girls I…

Kamala Puligandla

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Dec 19, 2020

a Black person with long hair reading in bed

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Lez Liberty Lit: High Femme Camp Antics

It’s best books season, the addiction-memoir genre has been dominated by men, somehow it will be March again in just three months, and yes — that piece about High Femme…

Ryan

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Dec 17, 2020

a collaged image with the cover of Best Lesbian Erotica Vol 5, featuring two women of color holding each other, and four photos of writers in the book, along with one photo of tattoo of a woman blindfolded and her wrists tied above her head.

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Meet The Writers Of Best Lesbian Erotica Vol. 5

Six contributors to Best Lesbian Erotica Volume 5 tell us about how they think about erotica as queer writers. The book came out on Dec 8, so can get your…

Kamala Puligandla

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Dec 11, 2020

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67 of the Best Queer Books of 2020

2020 was terrible in every way except for queer books. There were so many amazing queer books published this year! Here are 67 of the best of them.

Casey

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Dec 11, 2020

Text reads: "Getting It: A Guide to Hot, Healthy Hookups and Shame-Free Sex"

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Allison Moon’s “Getting It” Is the Casual Sex Guide You Didn’t Know You Needed

Allison Moon’s Getting It: A Guide to Hot, Healthy Hookups and Shame-Free Sex is about more than scissoring strangers — it’s about cultivating self-awareness and sexual self-esteem. Hookup culture might…

Ro White

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Dec 9, 2020

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Eight Fat Positive Queer Books Featuring Queer Fat Characters in All Their Glory

Eight great fat positive queer books featuring queer fat characters in all their glory: teen superheroes, fashionista bloggers, bisexual nannies, lesbian home economists, self-deprecating humorists, wannabe K-Pop stars, and more!

Casey

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Dec 8, 2020

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Lez Liberty Lit: The Word of the Year

The word of the year is… depends on who you ask. Plus, being very gay online, a trans-only writing class, getting back into journalling and more.

Ryan

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Dec 3, 2020

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Hil Malatino’s “Trans Care” Doesn’t Have the Answers on Meeting Trans Community Needs — But It Shouldn’t

It’s doubly oppressive that we’re denied care and then left to fulfill the care needs of each other with our own depleted resources. Transantagonism is a global pandemic of indifference…

Abbie Jones

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Dec 1, 2020