Literature

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

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for April 2026

From a grocery co-op drama to a cheeky pop star saga to a linked story collection centering fat queer characters…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

Apr 10, 2026

lgbt book reviews

‘A Sharp Endless Need’ Lives in the Intersection of Sex and Basketball

At their heart, great sex and great basketball rely on the same fundamental principles: trust, attention, collaboration, and a desire to create something with whoever you’re with.

Gen

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May 13, 2025

Alice Sadie Celine by Sarah Blakely-Cartwright, Good Girl by Aria Aber, and Exalted by Anna Dorn

book lists

The Best Queer Books Featuring Mommy Issues

Gays really are out here having complicated relationships with our mothers and then writing whole books about it.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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May 11, 2025

milk tooth, Sympathy for Wild Girls, and Foreign Fruit

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for May 2025

Over 50 promising LGBTQ+ books across every genre are heading your way this month! See our top picks for May 2025.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

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May 3, 2025

lgbt history

The Hidden History of Lesbian Phone Lines

London Friend’s Lesbian Line, which opened in 1989 and closed in 1999, was one of many gay and lesbian phone lines across the UK.

Lauren Herold

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May 1, 2025

My Best Friend's Honeymoon by Meryl Wilsner

lgbt book reviews

Meryl Wilsner Has Done It Again With This Friends-to-Lovers Romance With Killer Sex Scenes

In a sea of skinny sapphic romance novels, I found Wilsner’s latest to be a refreshing change for the genre.

ashni

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Apr 29, 2025

lgbt book reviews

Jasmine Guillory’s First Sapphic Romance ‘Flirting Lessons’ Is a Fun Take on a Classic Trope

Overall, Flirting Lessons is about what happens when you try to overcome what other people think about you.

Sa'iyda Shabazz

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Apr 28, 2025

Carrie Fisher and Meg Ryan in When Harry Met Sally

book features

It’s Independent Bookstore Day, So Go Buy Some Gay Books

This year, Independent Bookstore Day feels especially important and fraught, as mega-retailer Amazon decided to throw one of its book sales at the same time.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Apr 26, 2025

three queer books set on reality tv shows

book lists

15 Queer Romance Books and Sapphic Literary Novels Set On Reality TV Shows

As a population, lesbians tend to be especially hopeful about the possibility of lesbian love blossoming on a reality show that’s supposed to be about straight love or baking cakes.…

Riese

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Apr 17, 2025