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Autostraddle Bi+ Week 2017 Books Collage
Book Lists

15 Must-Read Bisexual Nonfiction Books

Whether you’re looking for powerful personal bisexual narratives, insightful political analysis of bisexual issues, or information to help understand bisexuality (yours or someone else’s), there are books in here you don’t want to miss!

Casey September 20, 2017 39 Comments
Book Lists

10 South Asian LGBTQ Books That Changed My Life

From fiction to anthologies and histories to graphic novels, the last ten years have shown that telling our own stories is essential to building a community and garnering the strength to live an authentic life.

Priya September 18, 2017 7 Comments
Book Lists LGBT History

26 Triumphantly ’90s Lesbian Book Covers

What a colorful decade for us all!

Riese August 24, 2017 56 Comments
Book Lists

8 Books Featuring Queer Parents To Read This Summer

The feel-good books centering queer parents you should read right now.

Casey August 8, 2017 10 Comments
Book Lists

8 Black Lesbian Speculative Fiction Books To Read Right Now

Where to find Black queer lady leads in dystopian, science fiction, magical realism, and paranormal fiction.

Casey July 25, 2017 16 Comments
Book Lists

8 Books That Feature Bisexual Women (And Don’t Focus On Their Sex Lives)

Here are eight books about adult bisexual ladies going about their full, complex lives. There are definitely some sexy times to look forward to but sex isn’t the focus of the narrative.

Casey June 29, 2017 43 Comments
Book Lists

8 Urban Fantasy Books That Feature Queer Women

These gritty and glittery queer urban fantasy novels feature sex-work activism, genetic experiments, polyamory, erotic antique-postcard painting, sibling rivalry and more — and a ton of queer women characters.

Casey May 29, 2017 18 Comments
Book Lists

8 Books Featuring Asian and Pacific Islander Queer Women

Looking for clearly queer Asian and Pacific Islander women in fiction? Look no further.

Casey April 24, 2017 19 Comments
Book Lists

25 New Queer YA Books To Read This Spring and Summer

Queer young adult fiction is exploding right now, but with so much out there, how can you figure out what to read next? These 25 queer YA novels — including superheroes, romance, small-town mysteries, mermaids, assassins and more — all feature or were written by LGBTQ women.

Patrice Caldwell April 14, 2017 34 Comments
Book Lists

10 Poets to Strengthen You When the World Wants to Erase You

These 10 queer poets focus on rawness and beauty and the importance of being true.

Tammy Danan April 4, 2017 13 Comments
Book Lists

8 Books with Masculine-of-Center Characters and No Sexual Assault

Many books that feature masculine women characters or characters on the trans masculine spectrum show sexual assault. These ones don’t.

Casey March 29, 2017 32 Comments
Book Lists

14 Comics That Celebrate Female Friendship For Galentine’s Day

These comics and graphic novels make women’s friendships the focus.

Courtney Hilden February 13, 2017 12 Comments
Book Lists

8 Queer Sci-Fi Books To Read Right Now

From hard and soft sci-fi to military sci-fi to space opera: here are eight (gay) books you should add to your reading list.

Casey February 13, 2017 52 Comments
Book Lists

8 Lesbian BDSM Novels to Curl Your Toes (and Maybe Melt Your Heart)

Spend an evening with a good book and a paddle.

Casey January 18, 2017 16 Comments
Book Lists

45 Queer and Feminist Books You Need To Read in Early 2017

Everything you want to read.

Ryan Yates January 16, 2017 9 Comments
Book Lists

Top 10 Queer and Feminist Books of 2016

Read these f*cking books.

Ryan Yates January 2, 2017 20 Comments
Book Lists

9 Lesbian Romance Audiobooks To Warm Your Heart On Chilly Nights

Looking to listen to some lesbian romance as you travel (or don’t) this week? Need to take a break from it all and escape into your headphones? Here are the 9 lesbian romance audiobooks you’ve been waiting for!

Casey December 23, 2016 16 Comments
Book Lists Christmas

Holigay Gift Guide 2016: (More) Books for the Queer Academic

What do you get for the person who is perpetually tired, underpaid, and overworked? More books, obviously.

Ari December 8, 2016 21 Comments
Book Lists

8 Queer High Fantasy Books For Your Epic Sword-Wielding Needs

Like, Guy Gavriel Kay, but queer. Tolkien, but queer. Melanie Rawn, but queer.

Casey December 5, 2016 131 Comments
Book Lists Politics + Activism

Rebel Girls: A Reading List for the Revolution

This election shook me to my core. That’s undeniable. I am still grieving and I don’t know that I ever won’t be. I am so fucking angry and I don’t know that I ever won’t be. But I refuse to be scared, or cowed, or defeated.

Carmen November 23, 2016 7 Comments
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