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Yours for the Taking by Gabrielle Korn
LGBT Book Reviews

“Yours for the Taking” Review: Matriarchy Won’t Save Us

The novel explores queer romance, corporate feminism, and reimagined community at the end of the world.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 14, 2023
Organ Meats by K-Ming Chang
LGBT Book Reviews

Queer Desire Is Feral in K-Ming Chang’s Bloody, Spitty “Organ Meats”

Here is an expansive tale of inherited and constructed mythology, queer magic, and gothic girlhood.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya December 7, 2023 2 Comments
He/She/They by Schuyler Bailar
LGBT Book Reviews

“He/She/They” Is a Helpful Guide and Call to Action for Allies Everywhere

I’d recommend suggesting it to as many well-meaning cis people as you possibly can.

Stef Rubino October 24, 2023
Love at 350 by Lisa Peers.
LGBT Book Reviews

“Love at 350º” Is a Sapphic Romance for Us Gays Who Spend Saturdays Baking Pies

Baking aside, my favorite thing about Love At 350° is the fact that the main characters are women over 40.

Sa'iyda Shabazz October 23, 2023 6 Comments
People Collide by Isle McElroy
LGBT Book Reviews

“People Collide” Throws Everything You Thought You Knew About Body Swap Stories out the Window

Isle McElroy’s new novel provides a nuanced approach to gender within its body swap premise.

Nic Anstett October 6, 2023 3 Comments
Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates by Katie Barnes
LGBT Book Reviews

“Fair Play” Reflects on the Origins of the Trans Sports Debate and How We Can End It

Throughout the text, Barnes reminds us over and over again: “What began as a good-faith discussion about policy and physiological differences between sexes has given way to a level of intolerance and discrimination that is simply unconscionable.”

Stef Rubino September 21, 2023 7 Comments
The cover of Andie Burke's Fly With Me features Stella and Olive standing at an airport window with rolling suitcases looking out at the sunset
LGBT Book Reviews

Andie Burke’s “Fly With Me” Takes Sapphic Fake Dating to New Heights

Yes, there’s grief. But Fly With Me is one of the swooniest, funniest, sexiest books I’ve ever read.

Heather Hogan September 5, 2023 4 Comments
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott
LGBT Book Reviews

“Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh” Is a Fun Time-Travel Sapphic Romance

Can you fall in love with a girl when there’s a 200 year barrier between you?

Sa'iyda Shabazz August 30, 2023 1 Comment
The cover of Adrienne Tooley's The Third Daughter, a blue and black cover with various magical items illustrated behind the text.
LGBT Book Reviews

“The Third Daughter” Is Sapphic Slow-Burn Fantasy and Feminist Rage

What turned it into an auto-buy was the Post-It note attached to the shelf. A flimsy lime-green placeholder for one of the voicey, detailed recommendation cards that are always tucked around the shop, with three words scrawled on it: “magical furious lesbians.”

Heather Hogan August 26, 2023 3 Comments
Free Them All: A Feminist Call to Abolish the Prison System by Gwénola Ricordeau
LGBT Book Reviews

“Free Them All” Makes a Feminist Argument for Prison Abolition

Gwénola Ricordeau has written an ideal academic text. It is, at once, simple to read and complex in its ideology.

Drew Burnett Gregory August 24, 2023 2 Comments
The Last Girls Standing by Jennifer Dugan
LGBT Book Reviews

YA Favorite Jennifer Dugan’s Queer Thriller Debut Is a Lesson in Trauma

The Last Girls Standing gave me big Yellowjackets vibes.

Sa'iyda Shabazz August 23, 2023 1 Comment
Thin Skin by Jenn Shapland
LGBT Book Reviews

Jenn Shapland’s “Thin Skin” Will Make You Believe Another Life Is Possible

Shapland never purports to have all of the answers here, and why would she?

Stef Rubino August 17, 2023 4 Comments
An illustration of two women's soccer players facing each other in their purple uniforms on the cover of Meryl Wilsner's Cleat Cute
LGBT Book Reviews

Cleat Cute’s Sapphic Soccer Romance Will Fill the World Cup-Shaped Hole in Your Heart

It can’t be good for your body to cut off lesbian soccer drama cold turkey. 

Heather Hogan August 14, 2023 7 Comments
Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex
LGBT Book Reviews

“Working It” Says the Quiet Parts Out Loud About Sex Work

Before I was a sex worker, I was a proud sex worker ally.

Raechel Anne Jolie July 3, 2023 2 Comments
Pageboy by Elliot Page
LGBT Book Reviews

In “Pageboy,” Elliot Page Gets Vulnerable About Gender Dysphoria, Trans Joy, and Much More

Like a lot of millennials my age, I grew up watching Elliot Page’s films and his ascent to stardom

Stef Rubino June 19, 2023 4 Comments
Ellie Engle Saves Herself by Leah Johnson
LGBT Book Reviews

Leah Johnson’s Middle Grade Debut Will Take You Right Back to Seventh Grade

Ellie Engle Saves Herself isn’t solely for children. If you’ve ever found yourself on a journey of self understanding, you will see yourself in Ellie.

Sa'iyda Shabazz June 16, 2023 4 Comments
To Name the Bigger Lie by Sarah Viren
LGBT Book Reviews

Sarah Viren’s Memoir Is A Compelling Exploration of the Nature of Truth

When we live in a society where truth matters so little, what are we supposed to do with it once we have it?

Stef Rubino June 14, 2023 1 Comment
Moby Dyke by Krista Burton
LGBT Book Reviews

Moby Dyke Is a Fresh Take on the Old Conversation About Disappearing Lesbian Bars

I didn’t go to my first lesbian bar until I was in my early twenties.

Stef Rubino June 6, 2023 6 Comments
Lesbian Love Story by Amelia Possanza
LGBT Book Reviews

“Lesbian Love Story” Has Something To Teach Us About Ourselves

It’s important for us to gather all of the stories of the people who came before us in order to help fuel our fight against the people who want to push us out of existence.

Stef Rubino May 30, 2023 9 Comments
Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko
LGBT Book Reviews

Hayley Kiyoko’s Debut YA Novel Tells Queer Love Story Set in 2006

If I’m being honest, it’s one of the better written celebrity fiction novels that I’ve read (and I’ve read Lauren Conrad’s YA series).

Sa'iyda Shabazz May 29, 2023 7 Comments
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