‘Unsuitable’ Looks at the Dynamic History of Lesbian Fashion
From Sappho’s violets to monocles to bandanas in your back pocket, queer women have long used fashion as a signal to find their community.
Your Ancestors Are Your Best Friends: Juju Bae’s LGBTQ-Inclusive Approach to African Traditional Religion
Like many young Black people in the United States, I was raised in the church.
‘Why Are People Into That?’ Asks Incisive Questions About Kink
Tina Horn’s new book will challenge some of your problematic notions no matter how confident you are in your sex positivity.
‘Everyone I Kissed Since You Got Famous’ Is a Perfect Sapphic Second-Chance Summer Romance
For fans of second-chance romance, friends to lovers, and ‘celebrity falls for regular person’ tropes.
46 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out In June 2024
Hot fresh reads for a hot bookish Pride month!
‘The Other Olympians’ Is Essential Reading Heading Into This Year’s Summer Olympics
It’s a fascinating and, oftentimes, frustrating exploration of how we got to where we are in both the sports and gender debate and the limitation of trans rights in general.
75 Books for Every Pride Vibe
Browse our curated list of books by LGBTQ authors and receive a discount on books purchased through Bookshop all Pride month long!
‘I Want You More’ Traps a Lesbian Ghostwriter in a Manor With a Devious Food Network Star
Talking to Swan Huntley about her new queer thriller “I Want You More,” building a writing career, whether she takes her own advice, the endless internal void, loving food shows despite not being a cook.
This Month, We Get Two Sapphic Romances Featuring Black Main Characters
I hope this means there will be more trad pubs looking to publish Black sapphic stories, because my bookshelf is ready.
When it Comes to Queer Fertility, There Are No Perfect Choices
I was 22 years old when I donated my eggs anonymously at a fertility clinic in New York City.
‘Housemates’ Is a Remarkable Novel, Intimate, Expansive, and Full of Sight
It’s about seeing through images and seeing through words. It’s also a love story, about falling for the way another person sees the world, the magic of realizing someone sees in a way that is different than you yet insistently compatible.
Anna Dorn Writes Maximalist, Campy Queer Fiction Inspired by Lesbian Pulp
“I have problematic fantasies about being closeted in the 50s and just like having ‘a friend.'”
‘Cactus Country’ Moves Beyond the Expected Borders of the Traditional Transition Memoir
Our stories don’t have to end where they start if we stay open to the potential around us.
In ‘We Were the Universe’, Grief and Motherhood Are Horny
We Were the Universe eschews the conventional grief novel in its horniness, the conventional motherhood novel in its queerness, and even the conventional sex novel in its emphasis on fantasy over reality.
‘Love the World Or Get Killed Trying’ Is a Poetic Cry of Trans Loneliness
The achievement of Alvina Chamberland’s text is how she reveals the deeper loneliness beneath her romantic isolation.
‘Memory Piece’ Understands the Power of an Archive
Through three interconnected characters, Lisa Ko pens a very queer book about memory, art, and revolution.
19 Queer Books About Losing a Parent
These queer books across all genres are all haunted in some way by the death of a parent.
17 Queer “Celebrity Falls For Normal Person” Romance Books If You Liked ‘The Idea Of You’
If you liked “The Idea of You” but wished it was gay, these lesbian, queer and gay novels that feature romance between a celebrity and a normal person will definitely fill that aching void in your heart.
‘How it Works Out’ Imagines Many Madcap Alternate Universes of Queer Love
It’s a gorgeous, speculative exercise in romance that’s as bound together as it is fragmented.
A Hilarious Sapphic Road Trip Romance About Death and English Teachers
‘Here We Go Again’ by Alison Cochrun delights — despite dealing with death.