Literature

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

Book Features Book Lists LGBT Book Reviews

book lists

Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for October 2025

It’s October, and you know what that means! Lots of new queer and trans horror heading your way! And plenty…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Oct 7, 2025

model home, sapling cage and another book coming out in september

book lists

72 Most Anticipated Queer Books Coming Out Fall 2024

Tis the season for queer horror, but fans of sapphic books with magic have a lot to look forward to, too!

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and Riese

—

Sep 3, 2024

Margaret Killjoy with The Sapling Cage

book features

Anarchist Author Margaret Killjoy Crafts Trans Worlds in the Woods

Margaret Killjoy is a master world-builder. Her first young adult book, The Sapling Cage, comes out next month.

Nico

—

Aug 29, 2024

A Bánh Mì for Two by Trinity Nguyen

lgbt book reviews

‘A Bánh Mì for Two’ Is a Swoony Sapphic Romance Between Two Foodies

The story combines two of my favorite things: girls falling in love, and finding connection through food!

Sa'iyda Shabazz

—

Aug 23, 2024

A triptych of Joshua Jennifer Espinoza's new collection I Don't Want to Be Understood.

lgbt book reviews

Poet Joshua Jennifer Espinoza Takes Risks in Her Stunning New Collection

It’s thrilling to read an artist like Jennifer experiment and play.

Drew Burnett Gregory

—

Aug 6, 2024

THE PAIRING by Casey McQuiston

lgbt book reviews

Casey McQuiston’s Bi4Bi Romance ‘The Pairing’ Is for Queer Hedonists Everywhere

The bisexual and trans romance is a delectable feast.

ashni

—

Aug 6, 2024

Little Fires Everywhere, Dare Me, Tipping the Velvet, Station Eleven, Survival of the Thickest, Killing Eve, Shrill, The Haunting of Hill House, I Love Dick, and Daisy Jones & the Six

book lists

How Gay Are the Books These Queer Shows Are Based On?

My favorite adaptations are always the ones that inject queerness where there previously was none. Here are 69 book-to-queer-TV adaptations along with a look at just how queer the books…

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

—

Aug 3, 2024

Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager

lgbt book reviews

The Holocaust Doesn’t Exist in a Historical Vacuum

As Solomon J. Brager implies in their new graphic memoir, Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory, Holocaust memoirs have been part of our global literary culture…

Stef Rubino

—

Jul 30, 2024

The Miseducation of Cameron Post, I Can't Think Straight, Disobedience, Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Hours, Rebecca, The Color Purple, and Fingersmith

book lists

Which of These Books Are Better Than the Lesbian Movies Based on Them?

I think we can all agree there should be MORE queer film adaptations of queer (or queer-coded) books! Here are 32 from 1940 to now.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

—

Jul 24, 2024

Book List

More Book Lists

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

15 Great Queer Novels About Sisters

Literature

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

16 Queer Road Trip Books To Adventure With

Literature

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

a woman reading a book in a straw hat

What Hot Queer Book Published This Summer Should You Read?

Games

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

A/S/L, Make Sure You Die Screaming, and Luminous

7 New Trans Novels To Read This Summer

Literature

Nic Anstett

Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’

Queer Books To Read if You Miss ‘The Last of Us’

Literature

Valerie Anne

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

The Best Queer Books Featuring Mommy Issues

Literature

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

three queer books set on reality tv shows

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

Literature

Riese

Black Unicorn by Audre Lorde / Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco by K Iver / Feed by Tommy Pico

What Queer Poetry Book Would Fix Each Yellowjacket (Or Make Them Worse)

Literature

Gabrielle Grace Hogan

We Had To Remove This Post. The Very Nice Box. The Default World.

Queer Books To Read if You’re Already Missing ‘Severance’

Literature

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

Queer Books To Read if You Love ‘Yellowjackets’

Literature

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

More Book Lists

Author Interviews

ilana masad BEINGS

Queer History Meets UFO Lore in Ilana Masad’s Stunning New Novel ‘Beings’

Pick An Actual Category, You Strange Genius

Gabrielle Korn

Benedict Nguyễn interview: a photo of Benedict next to the cover for Hot Girls with Balls

Benedict Nguyễn Finds Performance On the Page

Literature

Drew Burnett Gregory

Rachel and Harrison Browne and their book Let Us Play

The Right Isn’t the Only Side We Need To Fight When It Comes to Trans Sports Inclusion

Literature

Stef Rubino

A close up of Alison Bechdel next to the cover her for new novel Spent

Alison Bechdel Never Thought She’d Be This Successful

Literature

Drew Burnett Gregory

photos from behind the scenes of The L Word, taken by Jennifer Beals

Jennifer Beals Is Letting You Into Her Massive ‘The L Word’ Archive

Literature

Sa'iyda Shabazz

Cinema Her Way Marya E Gates interview: side by side author photo and book cover

The Greatest Women Filmmakers Are Mad for a Reason

Film

Stef Rubino

Bob the Drag Queen Harriet Tubman Live in Concert: a photo of Bob next to a photo of the book cover

Bob the Drag Queen’s New Novel ‘Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert’ Is More Than a Joke

Literature

Elyssa Maxx Goodman

Kristen Arnett interview: a close up author photo of Kristen

Clowning Around With Kristen Arnett

Literature

Drew Burnett Gregory

THE SHUTOUTS by Gabrielle Korn

Maybe Gabrielle Korn Set Her Queer Dystopian Climate Novel ‘The Shutouts’ Too Far in the Future

Literature

Riese

leisha hailey and kate moennig

Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey Want To Read Books and Eat Snacks With You

Literature

Riese

Become a Member

Become a Member to support queer journalism

What You Get:

EXCLUSIVE AF+ CONTENT

AD-FREE READING EXPERIENCE

PRINT MAGAZINE DELIVERED FREE

Become a Member

Become a Member to support queer journalism

EXCLUSIVE AF+ CONTENT

AD-FREE READING EXPERIENCE

PRINT MAGAZINE DELIVERED FREE

Don’t want to see ads? Join AF+

Don’t want to see ads? Join AF+