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 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

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Rainbow Reading: Call That an Elliot Page-turner

This week’s Rainbow Reading features a very special small press spotlight! Dig in!

Yashwina

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Dec 15, 2022

Two protesters with Act Up march in 1988

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Marika Cifor Wants You To Activate Your Nostalgia for ACT UP

Marika Cifor’s new book Viral Cultures: Activist Archiving in the Age of AIDS explores how LGBTQ and HIV/AIDS archives shape our understanding of history.

Lauren Herold

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Dec 6, 2022

lgbt book reviews

“Men I Trust” Is a Beautiful Graphic Novel About Loneliness, Connection, and Capitalism

Tommi Parrish’s stunning new graphic novel Men I Trust is about two lonely women. It appears to be the story of their connection, but as it unravels it becomes darker,…

Drew Burnett Gregory

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Dec 4, 2022

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Rainbow Reading: ’Tis the Damn Season Already?

Literally what do you mean that it’s December already?

Yashwina

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Dec 1, 2022

A woman sits on her kitchen counter, reading something on her phone.

thanksgiving

Short Fiction Playlist: Five Queer Short Stories To Read on Thanksgiving

If you have a pocket of time between tasks tomorrow or are just having a chill, quiet day, dive into some brilliant stories.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya

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Nov 23, 2022

Beauty's Beast by S.T. Lynn, Fake It by Lily Seabrooke, The Companion by EE Ottoman, and Galaxy: The Prettiest Star by Jadzia Axelrod and Jess Taylor

book lists

Eight Romance Novels Featuring Trans Women, by Trans Authors

We’ve got fantasy romance, contemporary romance, YA science fiction comic romance, historical romance, and more!

Casey

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Nov 17, 2022

A book with rainbow pages and the words Rainbow Reading

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Rainbow Reading Stands With the HarperCollins Union Strike

Today, the unionized staff of HarperCollins are going on strike, and if you care about queer books and the future of queer publishing, you should care about this.

Yashwina

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Nov 10, 2022

lgbt book reviews

Queer Naija Lit: Akwaeke Emezi’s “The Death of Vivek Oji” Delves Into What Is Born in Death

Emezi’s ability to immerse the reader into multiple characters’ realities and tell a story that isn’t just one narrative but infinite is reminiscent of Toni Morrison, even as Emezi creates…

Chinelo Anyadiegwu

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Nov 8, 2022