read a f-cking book

novel

read a f-cking book

lgbt book reviews

“When Katie Met Cassidy” Is the Queer Romance We Deserve

Reading “When Katie Met Cassidy” felt like closing a wound left open by other queer/same-sex romances that came before it.

Molly Priddy —

May 3, 2018

nonfiction

Queer History

lgbt book reviews

“Black on Both Sides” Disrupts Black and Trans History as You Know It

Blackness and transness interconnect in this radical history of not just black and trans people, but also where beliefs about black and trans people come from.

Ari —

Apr 25, 2018

autostraddle book club

black lives matter

book features

Read a F*cking Book Club: Let’s Talk About “When They Call You a Terrorist”

Let’s talk about black studies, queer studies, black queer lives, and When They Call You A Terrorist!

Ari —

Apr 19, 2018

read a f-cking book

sci-fi/fantasy

lgbt book reviews

Read a F*cking Book: N.K. Jemisin’s Broken Earth Trilogy Is a Revolution

N.K. Jemisin’s multiple Hugo Award-winning Broken Earth trilogy, which ended with The Stone Sky just a few months ago, asks the opposite of the questions posed by other epic fantasy series.…

Heather Hogan —

Apr 9, 2018

Lists/Top 10s

read a f-cking book

book lists

Read These 10 Books with Queer Witches

Queers and witches just go together.

Siobhan —

Apr 5, 2018

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

Lists/Top 10s

book lists

8 Dark Lesbian Mysteries and Thrillers That’ll Give You Deep Chills

These dark mysteries and thrillers featuring lesbian and bisexual main characters focus less on the romance and more on the hair raising on the back of your neck.

Casey —

Apr 3, 2018

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

Lists/Top 10s

book lists

8 Feel-Good, Comfort Reads Featuring Lesbians of Color

Here are eight light-hearted books featuring queer women (mostly lesbian) characters of color. Some are YA, some are romance, and one is science fiction/fantasy. All are fluffy gay goodness!

Casey —

Mar 8, 2018

daniel mallory ortberg

interview

lgbt book reviews

Mal Ortberg’s Creepy New Book Is Coming Out and Mal Is Too

If The Merry Spinster seems almost fixated on gender, it’s because Ortberg began participating in gender therapy and exploring identity while writing it, and “It turns out I’m trans!”

Adrian —

Feb 28, 2018

black history month

children's books

lgbt book reviews

“Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History” by Vashti Harrison Is the Black Herstory I Needed as a Child

“Close your eyes and imagine for one moment a world where little black girls spend their entire childhoods seeing women like the ones they will become in just as many…

Reneice Charles —

Feb 20, 2018

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

Carmen Maria Machado

book lists

8 Books to Read If You Loved Carmen Maria Machado’s “Her Body and Other Parties”

Here are eight queer short story collections that embody the same kind of creepy, “bodies as horror,” fabulist, dark fairy tale feel that Machado’s book does.

Casey —

Feb 13, 2018

autostraddle book club

black lives matter

book features

Read a F*cking Book Club: We’re Reading “When They Call You A Terrorist”!

We’re gonna read Patrisse Khan-Cullors’ new memoir and it’s gonna be great!

Ari —

Jan 16, 2018

Ask Your Friendly Neighbourhood Lesbrarian

intersex

book lists

Read These 8 Works of Intersex Fiction Right Now

Eight stories that feature intersex characters for you to read right now.

Casey —

Jan 11, 2018