read a f-cking book

daniel mallory ortberg

Lists/Top 10s

book lists

65 Queer and Feminist Books To Read In 2018

Your guide to 2018’s queer and feminist books.

Ryan Yates —

Jan 2, 2018

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femmes

book lists

8 Soft Femme Memoirs for Your Femme But Not Too Femmey Needs

The following eight memoirs, which deal with gender, food, writing, relationships and more, reflect soft femmes, tomboy femmes, chapstick femmes, and other femmes who aren’t all that femmey.

Casey —

Dec 14, 2017

autostraddle book club

interview

book features

Read A F*cking Book Club: Talking with Ariel Gore About “We Were Witches”

We’re discussing We Were Witches and sharing a brilliant interview with author Ariel Gore. Come join Autostraddle Book Club – the comments are wide open and we wanna hear everything…

Vanessa —

Nov 17, 2017

Amber Dawn

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book lists

8 Queer Speculative Short Story Collections

Love queer speculative fiction but don’t have the time or energy to read novels or series? Then these eight collections and anthologies of queer speculative short fiction are for you!

Casey —

Nov 6, 2017

#lgbthistorymonth

harlem renaissance

book lists

25 LGBT History Books to Add to Your Epic Queer History Reading List

Celebrate LGBT History Month by reading LGBT history books!

Ryan Yates —

Oct 27, 2017

memoir

Myriam Gurba

lgbt book reviews

Myriam Gurba’s Floating World in “Mean”

Gurba’s writing feels devastating and holy and hilarious all at once, like a dead sea scroll that is as fun to read as an old issue of Playboy.

Aisha —

Oct 18, 2017

autostraddle book club

novel

book features

Read A F*cking Book Club: We’re Gonna Read “We Were Witches!”

We Were Witches by Ariel Gore is an autobiographical novel that uses magick spells and inverted fairy tales to combat queer scapegoating, domestic violence, and high-interest student loans. We’re going…

Vanessa —

Oct 17, 2017

memoir

Myriam Gurba

book features

c c cummings: An Excerpt From Mean by Myriam Gurba

“To read a piece about lesbian e e cummings, you have to fully commit, but you could tell Dr. Brown was scared.”

Myriam Gurba —

Oct 16, 2017

dogs

memoir

lgbt book reviews

Read a F-cking Book: Nicole Georges’s “Fetch: How A Bad Dog Brought Me Home”

“Fetch” is a beautiful love letter to a pet, a coming of age story, and an exploration of all the complexities of what it really means to take care of…

Casey —

Aug 28, 2017

Ann-Marie MacDonald

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book lists

8 Books Featuring Queer Parents To Read This Summer

The feel-good books centering queer parents you should read right now.

Casey —

Aug 8, 2017

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jewelle gomez

book lists

8 Black Lesbian Speculative Fiction Books To Read Right Now

Where to find Black queer lady leads in dystopian, science fiction, magical realism, and paranormal fiction.

Casey —

Jul 25, 2017

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bisexuality

book lists

8 Books That Feature Bisexual Women (And Don’t Focus On Their Sex Lives)

Here are eight books about adult bisexual ladies going about their full, complex lives. There are definitely some sexy times to look forward to but sex isn’t the focus of…

Casey —

Jun 29, 2017