This is the Lesbrary bi-weekly feature where we take a look at all the lesbian and bi women book news and reviews happening on the rest of the internet!

Autostraddle posted 8 YA Books Featuring Characters who Are Happily Lesbian but Have Other Drama.

Book Riot posted

• 50 Must-Read Queer Romance Novellas
• An Anne Lister “Gentleman Jack” Reading List
• “[T]hose librarians failed students”: Book Ban at Irving Independent School District

Cece (Problems of a Book Nerd) posted How to Find Out About Queer Books (video).

Electric Lit posted 10 Exuberantly Queer Graphic Novels.

Niamh Murphy reviewed Gentleman Jack, including critics’ response, audience response, representation, and more.

“12 Books By (And About) Lesbians And Bisexual Women To Read This Pride Month” was posted at Buzzfeed.

Kindred: 12 Queer #LoveOzYA Stories edited by Michael Earp was reviewed at The Nerd Daily.

Queering the Tarot by Cassandra Snow was discussed at Autostraddle.

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell was reviewed at Rich in Color.

100 Times: A Memoir of Sexism by Chavisa Woods was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

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Autostraddle posted

• Precious and Adored: Reading Victorian Love Letters, Writing Queer History
• 15 New LGBT Books to Make Your Summer Hot Hot Hot
• The Perfect Queer Poem: For When it Doesn’t Matter if You Want to Be Her or F*ck Her
• The Perfect Queer Poem: For Facing Our Enemies

Lambda Literary posted New Books in June for Your Pride Month Reading List.

LGBTQ@NYPL posted

• LGBTQ Historical Fiction, 20 Years Before Stonewall
• Beyond Coming Out: Fantastic Books with LGBT+ Characters
• A Beginner’s Guide to LGBTQ+ Manga

LGBTQ Reads posted

• TBRainbow Alert: Queer YA/NA Rom-Coms
• TBRainbow Alert: YA Starring QPoC, Part 2
• TBRainbow Alert: Graphic Novels

Pride posted 21 Inspiring LGBTQ-Themed Children’s Books.

Women and Words updated their Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions.

Dahlia Adler posted “14 YA Authors on the Queer Books That Changed Their Lives” at Barnes & Noble.

Kristen Arnett, author of Mostly Dead Things, was interviewed at Bustle.

Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes the Sun and Patsy, was interviewed at Nylon.

Malinda Lo was interviewed about her novel Ash by Nina LaCour at Bustle.

Niamh Murphy posted 8 Great Ways to Get Free And Discounted Lesbian eBooks Sent to You!

Barbara Smith wrote “Why I Left the Mainstream Queer Rights Movement” at the New York Times.

Chain Reactions by Lynn Ames was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernández was reviewed at The Black Lesbian Literary Collective.

Healing/Heeling by Sassafras Lowrey was reviewed at Gertrude Press.

Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi was reviewed at Rich in Color.

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me by Mariko Tamaki, illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell was reviewed at Okazu.

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable and Ellen T. Crenshaw was reviewed at Okazu.

Pride month brought a deluge of queer book content from the rest of the internet, so I thought I’d collect it all here:

• “The Bookshop: The story of Australia’s oldest LGBT bookstore” was posted at BBC News.
• “12 books by Canadian LGBTQ writers to read during Pride Month” was posted at CBC.
• “How Stonewall Liberated Young Adult Literature” was posted at Electric Lit.
• “Reading the Rainbow: A Pride Reading List” was reviewed at LARB.
• “LGBTQIA+ Graphic Novels for Young Readers” was posted at School Library Journal.
• “The First Lesbian Porn, a Japanese “Dyketionary,” and 9 Other Revealing Artifacts from the Lesbian Herstory Archives” was posted at Vice.
• “Young Adult Books About Queer Girls Are On The Rise, But There’s Still So Much To Be Done” was posted at Bustle.
• “The lasting importance of Haunting of Hill House’s Theodora” was posted at SYFY Wire.
• “9 LGBT Book Blogs That Will Keep You Up To Date With Your Favorite Authors” was posted at Women.com.
• “59 Children’s Books That Celebrate Pride” was posted at No Time for Flash Cards.
• “A gay first lady? Yes, we’ve already had one, and here are her love letters.” (about Rose Cleveland) was posted at The Washington Post.
• “Letters reveal a U.S. First Lady’s 20-year-long lesbian affair: ‘You are mine, and I am yours, and we are one, and our lives are one henceforth’,” also about Rosa Cleveland, was posted at NY Daily News.
• “9 LGBQT+ figureheads on their favourite queer literature” was posted at Vogue Australia.
• “26 Amazing Books by LGBTQ+ Authors You Should Add to Your Bookshelf” was posted at Mental Floss.
• “Our Favorite LGBTQ+ Reads of the Past Year” was posted at Tor.
• “This American Maverick Ruled the Lesbian Literary Scene of Paris” was posted at OZY.
• “Lambda Literary and the Ongoing Recognition of Comics” was posted at The Comics Journal.
• “15 Books With Bi Main Characters To Read This Pride Month” was posted at Bustle.
• “Why LGBTQ bookstores, such as Philadelphia’s Giovanni’s Room, are a lifeline for queer teens” was posted at the Philadelphia Inquirer.

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Autostraddle posted

• The Perfect Queer Poem: When You Need to Break Up With Your Lover Who Is Also Your Best Friend
• 8 Summer Affair Books featuring Lesbian and Bisexual Women
• The Perfect Queer Poem: For a Stone Sensibility
• Gentleman Jack’s Guide to Flirting With Ladies of Fortune

Book Riot posted Lesbian Representation in the Vampire Classic CARMILLA.

Electric Lit posted 17 Books by Queer Asian American Writers.

Lambda Literary posted New in May: Vivek Shraya, Ali Smith, John Waters, and John Glynn.

LGBTQ Reads posted New Releases: May 1-7 and New Releases: May 14-20, 2019.

Teen Librarian Toolbox posted What’s New in LGBTQIA+ YA April 2019.

Ylva Publishing posted 5 Queer Comic Book Authors to look out for.

Malinda Lo posted What is “Good” LGBTQ YA? and A Decade of LGBTQ YA Since Ash.

“7 Entries From Anne Lister’s Diary That Were Key to Writing Gentleman Jack” was posted at Vulture.

“The Queer Coffee Table: 10 L.G.B.T.Q. Books to Usher In World Pride” was posted at The New York Times.

Her Royal Highness by Rachel Hawkins was reviewed at Hypable.

The Tiger Flu by Larissa Lai was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor was reviewed at the Guardian.

Brown, White, Black: An American Family at the Intersection of Race, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion by Nishta J. Mehra was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

CW’s Batwoman adaptation released a teaser trailer and a poster.

HBO’s “Gentleman Jack,” an adaptation of Anne Lister’s life, was discussed at Decider and Yorkshire Post.

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Thank you to the Lesbrary’s Patreon supporters! Special thanks to Sarah Neilson, Shelly Farrell, Martha Hansen, Daniela Gonzalez De Anda, Amy Hanson, Bee Oder, Hannah Dent, Ellen Zemlin, Hana Chappell, and Casey Stepaniuk.

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Autostraddle posted

• 8 Awesome Queer Books for the Youth and Tweens in Your Life
• 18 Books that Are Queer, Feminist or Otherwise Rad Retellings of Classics
• How I Let Queer Literature Come Out to my Middle School Students for Me

Electric Literature posted A Perfectly Normal Interview with Carmen Maria Machado Where Everything Is Fine.

Lambda Literary posted New in April: Sarah Blake, Philippe Besson, and Celebrating Stonewall.

LGBTQ Reads posted New Releases: April 2019 and Fave Five: F/F Fauxmance to Romance.

LGBTQIA Historical Romance Novels posted LGBTQIA Historical Romance Novels: International Locations.

Women and Words updated their New Releases & Coming Up page.

“Gentleman Jack,” the HBO series based on the list of Anne Lister, was reviewed at The New York Times, The Smithsonian, and The Wrap.

“Wild Nights with Emily,” the movie based on Emily Dickinson’s life, was reviewed at Vulture and Wicked Local.

“Meet Gabby Rivera: The Realest Superhero of the New Era” was posted at Be Latina.

“The Beloved Japanese Novelist Who Became a Queer Manga Icon” was posted at Atlas Obscurica.

“10 Essential Graphic Novels and Memoirs About Queer Women” was posted at Publishers Weekly.

Naamah by Sarah Blake was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

The True Queen by Zen Cho was reviewed at Rich in Color.

Soft Science by Franny Choi was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Miranda in Milan by Katharine Duckett was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray was reviewed at Marie Claire.

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor was reviewed at The Guardian and Dazed.

nîtisânak by Lindsay Nixon was reviewed by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian.

When Brooklyn Was Queer by Hugh Ryan was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

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Thank you to the Lesbrary’s Patreon supporters! Special thanks to Kayla Fuentes, Sarah Neilson, Shelly Farrell, Martha Hansen, Daniela Gonzalez De Anda, Amy Hanson, Bee Oder, Hannah Dent, Ellen Zemlin, Hana Chappell, and Casey Stepaniuk.

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Autostraddle posted “Gentleman Jack”: 9 Facts About Lesbian Legend Anne Lister to Know Before HBO’s Miniseries and 20 New Books by or About Queer Women to Read This Spring.

Book Riot posted Carmilla vs Dracula: 7 Reasons Why You’ll Love Carmilla.

LGBTQ Reads posted

• TBRainbow Alert: Historical Fiction
• Fave Five: Lesbians in Space
• 7 New March eBooks for Under $5

Zero Sum Game by Stefani Deoul was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

We Set the Dark on Fire by Tehlor Kay Mejia was reviewed at Rich in Color.

I’m Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya was reviewed at ALA GLBT Reviews.

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Thank you to the Lesbrary’s Patreon supporters! Special thanks to Jacqui Plummer, Kayla Fuentes, Sarah Neilson, Shelly Farrell, Martha Hansen, Daniela Gonzalez De Anda, Amy Hanson, Bee Oder, Hannah Dent, Ellen Zemlin, Hana Chappell, and Casey Stepaniuk.

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Autostraddle posted 8 Books to Read if You Loved the Queer Community of “Stray City” and Tomboys of Literature: An Incomplete Survey.

Bella Books posted Bella books where enemies become lovers.

Black Lesbian Literary Collective posted Black Lesbian Literary Collective Book Club.

Book Riot posted 10 Books to Read Before THE L WORD Comes Back.

Lambda Literary posted New in March: Felice Picano, Andrew Rannells, Cheryl A. Head, and Mathangi Subramanian and 31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards.

Publishers Weekly posted Finalists, Achievement Winners Announced for 2019 Triangle Lit Awards.

them. posted Reality Is a Drag: I’d Rather Live In Lesbian Pulp Fiction.

Women and Words updated their Hot off the Press and Coming Attractions page.

Ylva Publishing posted “Lesbian Fiction” Doesn’t Mean What You Might Think.

Niamh Murphy posted about F/F February.

“The Gay History of America’s Classic Children’s Books” was posted at the New York Times.

“From Tales of the City to Tipping the Velvet: top 10 books about coming out” was posted at the Guardian.

“Celebrating 40 years of Gay’s The Word, London’s glorious LGBTQ bookshop” was posted at Dazed.

“The Pat Parker Sample On Solange’s Album Is A Tribute To A Poet Who Fought For Justice & Equality” was posted at Bustle.

“10 LGBTQA Characters Who Should Be Introduced To The MCU” was posted at Screen Rant.

Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States by Samantha Allen was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Trash by Dorothy Allison was discussed at Lambda Literary.

Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good by adrienne maree brown was discussed at Autostraddle.

Fat Angie: Rebel Girl Revolution by e.E. Charlton-Trujillo was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

In at the Deep End by Kate Davies was reviewed at The Guardian.

Willa & Hesper by Amy Feltman was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray was discussed at Hello Giggles.

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde was reviewed at Middlebury Campus.

Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden was reviewed at Autostraddle and Lambda Literary.

2º by Bev Prescott was reviewed at Lambda Literary.

Queer Sex: A Trans and Non-Binary Guide to Intimacy, Pleasure and Relationships by Juno Roche was reviewed at ALA GLBT Reviews.

Pulp by Robin Talley was reviewed at ALA GLBT Reviews.

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