I follow hundreds of queer book blogs to scout out the best sapphic book news and reviews! Many of them get posted on Tumblr and Twitter as I discover them, but my favourites get saved for these link compilations. Here are some of the posts I’ve found interesting in the last few weeks.
The Lambda Literary Awards were announced!
It’s Pride Book Fest on YouTube! Check out 90+ queer creators talk queer books!
June 19th is the start of the Queer Blackathon! It’s a 48 hour readathon that centers queer Black books! There are some prompts, but you’re also encouraged to join in reading any queer Black books you’re interested in.
This Pride month, support queer bookstores, like these ones in the U.K.
For some heartwarming news, this community group funded 10 “Rainbow Little Free Libraries” with 500 LBGTQ children’s books!
Here’s a history of LGBTQ lit publishing, from 1980-1995.
Read some Black, African, and Caribbean LGBTQ lit!
Sapphic YA has exploded in recent years–to the point that it can be hard to find adult sapphic lit! If you’re more accustomed to YA F/F romance than the adult version, this guide to Adult sapphic romance for beginners will be useful for you.
If mysteries and thrillers are more your speed, these queer crime novels are worth reading all year round.
Buzzfeed has recommendations for 47 Science Fiction And Fantasy Novels Starring LGBTQ+ Characters, and here are more queer fantasy novels for Pride month.
And these sapphic SFF books are “spectacularly queer!”
This title speaks for itself: What To Read When You Want a Fat and Queer Summer.
This one is unfortunately behind a paywall, but it’s worth the read if you have a NYT subscription: a bisexual librarian thinks about how her and her marriage to a man would be classified under the Dewey decimal system.
Stjepan Šejić, the author of Sunstone (a BDSM F/F comic) is offering the first 6 volumes as free PDFs while he works on volume 7.
Here’s a definitive reading list on theory of queerness and work.
These are some 2021 queer YA books by authors of color you should add to your TBR!
For fans of the fake dating trope, try these queer YA fake dating romances!
If you like queer YA thrillers, take this quiz to decide which one to read next!
Here is how Pride has been depicted in kids books over the past three decades–plus a database of 700+ LGBTQ-inclusive kids’ books! Speaking of, here are the NYPL’s recommendations of picture books and board books for Pride.
Since we’re talking about queer kids’ books, here’s 11 facts about Harriet the Spy, including why it resonates with queer readers
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Emily O'Donnell says
Thanks for the link to our Comic Years list! Keep up the good work.