Haunted mansions! Thunder and lightning! Brooding antiheroes! Women running down corridors wearing long white gowns! I love the tropes of Gothic literature: they’re campy, they’re spooky, they’re sexy. What more could you possibly want from a genre? Well, sapphic romance, obviously. As it happens, the Gothic is a pretty gay genre to begin with. ItsRead More
The Sapphic Fantastic: Bi and Lesbian Fantasy Books
In my time in the queer lit blogosphere, I’ve noticed that one of the categories that readers seem to be wanting for the most is f/f fantasy books. And why not? Who wouldn’t want to read a book about a lesbian hobbit, or a pansexual lady knight, or a bisexual woman and her dragon? ClearlyRead More
Top 20 Lesbian Mystery Novels
Did you know that there are over 1000 lesbian mystery titles? Or that there are over 250 authors of lesbian mysteries, more than 95 percent of whom are still alive and writing? It’s true, but many readers—probably most readers—have never read a single book in the lesbian mystery genre. That’s a shame, because some ofRead More
Susan reviews Four Bodies in Space by Luna Harlow
Luna Harlow’s Four Bodies in Space reads like a queer pastiche of Star Trek: The Original Series. Stop me if you’ve heard this one: our protagonist, Commander Solaris, is a very emotionally-restrained biracial scientist with psychometry and pointed ears on a ship run by a dramatic captain and the cult of personality he’s gathered aroundRead More
Reading Black Joy: F/F Romances by Black Authors
The first Pride was a riot. A riot against police. This Pride, support Black Americans protesting for their rights. When you’re building your Pride TBR, support Black LGBTQ authors and Black-owned bookstores. Black Lives Matter protests have brought a shift in bestsellers: anti-racist books are selling out, and Black authors are getting a bit of the recognition theRead More
Maggie reviews Deathless Divide by Justina Ireland
I really enjoyed Justina Ireland’s Dread Nation, and it is on my rec shortlist when people want fantasy or YA recs. So when I walked by the sequel in stores I was incredibly excited at A) the fact that it was out and B) how amazing the cover is. The complete drama of those outfitsRead More
Trans Sapphic Books
This is a collection of all the books I can find that have a sapphic (bi+ woman or lesbian) trans main character. Please let me know if there are any I missed, because there should be more! Fiction: Nevada by Imogen Binnie (review) The Collection: Short Fiction from the Transgender Vanguard by Tom LégerRead More
Lesbrary Links: Queer Black Joy, Pride Flag Book Recs, Disaster Queers, and More
Leah Johnson was interviewed at Electric Literature about her celebration of queer Black joy, You Should See Me in a Crown Lambda Literary posted Black Lives Matter. Black Queer and Trans Lives Matter., which outlines concrete steps the organization will take to uplift Black LGBTQ voices. YA Pride is promoting three BlackRead More
Bosom Friends: The Gay Anne of Green Gables Scandal
Anne of Green Gables was always a book that my mom really wanted me to love, which meant introducing it to me too young, and me stubbornly refusing to read it. (I think I decided that I wouldn’t like it entirely based off the first sentence. Which, on reflection as an adult, is delightful.) I didn’tRead More
25+ Happy Sapphic Books to Make You Feel Warm & Fuzzy
The first Pride was a riot. A riot against police. This Pride, support Black Americans protesting for their rights. When you’re building your Pride TBR, support Black LGBTQ authors and Black-owned bookstores. Sometimes you need a break from queer tragedy, and need to curl with a story that will make you smile. When it comes to queer books,Read More
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