Laura Sackton is a queer book nerd and freelance writer, known on the internet for loving winter, despising summer, and going overboard with extravagant baking projects. In addition to her work at Book Riot, she reviews for BookPage and AudioFile, and writes a weekly newsletter, Books & Bakes, celebrating queer lit and tasty treats. You can catch her on Instagram shouting about the queer books she loves and sharing photos of the walks she takes in the hills of Western Mass (while listening to audiobooks, of course).
This excellent queer read from the 20th century was nearly "forgotten" until recently.
Fall in love with this collection of short stories centering Indigenous love and what it is to make a relationship.
I read over 350 picture books last year—a spectacular collection of informative, surprising, silly, moving, heartbreaking, profound, fun, and challenging ...
There is nothing I love more in a picture book than a good author’s note. Often author’s (and illustrator’s) notes ...
Dive into this work of speculative fiction that wrestles with what a better world might look like
What were your favorite reads from Nonfiction November?
This brilliant collection of queer stories examines the people, histories, traumas, places, and ideas that can haunt a life.
"This is the kind of book that's hard to imagine until you're reading it: it doesn't seem possible, and then it is."
This beautiful memoir by a beloved trans activist rejects the idea that writing about trauma means ignoring joy.
"This is not an easy read, but it's not a bleak read, either. Tang writes with such compassion and tenderness, such open curiosity about the stories behind the stories"