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).
Queer explorations of nature and place, from fantastical short stories featuring trans characters to activism rooted in the natural world.
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These new comics and graphic novels focusing on queer joy, like That Full Moon Feeling by Ashley Robin Franklin, won't just make you smile: you'll throw a mini dance party in your living room.
How falling in love with books from queer, feminist, and indie presses has changed the way I think about reading.
Instead of talking about "queer suffering" in books as if it's one thing, we need to talk about the straight gaze in queer literature.
Celebrate the history of LGBTQ publishing by reading these 5 notable queer books from each decade of Pride, 1970 to now, including Maurice by E.M. Forster and Small Beauty by jia qing silson-yang.
So many interesting, important things happen to humans besides falling in love; these books without romance explore the non-romantic stuff, including The Far Field by Madhuri Vijay.
Find some great short stories, like "In Kind" from A Natural History of Transition by Callum Angus, curated by one reader imagining a perfect queer anthology.
These novels about breakups feature romantic relationships that don't end with happily-ever-afters, but they also celebrate people in love.
There are so many queer books coming out in June! Here are 20 I'm particularly exited about in a range of genres, including The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo and Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé.