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).
These rituals have grown from listening deeply to seasonal shifts — in my body and in the world — and matching those shifts with books.
I appreciate books set in the 1980s that focus on lesser known (and/or written about) places and events. Find the best here!
These queer YA books from 2023 that you might have missed run the gamut from fun gay slasher novel to tales of family drama.
I am very good at reading books and very bad at reading anything that isn't a book. Here is my strategy for starting to read articles.
Fall is the perfect season to get into the kitchen, and these new and upcoming cookbooks provide excellent inspiration.
There is something incredibly intimate about reading an author's books in publication order. It's a way to better know them and their work.
The best monster books are the one where the monster might not be obvious.
Borrowing cookbooks from the library has reinfused my baking life with joy — even if I don't end up using any of the recipes.
These indie publishers release lots of BIPOC and queer lit, with some of the best genre-bending and fantastic writing you will come across.
A zine collection is also a resource and a service. Mostly, though, it's a delight. It's so much fun. It's joyful. It's surprising.