Danika Ellis
Associate Editor at Book Riot
Founder at The Lesbrary
I run @Lesbrary and pretty much talk about queer women books 24/7. @BookRiot Associate Editor. They/them or she/her pronouns.
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5 days ago |
lesbrary.com | Danika Ellis
This is a collection of stories about queer Black women that is going to live in my head for a long time. The opening story is about a young woman who has been raised on stories about violence and murder of Black girls like her at the hands of men. She’s consumed by this narrative, hypervigilant about her safety: “Her body no longer feels like hers. She is fat bright bait pierced against a hook, bobbing in the water, waiting for the inevitable.
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5 days ago |
lesbrary.com | Danika Ellis
Angela Gutierrez is 27 years old and has never dated or kissed anyone. Part of the reason for that was her long journey to discovering her identity as an asexual lesbian, but now she’s embraced it, and she’s ready to experience some firsts. But she doesn’t just want to swipe through dating apps.
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5 days ago |
bookriot.com | Danika Ellis
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I read a lot of queer books, and I don’t always have an opportunity to talk about them on Our Queerest Shelves. So, I thought I’d give you an update of all the queer books I read last month. In April, that was eight titles, including graphic novels. Half of those I really enjoyed.
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1 week ago |
bookriot.com | Danika Ellis
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The Locus Awards is one of the biggest literary awards in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, and they’ve just announced their 2025 finalists. They have a ton of different categories, from Science Fiction Novel to Short Story to Artist, but since this is Book Riot, I’m focusing on the books.
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1 week ago |
bookriot.com | Danika Ellis
May is one of the biggest publishing months of the year, and it’s delivering a deluge of fantastic queer books! Usually, I highlight ten of the most exciting titles, but I had to extend that to 20 this time—and that barely scratches the surface. My spreadsheet of queer books out this month has about 150 titles on it!Whatever you’re in the reading mood for, there’s a new queer book out in May to match it.
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