Laura Sackton

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).

Even With My High Expectations, This Book Still Surprised Me

If you're looking for something unusual and beautiful, thought-provoking and funny, tender and smart, this unconventional memoir is for you.

Messy, Contradictory Feelings and a Love Letter to Place

This isn't a "feel good" collection of nature poems, but a "feel-big" book of poems about the natural world.

A Vibrant 20th Century Queer Read Undiscovered Until Recently

This excellent queer read from the 20th century was nearly "forgotten" until recently.

COEXISTENCE by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Fall in love with this collection of short stories centering Indigenous love and what it is to make a relationship.

The Funniest Picture Books I Read in 2024

I read over 350 picture books last year—a spectacular collection of informative, surprising, silly, moving, heartbreaking, profound, fun, and challenging ...

Picture Books with Amazing Author’s Notes

There is nothing I love more in a picture book than a good author’s note. Often author’s (and illustrator’s) notes ...

Imagining Better Worlds with Everything for Everyone

Dive into this work of speculative fiction that wrestles with what a better world might look like

Nonfiction You Might Have Missed This Year for Nonfiction November

What were your favorite reads from Nonfiction November?

Sticky, Sweaty, Extremely Queer Stories

This brilliant collection of queer stories examines the people, histories, traumas, places, and ideas that can haunt a life.

A Memoir of a Beloved Trans Activist, Author, and Artist

"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."

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