Winter might be wrapping up, but there’s still plenty of time to read some of these heartwarming books that have come out between December up through the end of this month.
Who wrote it: Chicago memoirist Dawn Mueller
Why you should read it: It’s one of the most frank narrations on exploring sexuality and the single lesbian scene you’ll ever read.
Who will like it: Lesbians who have a sense of humor, Craigslist perusers, serial monogamists looking for a change, single gay ladies, reformed alcoholics.
Who wrote it: Famed reality TV stylist Tabatha Coffey
Why you should read it: It’s half-memoir and half-style guide.
Who will like it: Bravo TV watchers, Aussies, small business owners, stylish lesbians, women who enjoy tough love.
Who wrote it: Author Erin McHugh
Why you should read it: It’s an inspiring look at the lives of public lesbian personalities who are successful and out about their sexuality.
Who will like it: Professional gay women, young lesbians looking for role models, people who like coffee table books and pretty pictures.
Who wrote it: Best-selling novelist Jodi Picoult
Why you should read it: It’s a gripping story about a music therapist who gets divorced, falls for a woman and gets into a legal battle with her ex-husband over her frozen embyros. It’s political in a pleasing way.
Who will like it: Late in life lesbians, politicos, activists, aspiring mothers, fans of My Sister’s Keeper, music fans.
Who wrote it: New York City chef Gabrielle Hamilton
Why you should read it: It will make you hungry for amazing food and life experiences.
Who will like it: Memoir fans, foodies, aspiring writers, gay women who have married a man but later got divorced.
Who wrote it: Historian Susan Ware
Why you should read it: It gives you an in-depth look at the legendary lesbian tennis player.
Who will like it: Biography readers, sporty girls, lesbians alive during the ’70s, any woman who has ever played a sport or wanted to.
Who wrote it: Actress Meredith Baxter
Why you should read it: It gives you the details on Meredith’s life from childhood through present day, which spans topics such as her first relationship with a woman, coming out, her abusive marriage and her acting career.
Who will like it: Fans of Family Ties, women who have survived abusive relationships and alcoholism, lesbians who like Sweet Cruises/celesbians.
Who wrote it: Poet Michelle Antoinette Nelson
Why you should read it: It’s a collection of creative and frank poetry about judgement, relationships and being a lesbian and woman of color.
Who will like it: Slam poetry lovers, Stacyann Chin fans, gay black women, poets.
Who wrote it: Lesbian TV personality Jane Velez-Mitchell
Why you should read it: Jane paints a picture of the true nature of addiction – it’s not just drugs, sex and alcohol.
Who will like it: Obsessives, addicts, people who enjoy being scared or kept in fear, people who love TLC’s My Strange Addiction.
Who wrote it: Photographer Kim Rosenberry
Why you should read it: It’s all portraits of out black women and their partners and families.
Who will like it: Women of color, black lesbians, photography fans, interracial couples.
Who wrote it: Queer theorist Robert J. Corber
Why you should read it: It’s about how sexuality factors into gay women’s public personas and Hollywood careers.
Who will like it: Gay movie-goers, aspiring lesbian actors, media-obsessed readers, lovers of old Hollywood.
Who wrote it: San Francisco-based artist MariNaomi
Why you should read it: It’s a graphic novel depicting MariNaomi’s life exploring her sexuality and love life.
Who will like it: Queer chicks, fans of Ariel Schrag, graphic novelist aficionados, Michelle Tea-devotees.
Find these books at your local feminist bookstore. If all else fails, try Amazon.com.
