Whether you prefer fiction, non-fiction, celebrities or even cookbooks, there are plenty of options to fill your fall LGBT reading list. Some are newly out this season, while others debuted earlier this year.
• Picking up where "Captain Harding's Six-Day War" left off, the period gay romance "Captain Harding and His Men" (Lethe Press, 2012) by Atlanta author Elliott Mackle follows more of Harding's "adventures and misadventures" in a military setting.
• Arriving on bookshelves around the same time that the similarly-themed NBC sitcom "The New Normal" makes its debut, Michael Lowenthal's "The Paternity Test" (University of Wisconsin Press, 2012) explores gay fatherhood and surrogate motherhood.
While popular with authors and LGBT Atlantans, Outwrite has publicly struggled financially. This morning, the gay bookstore announced it would close at its current location at the corner of 10th and Piedmont and try to relocate. The store's financial problems echo a trend for bookstores around the nation.
A press release from Outwrite owner Philip Rafshoon said he is looking for a new location and noted that the current space, which anchors the corner that is often referred to as the epicenter of gay Atlanta, was just too expensive.
"Our landlord has been extremely cooperative and has worked with us longer than expected. Our departure is amicable," he wrote. "The bottom line is simply we can no longer afford to rent this desirable space regardless of what business model we try to engage."