I received an uncorrected proof of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The nature of this book lends itself to a short review, but I really enjoyed reading this book, and can definitely see it as being a great coffee table book. I'm excited to pick up a physical copy when it is published. It's an adorable set of short artist biographies paired with photos of the artists and their feline friends.

Beautiful queer lives with beautiful feline lives. What more could you want? I really enjoyed seeing all the gorgeous photos. Would definitely recommend for anyone LGBT, especially if they are a cat lover.

What a gorgeous book! I was fascinated reading about these icons, especially Dusty Springfield and Elton John! This is the perfect coffee table book! And a terrific conversation starter! Thanks to NetGalley and Chronicle books for the ePub!

I really enjoyed this little book! Packed with information on queer icons, I learned so much. I especially loved the extra pages for James Baldwin. It was very readable and I obviously loved all the pictures of the cats mentioned. I read it with my own cats snuggled near by 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Queer folx. Cats. What more do I need in a cool picture/mini bio book? Uhm, nothing, I think you’ll find. When attracting me to media, if you can sell me on the fact that is has queer characters and or cats, I’m pretty much sold forever and ever.

This book is chocked full of famous names, past and present alongside their (mostly) furry, feline friends. It’s a cool look at some of our icons, and would make the perfect addition to any cool coffee table.

It’s out in May of next year, so keep an eye out for it, and peep that gorgeous pic of Jujubee on the cover! ❤

Nice collection of photographs with short, informative and entertaining narratives for each artist that is featured. The title is a little misleading. Though many of the Icons are posed with their feline family members, some just happen to have a cat in the picture. Some posed, some candid.

My favorites are the cover and the expressive shot of Chaz Bono. A few fascinated me and several I found out of place. Overall, an interesting collection.

I received a copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Aaamaazing!!!!!!! With icons like Freddie Mercury, Elton John, George Michael, Josephine Baker and Janis Joplin, just to name a few, how could you resist? This is a work of art full of breathtaking images of celebrated and infamous
notable individuals of our time, with their beloved felines. I was captivated by the memorable photographs depicting these notorious cat lovers. Being a cat lover myself, I could not get enough. I loved learning about the lives of these influencers and their furry companions. I was fortunate to receive an ARC, but still anxiously anticipating a physical copy so I can savor all of the beautiful and stunning pictures. Thank you NetGalley and Chronicle Books for this treasure. 5 purrfect 😻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️!

Beautiful, intimate portraits of queer notables with their feline friends. I really enjoyed the tidbits of information that are given in each short bio, along with the heartwarming imagery. A great read, and a great book to have for all cat lovers.

I absolutely loved this book. It's a great coffee table book. Let's break it down :
- Great introduction to so many important Queer icons with enough informations to situate yourself if you don't know them.
- Funny bits and anecdote that make you see some icons with a new light
- Stunning pictures (I particularly loved the more candid ones)

Con :
Although I understand many factors can limit the choices, I was surprised to see Sharon Needles (no tea no shade, I love Sharon) but not RuPaul himself ! I also wish there had been a more broader representation of LGBTQ+ icons (more trans, non-binary, gender fluid, ace people, pansexual, etc.)

I have to admit that I didn't know I needed this book until stumbling upon it. While I also would've been perfectly content with a book only filled with photography, Queer Icons and Their Cats provides readers with a page of information about each icon, accompanied by a photograph starring themselves and their feline friends. I think this would make a fantastic coffeetable read, a way to invite others into learning about Queer Icons in an inviting cat-friendly way.

This book is great for the pictures of cats alone, but the information in it is excellent, too. I learned a lot about queer icons I didn't know were queer, or hadn't heard of before. I liked it a lot, and was excited to see JuJuBee on the cover.

I just wish it had been a little longer.

Review to come April 25 2021 to blog/goodreads.

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I just couldn't resist this book. I love cats (despite being allergic to them), I love LGBT books, I love photography books. So this seemed a match made in heaven and I was eager to start reading it. 

In this one we meet various LGBT Icons (sorry, I just don't feel comfortable calling them queer, I know I as a bi-person don't want to be called queer) and their cats. Along with a photograph we also get some information on the icon, what they did in life, family, their cats, and other things. It was quite interesting to read especially since I don't know a lot of the people mentioned. Some truly famous people I recognised, but others, not really. So I liked finding out about these people. 

I loved that the cats aren't just house cats. We also see leopards and other cats that one may not want as a pet. I loved the diversity and it made seeing each photograph even more fun. What kind of cat would be on there? A house cat? Which one? A not-so-house cat? Which one? 

I loved that this book isn't just about people who live now/are alive now. It also features LGBT icons who died. Like Freddie Mercury. 

All in all a good book to read and very interesting. I love the photographs and learned about people.

I loved this. I loved the photos, the biographies, the diversity, all of it. Famous LGBTQ folks from all walks of life are profiled, from scientists to actors to activists -- Elton John to Rachel Carson to Marlene Dietrich to Sharon Needles to Anthony Perkins and so many more. Each bio takes up one page and is accompanied by a photo of the person with their cat (or a cat). A couple of reviewers griped that lots of the photos were of the people with "random" cats but that was only the case in a couple of photos and the people were still known to be cat lovers. One person is pictured with a big cat in a zoo, but the bio noted that she spent significant time visiting animals at the zoo on a regular basis and you can see she's clearly comfortable hanging out with the animal. The photo of Josephine Baker is with a leopard but the bio said it was hers. Some of these photos are decades old so you can't really blame them for not having a perfectly posed picture with one particular cat.

Do note that most of the photos aren't the professional, posed types like the cover. The modern ones tend towards that type but many of the others just show the people relaxing at home with their cat or something like that. I like that better, but don't expect all artistic cat-and-icon images.

All three of my oldest kids would love this book. I highly enjoyed it myself. This is another book that I'd probably give as a Christmas present if it were going to be released in time.

I read a temporary digital ARC of this book for review.

This is a generally fun and sometimes informative coffee-table style book, and it would make a great gift.

Talk about a great gift! The greatest cross over of all time? Beautiful photography. A neat little book about lovely cats and their lovely, iconic owners. 4.5 stars

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review,

Although I love the idea of this book, the execution fell a bit short of the mark. Some of the entries felt like a bit of a reach to fit the theme.

3.5/5 stars

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishing for providing this review copy !!

Really great educational book giving tidbits from vast queer icons! Loved it although some images were missing and it ruined the reading experience and i felt a bit bored with some of the info dumping

Beautiful photography. A great book about cats and their owners. I wrote down some new queer icons to learn more about.. Just a lovely little book.

Thanks to NetGalley for a copy in exchange for an honest review,

I was granted complimentary access to an eARC of Queer Icons and Their Cats by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was great! I wasn't sure if this was going to be just labelled pictures or what, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that every full-page photo is accompanied by a full-page mini bio about the icon (and cat) featured. In digital format, the order is photo, bio, bio, photo, which I assume means they're printing photos back-to-back on appropriate paper and bios back to back on a lighter stock, but this added the fun element of "do I know who this one is?" on every second photo. Another fun game to play: spot the "cats" that aren't domestic house cats. I spotted 2 cheetahs, an ocelot and a chihuahua (who also had a feline friend.)

Whether this ends up being your coffee table conversation starter or just a favourite pleasure read on the shelf, this is a great book to have around if anything about the LGBTQIA community speaks to you.

A small bugbear, first of all; this book would really be better called 'Queer Icons and Cats', because only about half of the cats in here actually belong to (or perhaps own, depending on your view of feline/human relationships) the aforementioned queer icons. That's not a criticism, just an observation!

This book is an interesting volume, with a photo of a famous queer person and a cat on one page and a brief description of the person (and sometimes the cat) on the other. It's really at its best when it's delving into the personalities of the cats involved; it's a sad fact that cats outshine humans in terms of beauty, interest, personality and talent in absolutely all cases, and although I'm a big fan of many of the people included in this book, the cats were definitely the best bit. Special mention to the trash-eating cat of a Michelin-starred chef. The audacity of that kitty is truly inspiring. All jokes aside, I genuinely enjoyed learning about the nuances of these people's personalities as conveyed through the lens of their interaction with our feline overlords; I think a lot can be said about a person by how they treat cats.

I also really appreciated the broad spectrum of people included here, from James Baldwin to Rachel Carson, Elton John to Bobbi Salvor Menuez - it was a great representation of how variegated the term 'queer icon' really is and should be. I think we often limit our perception of queer icons to people like Lady Gaga, Madonna and David Bowie, and don't really include the often doubly marginalised activists who actually do the work for queer liberation. This book did, and I think that's really to its credit.

The one thing that irked me somewhat was how so many of the bios in this book read a bit like resumés or advertisements. The biographies of historical figures, particularly James Baldwin, were nuanced, insightful and informative; I felt like they gave the reader both an overview of the individuals' contributions to queer culture and their personality in general. However, many of the bios of current queer people, particularly that of Frenchie Davis, were more like press releases than anything else, The writing in these ones came across like marketing copy, and it chafed a little; I don't need to be advertised to when I'm reading a book purportedly for edification or entertainment.

That said, it was an enjoyable little read, and I can absolutely see why they picked that photo of Jujubee for the cover. I kind of want it as a poster to decorate all my good rooms (the rooms my cat favours.)