PRIDE BOOK LIST
Celebrate Pride Month with us by checking out these books by LGBTQIA+ authors!
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<strong>PRIDE</strong> <strong>BOOK</strong> <strong>LIST</strong>!<br />
Celebrate Pride Month with us this June<br />
by checking out these books by<br />
LGBTQIA+ authors!<br />
Happy Pride from Penn Hills Library!
how to use this book list<br />
This book list is organized into genres with a mix of adult and<br />
young adult titles across all of the categories. In addition, there<br />
is a category at the end for younger children. The genre order is<br />
as follows:<br />
Mystery, Thriller & Horror<br />
Literary Fiction, Contemporary & Historical Fiction<br />
Romance<br />
Graphic Novels & Manga<br />
Science Fiction, Fantasy & Speculative Fiction<br />
Poetry & Short Story Collections<br />
Nonfiction<br />
New Releases<br />
Middle Grade & Children's Fiction<br />
Find a genre that you like, and search for a book<br />
recommendation in that genre!<br />
If you have a specific perspective in mind you would like to read<br />
from (i.e. ace, lesbian, trans, etc.) then you can reference the<br />
flags on the right hand side of each book to see the<br />
representation featured in that book!<br />
If you are unsure about any terminology or flag used in this<br />
book list, you can reference the index or the links posted at the<br />
end of this book list in the Resources section to learn more!
How to use this book list part 2<br />
IMPORTANT NOTE!<br />
We tried our best to research each book and author to be<br />
sure we were using the correct pronouns and that we listed<br />
the correct representation featured in each book. However,<br />
in the event that we made an error, please feel free to reach<br />
out to us and let us know so that we can correct it!<br />
Finally, don't forget to read diversely all year round! If you<br />
can't get to these books in June then add them to your<br />
reading lists for the rest of the year as well.<br />
Be sure to always treat everyone with kindness and respect!<br />
Happy Pride everyone! We hope you enjoy this book list.<br />
With Love,<br />
The Penn Hills Staff
Pride Flag Index<br />
*This list is not comprehensive! For a full list, see<br />
the links in the resouce section of this book list<br />
Aromantic - a person with no interest in<br />
or desire for romantic attraction<br />
Asexual (Ace) - a person who feels<br />
little to no sexual attraction and/or has<br />
no sexual feelings or desires<br />
Bisexual- a person who experiences<br />
physical and/or emotional attraction for<br />
more than one gender<br />
Demiromantic - a person who<br />
experiences romantic attraction only<br />
after forming a strong emotional one<br />
Demisexual - a person who<br />
experiences sexual attraction only<br />
after forming a strong emotional one
Pride Flag Index<br />
*This list is not comprehensive! For a full list, see<br />
the links in the resouce section of this book list<br />
Drag - a person who uses drag<br />
clothing and makeup to exaggerate<br />
female gender characteristics and<br />
gender roles, often for entertainment<br />
purposes<br />
Gay - a person who experiences<br />
romantic, emotional and/or physical<br />
attraction to a person of the game<br />
gender<br />
Genderfluid - a person who does not<br />
adhere to one gender and instead<br />
moves between genders<br />
Genderqueer - a person who blurs<br />
the boundaries of the gender binary<br />
and rejects gender stereotypes
Pride Flag Index<br />
*This list is not comprehensive! For a full list, see<br />
the links in the resouce section of this book list<br />
Intersex- a person who is biologically<br />
between the medical definitions of<br />
male and female at birth<br />
Lesbian - a woman who is<br />
romantically, emotionally, and/or<br />
physically attracted to another<br />
woman<br />
Nonbinary - a person whose gender<br />
identity exists outside of the gender<br />
binary<br />
Omnisexual - a person who<br />
experiences attraction to all genders,<br />
but notices their partner's gender<br />
Pansexual - a person who experiences<br />
attraction to people of all genders
Pride Flag Index<br />
*This list is not comprehensive! For a full list, see<br />
the links in the resouce section of this book list<br />
Polyamorous - a person who<br />
desires to have multiple intimate<br />
relationships with consenting<br />
partners at the same time<br />
Queer- this is both an umbrella term<br />
that LGBTQ+ people use to describe<br />
themselves and community but is also<br />
used by people to describe more fluid<br />
identities<br />
Transgender- a person who's<br />
gender identity does not necessarily<br />
match their sex assigned at birth<br />
Two-Spirit - a Native person who<br />
identifies as having both male and<br />
female essences or spirits
Mystery, thriller & Horror<br />
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M.<br />
Danforth<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction historical horror adventurous<br />
dark mysterious medium-paced<br />
The Gilda Stories by Jewelle L.Gomez<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy horror emotional<br />
reflective slow-paced<br />
I Am the Ghost in Your House by<br />
Maria Romasco Moore<br />
(they/she)<br />
fiction young adult dark emotional<br />
reflective medium-paced
Mystery, thriller & Horror<br />
The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary mystery<br />
thriller young adult dark emotional<br />
tense fast-paced<br />
Dead Dead Girls by Nekesa Afia<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction historical mystery dark<br />
mysterious fast-paced<br />
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon<br />
(they/them or fae/faer)<br />
fiction horror science fiction<br />
emotional slow-paced
Mystery, thriller & Horror<br />
Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction classics horror dark<br />
mysterious tense slow-paced<br />
Hither, Page by Cat Sebastian<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction historical mystery romance<br />
mysterious slow-paced<br />
Lay Your Sleeping Head by<br />
Michael Nava<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction mystery mysterious fastpaced
Mystery, thriller & Horror<br />
Chaser by Dharma Kelleher<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction crime mystery dark<br />
mysterious tense fast-paced<br />
Murder Most Actual b Alexis Hall<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction mystery funny lighthearted<br />
mysterious medium-paced<br />
Poisoned Primrose by Dahlia<br />
Donovan<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction mystery funny lighthearted<br />
mysterious fast-paced
Mystery, thriller & Horror<br />
Last Night at the Telegraph Club by<br />
Malinda Lo<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction historical young adult<br />
emotional hopeful medium-paced<br />
By Way of Sorrow by Robyn Gigl<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction mystery thriller dark<br />
mysterious fast-paced<br />
White Is For Witching by Helen<br />
Oyeyemi<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy horror magical<br />
realism challenging dark mediumpaced
Mystery, thriller & Horror<br />
The Taking of Jake Livingston by<br />
Ryan Douglass<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction horror young adult dark<br />
mysterious tense fast-paced<br />
Her Body and Other Parties by<br />
Carmen Maria Machado<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary horror literary<br />
short stories dark mysterious reflective<br />
medium-paced
Literary Fiction, Contemporary &<br />
historical fiction<br />
Upright Women Wanted by Sarah<br />
Gailey (they/them)<br />
fiction dystopian adventurous<br />
hopeful fast-paced<br />
The Deep by Rivers Solomon<br />
(they/them or fae/faer)<br />
fiction fantasy science fiction<br />
challenging emotional mediumpaced<br />
The Chosen and the Beautiful by<br />
Nghi Vo<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction historical literary magical<br />
realism emotional reflective slowpaced
Literary Fiction, Contemporary &<br />
historical fiction<br />
Loveless by Alice Oseman<br />
(she/they)<br />
fiction young adult emotional<br />
hopeful reflective medium-paced<br />
The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and<br />
Virtue by Mackenzi Lee<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction historical young adult<br />
adventurous funny lighthearted<br />
medium-paced<br />
Speak No Evil by Uzodinma<br />
Iweala (he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary challenging<br />
emotional sad medium-paced
Literary Fiction, Contemporary &<br />
historical fiction<br />
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction historical emotional reflective<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Song of Achilles by Madeline<br />
Miller (she/her)<br />
fiction historical literary romance<br />
adventurous emotional sad<br />
medium-paced<br />
Call Me By Your Name by Andre<br />
Aciman (he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Literary Fiction, Contemporary &<br />
historical fiction<br />
The Color Purple by Alice Walker<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction classics literary emotional<br />
reflective slow-paced<br />
Patsy by Nicole Dennis-Benn<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary literary<br />
emotional reflective sad mediumpaced<br />
The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr.<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction historical literary race<br />
challenging emotional sad mediumpaced
Literary Fiction, Contemporary &<br />
historical fiction<br />
Everyone in this Room Will Someday<br />
Be Dead by Emily Austin<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary literary dark<br />
emotional funny medium-paced<br />
Detransition, Baby by Torrey<br />
Peters (she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary literary<br />
emotional reflective medium-paced<br />
Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary young adult<br />
challenging emotional reflective<br />
fast-paced
Literary Fiction, Contemporary &<br />
historical fiction<br />
The Gods of Tango by Carolina De<br />
Robertis (she/her)<br />
fiction historical emotional reflective<br />
slow-paced<br />
Rainbow Milk by Paul Mendez<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary race<br />
challenging emotional reflective<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction fantasy science fiction<br />
adventurous reflective slow-paced
Literary Fiction, Contemporary &<br />
historical fiction<br />
The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke<br />
Emezi (they/them)<br />
fiction contemporary emotional<br />
reflective sad medium-paced<br />
What If It's Us by Becky<br />
Albertalli (she/her) & Adam<br />
Silvera (he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary romance young<br />
adult lighthearted medium-paced<br />
<br />
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous<br />
by Ocean Vuong (he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary literary<br />
emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Literary Fiction, Contemporary &<br />
historical fiction<br />
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine<br />
Evaristo (she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary literary<br />
emotional reflective medium-paced<br />
Maurice by E.M. Forster<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction classics historical literary<br />
romance emotional reflective slowpaced
Romance<br />
Love & Other Disasters by Anita<br />
Kelly<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
emotional funny lighthearted<br />
medium-paced<br />
Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey<br />
McQuiston (they/she)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
funny hopeful lighthearted mediumpaced<br />
Milk Fed by Melissa Broder<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary literary<br />
emotional reflective fast-paced
Romance<br />
Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
emotional funny lighthearted<br />
medium-paced<br />
Delilah Green Doesn't Care by<br />
Ashley Herring Blake<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
emotional funny medium-paced<br />
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia<br />
Hibbert (she/he/they)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
emotional funny lighthearted<br />
medium-paced
Romance<br />
Payback's a Witch by Lana Harper<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy romance<br />
adventurous funny lighthearted<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
young adult emotional lighthearted<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
The Romantic Agenda by Claire<br />
Kann (she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
emotional funny lighthearted<br />
medium-paced
Romance<br />
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender<br />
(they/he)<br />
fiction contemporary young adult<br />
emotional reflective medium-paced<br />
I Wish You All the Best by Mason<br />
Deaver (they/them)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
young adult emotional hopeful<br />
medium-paced<br />
None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary young adult<br />
challenging emotional fast-paced
Romance<br />
Meet Cute Diary by Emery Lee<br />
(e/em/eir)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
young adult emotional hopeful<br />
lighthearted medium-paced<br />
You Should See Me in a Crown by<br />
Leah Johnson (she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary young adult<br />
emotional funny lighthearted<br />
medium-paced<br />
How to Find a Princess by Alyssa<br />
Cole (she/her)<br />
fiction romance emotional funny<br />
lighthearted medium-paced
Romance<br />
Under the Udala Trees by Chinelo<br />
Okparanta (she/her)<br />
fiction historical challenging<br />
emotional medium-paced<br />
Aristotle and Dante Discover the<br />
Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin<br />
Alire Saenz (he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary romance young<br />
adult emotional hopeful reflective<br />
medium-paced
Science fiction, fantasy & Speculative<br />
fiction<br />
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers<br />
Solomon<br />
(they/them or fae/faer)<br />
fiction science fiction challenging<br />
dark emotional medium-paced<br />
The Priory of the Orange Tree by<br />
Samantha Shannon<br />
fiction fantasy adventurous<br />
emotional medium-paced<br />
She Who Became the Sun by<br />
Shelley Parker-Chan<br />
(she/they)<br />
fiction fantasy historical<br />
adventurous challenging emotional<br />
medium-paced
Science fiction, fantasy & Speculative<br />
fiction<br />
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction fantasy romance young adult<br />
adventurous emotional mysterious<br />
medium-paced<br />
Every Heart a Doorway by Seanan<br />
McGuire<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy adventurous<br />
mysterious fast-paced<br />
The City in the Middle of the Night<br />
by Charlie Jane Anders<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction science fiction adventurous<br />
dark mysterious slow-paced
Science fiction, fantasy & Speculative<br />
fiction<br />
A Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky<br />
Chambers (she/her)<br />
fiction science fiction emotional<br />
hopeful reflective medium-paced<br />
Escaping Exodus by Nicky Drayden<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction science fiction adventurous<br />
fast-paced<br />
A Blade So Black by L.L. McKinney<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy young adult<br />
adventurous medium-paced
Science fiction, fantasy & Speculative<br />
fiction<br />
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha<br />
Ngan (she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy young adult<br />
adventurous dark emotional<br />
medium-paced<br />
Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy adventurous dark<br />
mysterious medium-paced<br />
Phoenix Extravagant by Yoon Ha<br />
Lee (he/him)<br />
fiction dystopian fantasy<br />
adventurous medium-paced
Science fiction, fantasy & Speculative<br />
fiction<br />
The Black Tides of Heaven by Neon<br />
Yang (they/them)<br />
fiction fantasy adventurous<br />
mysterious reflective medium-paced<br />
The Once and Future Witches by<br />
Alix E. Harrow<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy historical<br />
adventurous emotional hopeful<br />
slow-paced<br />
Pantomime by Laura Lam<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy adventurous<br />
mysterious slow-paced
Science fiction, fantasy & Speculative<br />
fiction<br />
No Gods, No Monsters by Cadwell<br />
Turnbull<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction fantasy mystery dark<br />
mysterious medium-paced<br />
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy romance<br />
adventurous dark emotional<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Way of Thorn and Thunder by<br />
Daniel Heath Justice<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction fantasy adventurous<br />
informative reflective slow-paced
Science fiction, fantasy & Speculative<br />
fiction<br />
Crier's War by Nina Varela<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy romance young adult<br />
adventurous emotional mediumpaced<br />
Gearbreakers by Zoe Hana Mikuta<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction dystopian science fiction<br />
young adult adventurous emotional<br />
tense medium-paced<br />
In Deeper Waters by F.T. Lukens<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction fantasy young adult<br />
adventurous lighthearted slowpaced
Science fiction, fantasy & Speculative<br />
fiction<br />
A Lesson in Vengeance by<br />
Victoria Lee<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction thriller young adult dark<br />
mysterious tense medium-paced<br />
Wild and Wicked Things by<br />
Francesca May<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy historical adventurous<br />
emotional medium-paced
Poetry & Short Story Collections<br />
The Girl and the Goddess by Nikita<br />
Gill (she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy magical realism<br />
poetry religion emotional reflective<br />
slow-paced<br />
God's Children Are Little Broken<br />
Things by Arinze Ifeakandu<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction romance short stories<br />
challenging emotional reflective<br />
medium-paced<br />
A Place Called No Homeland by Kai<br />
Cheng Thom<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction poetry challenging<br />
emotional reflective slow-paced
Poetry & Short Story Collections<br />
Content Warning: Everything by<br />
Akwaeke Emezi<br />
(they/them)<br />
nonfiction poetry emotional<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
Don't Call Us Dead by Danez Smith<br />
(they/them)<br />
nonfiction poetry race challenging<br />
emotional reflective medium-paced<br />
Bodymap by Leah Lakshmi<br />
Piepzna-Samarasinha<br />
(she/they)<br />
nonfiction poetry emotional<br />
reflective slow-paced
Poetry & Short Story Collections<br />
You're The Most Beautiful Thing That<br />
Happened by Arisa White<br />
(she/her)<br />
poetry emotional reflective<br />
medium-paced<br />
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a<br />
List of Further Possibilities by Chen<br />
Chen (he/him)<br />
poetry emotional reflective slowpaced<br />
Nature Poem by Tommy Pico<br />
(he/him)<br />
nonfiction poetry reflective mediumpaced
Poetry & Short Story Collections<br />
Holy Wild by Gwen Benaway<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction poetry challenging<br />
emotional reflective slow-paced<br />
Black Queer Hoe by Britteney<br />
Black Rose Kapri<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction poetry emotional<br />
inspiring reflective slow-paced<br />
The Year of Blue Water by<br />
Yanyi (he/him)<br />
nonfiction poetry reflective mediumpaced
Poetry & Short Story Collections<br />
Love After the End edited by<br />
Joshua Whitehead<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction science fiction short stories<br />
informative reflective mediumpaced<br />
Sovereign Erotics edited by Qwo-Li Driskill<br />
(ze/hir/hirs), Daniel Heath Justice (he/him),<br />
Deborah Miranda (she/her), and Lisa<br />
Tatonetti (she/they)<br />
nonfiction classics literary reflective<br />
medium-paced<br />
The Secret Lives of Church<br />
Ladies by Deesha Philyaw<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction short stories emotional<br />
reflective medium-paced
Poetry & Short Story Collections<br />
A Natural History of Transition by<br />
Callum Angus<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction short stories challenging<br />
mysterious reflective medium-paced<br />
Homesick: Stories by Nino Cipri<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction fantasy short stories<br />
mysterious slow-paced<br />
Afterparties by Anthony<br />
Veasna So (he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary literary short<br />
stories emotional reflective slowpaced
Poetry & Short Story Collections<br />
A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction short stories challenging<br />
emotional reflective medium-paced<br />
Difficult Women by Roxanna Gay<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary literary short<br />
stories dark emotional sad mediumpaced
Graphic Novels & Manga<br />
The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction comics sports funny<br />
lighthearted fast-paced<br />
Heavy Vinyl by Carly Usdin<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction comics mystery funny<br />
lighthearted fast-paced<br />
Heartstopper by Alice Oseman<br />
(she/they)<br />
fiction contemporary graphic novel<br />
romance young adult funny hopeful<br />
lighthearted fast-paced
Graphic Novels & Manga<br />
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction graphic novel science fiction<br />
young adult adventurous emotional<br />
hopeful medium-paced<br />
A Map to the Sun by Sloane Leong<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction graphic novel young adult<br />
emotional reflective medium-paced<br />
The Third Person by Emma<br />
Grove (she/her)<br />
nonfiction memoir dark emotional<br />
reflective medium-paced
Graphic Novels & Manga<br />
Fine: A Comic About Gender by<br />
Rhea Ewing<br />
(they/them)<br />
nonfiction comics emotional<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out<br />
For by Alison Bechdel<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction comics emotional reflective<br />
slow-paced<br />
A Quick & Easy Guide to They/Them<br />
Pronouns by Archie Bongiovanni<br />
(they/them) and Tristan Jimerson<br />
(he/him)<br />
nonfiction comics graphic novel funny<br />
informative lighthearted fast-paced
Graphic Novels & Manga<br />
Taproot by Keezy Young<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction fantasy graphic novel<br />
adventurous lighthearted slowpaced<br />
Bloom by Kevin Panetta (he/him)<br />
and<br />
Savanna Ganucheau (she/her)<br />
fiction graphic novel young adult<br />
emotional lighthearted medium-paced<br />
How to Be Ace: A Memoir of<br />
Growing Up Asexual by<br />
Rebecca Burgess (they/them)<br />
nonfiction graphic novel memoir<br />
psychology reflective medium-paced
Graphic Novels & Manga<br />
Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe<br />
(e/em/eir)<br />
nonfiction graphic novel memoir<br />
emotional informative reflective<br />
fast-paced<br />
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction graphic novel romance<br />
adventurous emotional fast-paced<br />
Check Please! by Ngozi Ukazu<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction graphic novel romance<br />
young adult funny lighthearted fastpaced
Graphic Novels & Manga<br />
Our Dreams at Dusk by Yuhki<br />
Kamatani<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction contemporary manga young<br />
adult emotional medium-paced<br />
Go For It, Nakamura! by Syundei<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction manga emotional funny<br />
lighthearted fast-paced<br />
My Brother’s Husband by<br />
Gengoroh Tagame<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary manga<br />
adventurous emotional mediumpaced
Graphic Novels & Manga<br />
My Lesbian Experience with<br />
Loneliness by Nagata Kabi<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction manga memoir emotional<br />
reflective slow-paced<br />
I Think Our Son is Gay by Okura<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction manga emotional<br />
lighthearted medium-paced<br />
That Blue Sky Feeling by Coma<br />
Hashii & Okura<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction manga romance adventurous<br />
lighthearted slow-paced
Graphic Novels & Manga<br />
Mooncakes by Wendy Xu (she/her)<br />
and<br />
Suzanne Walker (she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy graphic novel romance<br />
young adult adventurous lighthearted<br />
fast-paced<br />
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction fantasy graphic novel science<br />
fiction young adult adventurous<br />
lighthearted fast-paced<br />
Virgil by Steve Orlando<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction comics challenging dark fastpaced
Nonfiction<br />
Ace: What Asexuality Reveals<br />
About Desire, Society, and the<br />
Meaning of Sex by Angela Chen<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction challenging informative<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
All Boys Aren't Blue by George M.<br />
Johnson<br />
(they/them)<br />
nonfiction memoir race young adult<br />
emotional inspiring reflective mediumpaced<br />
She/He/They/Me: An<br />
Interactive Guide to the Gender<br />
Binary by Robyn Ryle (she/her)<br />
nonfiction gender reflective slowpaced
Nonfiction<br />
Nobody Passes: Rejecting the Rules<br />
of Gender and Conformity by<br />
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction essays gender reflective<br />
medium-paced<br />
Gender Euphoria: Stories of Joy from<br />
Trans, Non-Binary, and Intersex<br />
Writers edited by Laura Kate Dale<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction essays emotional hopeful<br />
inspiring medium-paced<br />
In the Dream House by Carmen<br />
Maria Machado (she/her)<br />
nonfiction feminism memoir<br />
challenging dark reflective mediumpaced
Nonfiction<br />
Deaf Utopia: A Memoir - And a<br />
Love Letter to a Way of Life by<br />
Nyle DiMarco (he/him)<br />
nonfiction autobiography emotional<br />
funny reflective medium-paced<br />
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A<br />
Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous<br />
Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction feminism magical realism<br />
challenging emotional reflective fastpaced<br />
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love,<br />
Loss, and the Fight for Trans<br />
Equality by Sarah McBride<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction memoir hopeful inspiring<br />
reflective fast-paced
Nonfiction<br />
High Risk Homosexual by<br />
Edgar Gomez<br />
(all pronouns)<br />
nonfiction memoir emotional funny<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
Black. Queer. Southern. Women.: An<br />
Oral History by E. Patrick Johnson<br />
(he/him)<br />
nonfiction feminism gender history<br />
race emotional informative slowpaced<br />
Girls Can Kiss Now by<br />
Jill Gutowitz<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction essays emotional funny<br />
reflective medium-paced
Nonfiction<br />
A Two-Spirit Journey: The<br />
Autobiography of a Lesbian Ojibwa-<br />
Cree Elder by Ma-Nee Chacaby<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction autobiography memoir<br />
challenging emotional inspiring mediumpaced<br />
Burn the Page: A True Story of<br />
Torching Doubts, Blazing Trails, and<br />
Igniting Change by Danica Roem<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction memoir informative inspiring<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
The Women's House of<br />
Detention: A Queer History of a<br />
Forgotten Prison by Hugh Ryan<br />
(he/him)<br />
nonfiction sociology challenging<br />
informative sad medium-paced
Nonfiction<br />
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and<br />
Feminist Mandate for Radical<br />
Movements by Charlene Carruthers<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction feminism politics race challenging<br />
informative reflective medium-paced<br />
What's the T? The no-nonsense guide to<br />
all things trans and/or non-binary for<br />
teens by Juno Dawson (she/her) and<br />
Soofiya (their/them)<br />
nonfiction hopeful informative inspiring<br />
medium-paced<br />
Transgender History: The Roots<br />
of Today's Revolution by Susan<br />
Stryker (she/her)<br />
nonfiction history informative reflective<br />
medium-paced
Nonfiction<br />
Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A<br />
Resource for the Transgender<br />
Community edited by Laura Erickson-<br />
Scroth (she/they)<br />
nonfiction gender challenging informative<br />
reflective slow-paced<br />
We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power,<br />
and Pride In The History of Queer<br />
Liberation by Leighton Brown (he/him)<br />
and Matthew L. Riemer (he/him)<br />
nonfiction history<br />
emotional informative slow-paced<br />
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction essays feminism sociology<br />
challenging informative reflective<br />
medium-paced
Nonfiction<br />
Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern<br />
Womanhood by Trixie Mattel<br />
(she/her) and Katya Zamolodchikova<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction funny reflective fast-paced<br />
The Body is Not an Apology by<br />
Sonya Renee Taylor<br />
(she/her)<br />
nonfiction feminism self help informative<br />
inspiring reflective medium-paced<br />
How We Get Free: Black Feminism<br />
and the Combahee River Collective<br />
edited by Keeanga-Yamatta Taylor<br />
nonfiction feminism history reflective<br />
slow-paced
Nonfiction<br />
How We Fight for Our Lives by<br />
Saeed Jones<br />
(he/him)<br />
nonfiction memoir race challenging<br />
emotional reflective medium-paced
New Releases<br />
MAY 10TH<br />
Everything for You by Chloe<br />
Liese<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary romance sports<br />
emotional hopeful lighthearted<br />
medium-paced<br />
MAY 24TH<br />
You Made a Fool of Death with<br />
Your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction contemporary romance<br />
emotional hopeful lighthearted<br />
medium-paced<br />
JUNE 7TH<br />
Wrath Goddess Sing by Maya<br />
Deane<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction historical dark emotional<br />
reflective slow-paced
New Releases<br />
MAY 31ST<br />
Yerba Buena by Nina LaCour<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction literary emotional hopeful<br />
reflective medium-paced<br />
JUNE 7TH<br />
Home Field Advantage by<br />
Dahlia Adler<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction young adult emotional hopeful<br />
inspiring medium-paced<br />
JULY 12TH<br />
Gods of Want: Stories by K-<br />
Ming Chang<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction short stories challenging<br />
emotional reflective slow-paced
New Releases<br />
MARCH 8TH<br />
Lakelore by Anna-Marie<br />
McLemore<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction magical realism emotional<br />
hopeful mysterious medium-paced<br />
MARCH 14TH<br />
Ophelia After All by Racquel<br />
Marie (she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary romance young<br />
adult emotional funny hopeful mediumpaced<br />
APRIL 5TH<br />
Nothing Burns as Bright as You<br />
by Ashley Woodfolk<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction short stories challenging<br />
emotional reflective slow-paced
New Releases<br />
JULY 21ST<br />
Her Majesty's Royal Coven<br />
by Juno Dawson<br />
(she/her)<br />
fiction fantasy adventurous emotional<br />
medium-paced<br />
MAY 17TH<br />
The Lesbiana's Guide to<br />
Catholic School by Sonora<br />
Reyes (they/them)<br />
fiction contemporary young adult<br />
emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
Middle grade & Children's fiction<br />
Pet by Akwaeke Emezi<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction fantasy young adult<br />
emotional hopeful reflective fastpaced<br />
The Tea Dragon Society by K.<br />
O'Neill (they/them)<br />
fiction fantasy graphic novel middle<br />
grade hopeful lighthearted relaxing<br />
fast-paced<br />
Melissa by Alex Gino<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction children's emotional hopeful<br />
inspiring fast-paced
Middle grade & Children's fiction<br />
Rick by Alex Gino<br />
(they/them)<br />
fiction contemporary middle grade<br />
hopeful inspiring lighthearted fastpaced<br />
Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth<br />
LaPensee (she/her) and K.C.<br />
Oster (he/she/they)<br />
fiction children's fantasy middle grade<br />
young adult adventurous dark mediumpaced<br />
In the Key of Us by Mariama J.<br />
Lockington (she/her)<br />
fiction contemporary middle grade<br />
music challenging emotional reflective<br />
medium-paced
Middle grade & Children's fiction<br />
Different Kinds of Fruit by<br />
Kyle Lukoff<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction middle grade emotional<br />
funny lighthearted medium-paced<br />
You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender,<br />
Puberty, and Other Things by Cory<br />
Silverberg (they/them) and Fiona<br />
Smyth (she/her)<br />
children's middle grade medium-paced<br />
Sylvia and Marsha Start a Revolution!<br />
by Joy Ellison (they/them) and Tesh<br />
Silver (she/they)<br />
nonfiction emotional informative slowpaced
Middle grade & Children's fiction<br />
Obie is Man Enough by<br />
Schuyler Bailar<br />
(he/him)<br />
fiction middle grade sports<br />
challenging emotional reflective<br />
medium-paced<br />
Both Can Be True by Jules<br />
Machias (they/them)<br />
fiction contemporary middle grade<br />
adventurous emotional mediumpaced<br />
Thanks a Lot, Universe by Chad<br />
Lucas (he/him)<br />
fiction contemporary middle grade<br />
emotional hopeful medium-paced
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