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I haven&#;t done a top ten in a while, so I figured it was time. I usually try to peruse more LGBTQ+ books during Pride Month, but since I got off to a slow start and didn&#;t post anything for basically the first half of the month, I figured I&#;d overcompensate with an extra-long list that includes both books that I&#;ve loved for years and some that I&#;ve just discovered recently.
Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdomby Leigh Bardugo
Genre: YA Fantasy
Queer Representation: Of the main characters, two are bisexual and one is gay. There is one major m/m romance and one additional minor queer character. In the sequel series, there is a queer connection between a bisexual gal and a trans dude (note: he does not come out until proximate the end&#;to anyone, including himself&#; and therefore presents as female and uses she/her pronouns until then).
Brief Review: Six of Crows has quickly become one of my all-time favorite books. It’s basically Ocean’s Eleven with actually astounding characters dumped into a uniquely inspired fantasy setting. There are few novels with a core cast of characters who complement each other as adequately as the Crows act. I spend hal
The 20 Best LGBTQ Books of
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Tin House Books Mostly Dead Things
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A family-owned taxidermy shop in sunny Florida may not seem like the most conventional setting for a meditation on grief and heartbreak, but Kristen Arnett isn’t exactly a conventional author. Morbid, strange, and very queer, Arnett’s debut novel is sort of a coming-of-age story for an entire family: When Jessa-Lynn Morton discovers her father dead by suicide, she steps up to take over his struggling taxidermy business as the rest of their domestic falls to pieces around her. Mostly Dead Things is a book that refuses to fit neatly into any boxes, making it a perfect read during a month that’s all about celebrating yourself for who you are.
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Graywolf Press In the Dream House: A Memoir
Two years after first commanding the world’s attention with her debut collection Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado is support with In The Dream House, an engrossing memoir that blurs the lines between personal narrative and literary criticism. Revisiting a psychologically toxic relationship through the lens of assorted storytelling tropes, Machado expands an intensely i
Queer Adult SFF Present Guide!
&#; lgbtq+ male MC (and romance!)
&#; sumptuous feast of a book
&#; srsly Kitchen Wars but prefer, in space
&#; Gay MC, queernorm world
&#; Stories contain power!!
&#; Fantasy tulip mania
&#; Gay MC, m/m relationship
&#; all my exes are in the trees whoops
&#; One bed trope, but it doesn&#;t go as expected
&#; Sweetly sad, good for a drizzly day and then a looong step in the nearby woods
&#; Same-sex attracted MC, m/m relationship
&#; Pretty hot if you&#;re into gore
&#; Everybody&#;s awful and I treasure it
&#; Sexy, spooky, fucked up in the best ways
&#; FAB QUEER NECROMANCER
&#; f/m main, but very important m/m relationship
&#; Bone monstrosities
&#; Deed adventure, good for a binge read
&#; f/f lead romance
&#; steampunk time-travel shenanigans
&#; story about family ❤ and their chaos
&#; sequel to Alice Payne arrives, so you&#;ve got a box set!
The debut adult novel by the bestselling and award-winning YA author Nina LaCour, Yerba Buena is a love story for our time and a propulsive journey through the lives of two women trying to find somewhere, or someone, to call home.
In , the bookshop I work for decided to start a couple of book clubs, and I offered to become the host and organise these meetings. They became something to bring people together (online) during a pandemic, and they provided a way to continue to learn in community.
For Coach Yourself Book Club — where we read books on subjects like racism, feminism, LGBTQIAP+ identity, fatphobia, and ableism — we pick fiction and nonfiction books we want to read together, and then we discuss what we have learned, bringing the books and our personal stories to the table.
No one in this organization is an expert; we stay respectful and unlock to learning, using the tools at hand, and exchanging stories. It’s a humbling and interesting way to spend more moment thinking about social matters, our own privileges, and how we can aim to open the horizons of those who form part of our circles.
Although there is a lo
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