Celebrate Pride

It's Pride Season! Read for Pride to spotlight the resilience, celebrate the talent, and recognize the contributions of 2SLGBTQ+ communities 🌈

Updated June 9, 2025
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We could be rats
Austin, Emily
Paper Book
A "one-sitting-read" (Laurie Frankel, New York Times bestselling author) about two very different sisters, and a love letter to childhood, growing up, and the power of imagination--from the bestselling author of Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead and Interesting Facts...
Isaac's song : a novel
Black, Daniel
Paper Book
" The beloved author of Don't Cry for Me and Perfect Peace returns with a poignant, emotionally exuberant novel about a young queer Black man finding his voice in 1980s Chicago--a novel of family, forgiveness and perseverance, for fans of The Great Believers and On...
I leave it up to you
Chong, Jinwoo
Paper Book
Jack Jr woke up from a two-year coma with a sore neck, a brand new ex-fiancee, and the distinct feeling he'd missed something big. Like, global pandemic big. Reluctantly returning to New Jersey, and a kitchen job at the sushi restaurant his family runs, he finds himself suddenly dependent on his...
Palm Meridian
Flahive, Grace
Paper Book
Something, not nothing : a story of grief and love
Leavitt, Sarah
Paper Book
In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt's partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance after years of severe chronic pain and a rapid decline at the end of her life. About a month after Donimo's death, Sarah began making comics again as a way to deal with her profound sense of...
Two truths and a lie
O'Brien, Cory
Paper Book
From the beloved internet humorist, a debut novel that introduces an unforgettable investigator to the drowned streets of L.A. in a hugely imaginative and heartfelt blend of noir and cyberpunk. In a mostly underwater near-future Los Angeles, aging combat-drone veteran Orr...
Murder in the dressing room
Stars, Holly
Paper Book
A December 2025 RuPaul's Book Club Pick! A poisoned chocolate. A stolen dress. An elusive catburglar. Drag's not just dramatic, it's deadly. By day, Joe is a hotel accountant, invisibly sitting behind their desk and playing by the rules. By night,...
Woodworking
St. James, Emily
Paper Book
LONGLISTED FOR THE CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE 2025 'Big-hearted and hilarious, an ode to authenticity and a must-read in our current times.' -Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures. 'Writing a funny book is hard. Writing a convincing takedown of...
Hammajang luck
Yamamoto, Makana
Paper Book
Survival is a promise : the eternal life of Audre Lorde
Gumbs, Alexis Pauline
Paper Book
A Time Must-Read Book of the YearWinner of the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian NonfictionA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2025 Brooklyn Public Library Book Prize Finalist for the 2025 Zora Award ...
Hijab butch blues : a memoir
H, Lamya
Paper Book
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this "raw and relatable memoir that challenges societal norms and expectations" (Linah Mohammad, NPR). "A masterful, must-read contribution to conversations on...
Forest Euphoria : The Abounding Queerness of Nature
Kaishian, Patricia Ononiwu
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER * VANITY FAIR BEST BOOKS OF 2025 * TIME 100 MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2025 "An antidote to the loneliness of our species."--ROBIN WALL KIMMERER "A master class in how to love the world."--MARGARET RENKL A...
Leg : the story of a limb and the boy who grew from it : a memoir
Marshall, Greg (Essayist)
Paper Book
Pageboy : a memoir
Page, Elliot
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Book of the Year and Time Magazine Must-Read Book of 2023 Shortlisted for the Goodreads Choice Awards and Books Are My Bag Readers Awards 2023
Lesbian love story : a queer history of sapphic romance
Possanza, Amelia
Paper Book
Charting the stories of Olympic athletes and lesbian memoirists, via Sappho, Lesbian Love Story is a genre-defying respository of sapphic romance like no other. On her quest to discovering lesbian role models overlooked by history, Amelia Possanza uncovers seven...
I heard her call my name : a memoir of transition
Sante, Lucy
Paper Book
FINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZE Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Slate "Reading this book is a joy . . . much to say about the trans journey and will undoubtedly become a standard for those in need of...
The secret public : how LGBTQ performers shaped popular culture (1955-1979)
Savage, Jon
Paper Book
A monumental history of the LGBTQ influence on popular culture, from the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author Jon Savage.
It ain't over til the bisexual speaks : an anthology of bisexual voices
Shearing, Lois
Paper Book
The bisexual experience is, by necessity, incredibly diverse - we are likely to be attracted to different genders, form part of multiple marginalised groups, and be perceived (depending on the gender of our partner) in wildly different ways... This anthology is a radical and ambitious...
The LGBTQ+ travel guide : interviews, itineraries, and inspiration from queer insiders in 50+ proud places
Valenski, Alicia
Paper Book
Winner of Travel Guide of the Year - Travel Media Awards "Must-have for queer travellers" - Attitude Magazine "Travel inspiration with a strong queer perspective, you need this in your arsenal" - Pink News "Will give queer...
The big reveal : an illustrated manifesto of drag
Velour, Sasha
Paper Book
"Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us--the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived." -Sasha Velour This book is a quilt, piecing together memoir, history, and theory into a living portrait of an artist and an art....
The other Olympians : fascism, queerness, and the making of modern sports
Waters, Michael
Paper Book
A Finalist for the 2025 Lambda Literary Award for LGBTQ+ Nonfiction. A Finalist for the 2024 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History and the 2025 Mark Lynton History Prize. Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by The New Yorker, NPR and BookPage. ...
The loves of my life : a sex memoir
White, Edmund
Paper Book
A VULTURE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the legendary author Edmund White, a stunning, revelatory memoir of a lifetime of gay love and sex. "In his panoply of sexual encounters, Edmund White's love of sex makes us proud to be human. And the story of...

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