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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: A Novel
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...
I leave it up to you : a novel
Chong, Jinwoo
Paper Book
From the award-winning author of Flux comes "an endearing novel about second chances" (The Washington Post), with wise insights into love, family, and the art of sushi. "Wise and poignant [with] mouthwatering descriptions of food . . . I Leave It Up to You...
Broughtupsy : a novel
Cooke, Christina
Paper Book
Tired of not having a place to land, twenty-year-old Akua flies from Canada to her native Jamaica to reconnect with her estranged sister Tamika. Their younger brother Bryson has recently passed from sickle cell anemia - the same disease that took their mother ten years prior - and Akua carries his...
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...
Murder in the dressing room
Stars, Holly
Paper Book
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, donned in sequins, they take to the stage...
In Case You Read This
Underhill, Edward
Paper Book
From acclaimed author Edward Underhill comes a trans rom-com about serendipity, chance encounter, and the ultimate missed connection. This joyful celebration of queer love and found family is perfect for fans of Becky Albertalli, Emery Lee, and Julian Winters. Arden isn't excited...
Survival is a promise : the eternal life of Audre Lorde
Gumbs, Alexis Pauline
Paper Book
A Time Must-Read Book of the Year A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year Winner of the Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre...
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...
Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It
Marshall, Greg
Paper Book
* A 2024 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST * *Washington Post's 50 Best Nonfiction of 2023 * NPR's Books We Love 2023 * * A New and Noteworthy Memoir of 2023 Selected by * Washington Post * USA Today * Esquire * Buzzfeed *<...
So Gay for You: Friendship, Found Family, and the Show That Started It All
Moennig, Kate
Paper Book
*AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* An intimate, hilarious memoir of art, friendship, queerness, and found family by Kate Moennig and Leisha Hailey, stars of The L Word--including never-before-shared stories and photos from behind the scenes of the show and their...
Pageboy
Page, Elliot.
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times "100 Notable Books of 2023" A TIME Magazine "100 Must-Read Books of 2023" A Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction" An Autostraddle "Best Queer Books of 2023" "Vivid...Moving...
Lesbian Love Story: A Memoir in Archives
Possanza, Amelia
Paper Book
When Amelia Possanza moved to Brooklyn to build a life of her own, she found herself surrounded by queer stories: she read them on landmark placards, overheard them on the pool deck when she joined the world's largest LGBTQ swim team, and even watched them on TV in her cockroach-infested apartment....
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...
Falling back in love with being human : letters to lost souls
Thom, Kai Cheng
Paper Book
A national bestseller in Canada, hailed by The New York Times asan "intimate expression of self-acceptance and forgiveness, tenderly written to fellow trans women and others." "Required reading."-Glennon Doyle, #1 bestselling author of Untamed A...
The LGBTQ+ travel guide : interviews, itineraries, and inspiration from queer insiders in 50+ proud places
Valenski, Alicia
Paper Book
"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 travellers a serious case of wanderlust" - Publisher's Weekly Discover more than 50 queer...
The other Olympians : fascism, queerness, and the making of modern sports
Waters, Michael
Paper Book
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. "Michael Waters performs an Olympian act of storytelling, using the stories...
Making love with the land
Whitehead, Joshua (Writer)
Paper Book
A moving and deeply personal excavation of Indigenous beauty and passion in a suffering world The novel Jonny Appleseed established Joshua Whitehead as one of the most exciting and important new literary voices on Turtle Island, winning both a Lambda...

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