Something Better than Home
By: Leona Beasley
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Lesbian Fiction Something Better than Home is the story of a yo…
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1. Annie on My Mind
By: Nancy Garden
4.02
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
This groundbreaking book is the story of two teenage girls whose friendship blossoms into love and … read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"Real, but sometimes beautiful."-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind
"Don't let ignorance win', said Ms. Stevenson. 'Let love."-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind
"And that's like my world." Annie pointed up to the stars again."Inaccecible."-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind
"It’s terrible, … for us to have been so scared to be seen with books we have every right to read."-Nancy Garden, Annie on My Mind
2. Anansi Boys
By: Neil Gaiman
4.30
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
God is dead. Meet the kids. Fat Charlie Nancy's normal life ended the moment his father dropped dea… read more
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- fiction
3. SBF Seeking
By: La Toya Hankins
4.12
Format: 29 pages, Paperback
Four months before her wedding, Yvette Thurman realizes this might be her last chance to have a sex… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
4. No Name in the Street
By: James Baldwin
4.00
Format: 199 pages, Paperback
This stunningly personal document and extraordinary history of the turbulent sixties and early seve… read more
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5. The Argonauts
By: Maggie Nelson
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An intrepid voyage out to the frontiers of the latest thinking about love, language, and family Ma… read more
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- lgbt
- queer
6. Faithful
By: Alice Hoffman
4.12
Format: 206 pages, Hardcover
Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night an extraordinary tra… read more
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7. Another Country
By: James Baldwin
4.08
Format: None pages, Paperback
When Another Countryappeared in 1962, it caused a literary sensation. James Baldwin's masterly stor… read more
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8. All the Sinners Bleed
By: S.A. Cosby
4.24
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A Black sheriff. A serial killer. A small town ready to combust. Titus Crown is the first Black … read more
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- fiction
"In the former capital of the confederacy, equalities surest foothold was found on the autopsy table."-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed
"It occurred to him that no place was more confused about it's past or more terrified of the future than the South."-S.A. Cosby, All the Sinners Bleed
9. Pet (Pet, #1)
By: Akwaeke Emezi
4.16
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A thought-provoking and haunting novel about a creature that escapes from an artist's canvas, whose… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"Monsters don't look like anything, That's the whole point. That's the whole problem."-Akwaeke Emezi, Pet (Pet, #1)
"It's hard to build a new world without making people angry. You try your best, you move with compassion, you think about the big structures. No revolution is perfect."-Akwaeke Emezi, Pet (Pet, #1)
" What does a monster look like? Jam asked. Her mother focused on her, cupping her cheek in a chalky hand. "Monsters don't look like anything, doux-doux. That's the whole point. That's the whole probl…"-Akwaeke Emezi, Pet (Pet, #1)
"Bitter knew her name was heavy but she hadn't minded because it was honest. That was something she'd taught Jam - that a lot of things were manageable as long as they were honest. You could see thing…"-Akwaeke Emezi, Pet (Pet, #1)
10. Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
By: Colson Whitehead
3.74
Format: 318 pages, Hardcover
From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Underground Railroad and The Nickel Boys, a … read more
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- fiction
"Step back and the world is a classroom if need be."-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
"Crooked world, straight world, same rules - everybody had a hand out for the envelope."-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
"He was a strange mix--congenial but reserved in a way that told you being friendly was an act of will."-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
"I'm an entrepreneur." "Entrepreneur?" Pepper said the last part like manure. "That's just a hustler who pays taxes."-Colson Whitehead, Harlem Shuffle (Ray Carney, #1)
11. Interior Chinatown
By: Charles Yu
3.97
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles … read more
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- fiction
"LOVE STORY FOR A GENERIC ASIAN MAN???"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"As everyone knows, water hates poor people."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"If she could move freely between worlds, why can't you?"-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
"IDK, I never represented someone for self-imprisonment before."-Charles Yu, Interior Chinatown
12. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
By: Deesha Philyaw
4.17
Format: 179 pages, Paperback
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies explores the raw and tender places where Black women and girls da… read more
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- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
"Careful you go looking for something, you just might find it."-Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
"The Bible is the inerrant word of God,' Eula whispers, as defiantly as a whisper can be. 'And you only believe that because of how another group of men interpret the first group of men. People say yo…"-Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
"You chide yourself for walking too far ahead, for regressing into 80s song lyrics territory so soon. But then he says, "The supermassive black hole at the center of the milky way recently sparked 75 …"-Deesha Philyaw, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
13. This Wicked Fate (This Poison Heart, #2)
By: Kalynn Bayron
3.99
Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition
How much would you risk to save the ones you love? Would you tempt even the most dangerous fate? … read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
14. This Poison Heart (This Poison Heart, #1)
By: Kalynn Bayron
4.12
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Darkness blooms in bestselling author Kalynn Bayron's new contemporary fantasy about a girl with a … read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
15. Black Candle Women
By: Diane Marie Brown
3.41
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A Read with Jenna Book Club Pick as Seen on the Today Show “If you like Practical Magic… you wi… read more
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- fiction
"Some folks struggled disproportionately, carrying things that others couldn't even lift."-Diane Marie Brown, Black Candle Women
16. Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
By: Bernardine Evaristo
3.98
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling and Booker Prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other, Bernardine Evaristo's m… read more
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"Alle pogingen om cultuur terug te brengen tot opvattingen over authenticiteit kunnen alleen het omgekeerde bewerkstelligen en de onderlinge verbondenheid van onze culturen openbaren."-Bernardine Evaristo, Manifesto: On Never Giving Up
17. Blood at the Root
By: LaDarrion Williams
4.05
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A teenager on the run from his past finds the family he never knew existed and the community he nev… read more
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18. Something Better than Home
By: Leona Beasley
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition
Lambda Literary Award Finalist for Lesbian Fiction Something Better than Home is the story of a yo… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- fiction
- queer
