She Called Me Woman
By: Azeenarh Mohammed
3.97
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
“We put together this collection of thirty narratives to correct the invisibility, the confusion, t…
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1. Freshwater
By: Akwaeke Emezi
4.02
Format: 229 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary debut novel, Freshwater explores the surreal experience of having a fractured self… read more
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- queer
- nigeria
- lgbt
"It wasn’t me,"-Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater
"The worst part of embodiment is being unseen."-Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater
"Sometimes, you recognize truth because it destroys you for a bit."-Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater
"The gods do not care. It is not them, after all, that will pay the cost."-Akwaeke Emezi, Freshwater
2. Last Words from Montmartre
By: Qiu Miaojin , Ari Larissa Heinrich
2.77
Format: 130 pages,
When the pioneering Taiwanese novelist Qiu Miaojin committed suicide in 1995 at age twenty-six, she… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
3. Under the Udala Trees
By: Chinelo Okparanta
4.70
Format: 84 pages, Hardcover
Inspired by Nigeria's folktales and its war, Under the Udala Trees is a deeply searching, powerful … read more
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4. The Thing Around Your Neck
By: None
3.85
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow, and longing, the stories in The Thing Around Yo… read more
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5. Here Comes the Sun
By: Nicole Y. Dennis-Benn
3.94
Format: 256 pages,
Capturing the distinct rhythms of Jamaican life and dialect, Nicole Dennis-Benn pens a tender hymn … read more
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6. The Luis Ortega Survival Club
By: Sonora Reyes
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of The Lesbiana’s Guide to Catholic School comes a story in the vein of… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
7. Perfume & Pain
By: Anna Dorn
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A controversial Los Angeles author attempts to revive her career and finally find true love in this… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"I sit down wanting to write the great lesbian love story, but wacko bitches just keep coming out."-Anna Dorn, Perfume & Pain
8. Creep: Accusations and Confessions
By: Myriam Gurba
4.37
Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition
A ruthless and razor-sharp essay collection that tackles the pervasive, creeping oppression and tox… read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"Embedded within these systems of family, friendship, and community, these creepy men may appear harmless, their evil obscured by a benign collective presence, a fog of sorts. This softness swaddles a…"-Myriam Gurba, Creep: Accusations and Confessions
9. Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
By: Warsan Shire
4.21
Format: 86 pages, Paperback
Poems of migration, womanhood, trauma, and resilience from the celebrated collaborator on Beyoncé's… read more
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- feminism
- africa
- nonfiction
"You only leave home when home won't let you stay."-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
"No one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark."-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
"Under your feet, the trapdoor to heaven opens its mouth, its teeth grazing your toes."-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
"Mother says there are locked rooms inside all women. Sometimes, the men--they come with keys, and sometimes, the men--they come with hammers."-Warsan Shire, Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head
10. Hijab Butch Blues
By: Lamya H.
4.48
Format: 284 pages, Hardcover
A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from storie… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"Sort of?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"Queer indispensability?"-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I feel tired. Or reckless. Or maybe brave."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
"I want to figure her out, this girl, and I want to know everything about her."-Lamya H., Hijab Butch Blues
11. Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad
By: Damilare Kuku
4.03
Format: None pages, Paperback
A collection of short stories, structured as case-studies, and a form of love letter in solidarity … read more
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- africa
- nigeria
- african literature
12. The Death of Vivek Oji
By: Akwaeke Emezi
4.13
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
Raised by a distant father and an understanding but overprotective mother, Vivek suffers disorienti… read more
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- queer
- nigeria
- lgbt
"Love and guilt sometimes taste the same, you know"-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji
"They burned down the market on the day Vivek Oji died."-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji
"Somewhere, you see, in the river of time, I am already alive."-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji
"He smelled like grass and wind and clothes that had been dried in the sun."-Akwaeke Emezi, The Death of Vivek Oji
13. Butter Honey Pig Bread
By: Francesca Ekwuyasi
4.31
Format: 317 pages, Paperback
Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize Spanning three continents, Butter Honey Pig Bread tel… read more
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- africa
- queer
- nigeria
- lgbt
"Death is only a doorway."-Francesca Ekwuyasi, Butter Honey Pig Bread
14. Blessings
By: Chukwuebuka Ibeh
4.20
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Moonlight meets Purple Hibiscus in this gay coming-of-age novel from an astonishing young talent, s… read more
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- africa
- nigeria
- lgbt
- african literature
- queer
15. The Teller of Secrets
By: Bisi Adjapon
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this stunning debut novel—a tale of self-discovery and feminist awakening—a feisty Nigerian-Ghan… read more
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- feminism
- africa
- nigeria
- african literature
16. Friday I'm in Love
By: Camryn Garrett
3.84
Format: 288 pages, Library Binding
It's too late for a Sweet Sixteen but what if Mahalia had a Coming Out Party? A love letter to roma… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
17. The Battle Drum (The Ending Fire Trilogy #2)
By: Saara El-Arifi
4.36
Format: 560 pages, Hardcover
Murder. Secrets. Sacrifice: Three women seek the truth of the empire's past. And the truth they fin… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
18. Vagabonds!
By: Eloghosa Osunde
3.82
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In the bustling streets and cloistered homes of Lagos, a cast of vivid characters—some haunted, som… read more
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- africa
- queer
- nigeria
- lgbt
"But look how we broke each other in the end. Who could have killed me better than you?"-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!
"...because some books won't come directly to you; they go through someone who loves you."-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!
"Shame works, because there are those who we name when we talk power, but not when we talk harm."-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!
"What I will also say is that women are magicians. I don't mean magic like the kind you were warned to avoid, I mean magic as in spinning story as lifeline, as in turning a wound into a star, as in ho…"-Eloghosa Osunde, Vagabonds!
19. Outdrawn
By: Deanna Grey
4.23
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
It isn’t always lonely at the top. Noah Blue’s finally got her foot in the door. After clawing h… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"She could be a siren; I painted her on the water in my mind, her hair splayed across the surface, eyes daring the viewer to jump in. Would she save them? Save me? Did I want her to?"-Deanna Grey, Outdrawn
20. How We Fight For Our Lives
By: Saeed Jones
4.28
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir … read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"Some songs take women places men cannot follow."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"Everyone has a lie we’re quietly waiting to believe."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"I will say for myself: America, I did the best I could with what I was given."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
"The only thing worse than being a disaster is being a disaster with a witness."-Saeed Jones, How We Fight For Our Lives
21. Period Power: A Manifesto for the Menstrual Movement
By: Nadya Okamoto
3.94
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
PERIOD founder and Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation and why… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- lgbt
22. Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
By: Akwaeke Emezi
4.30
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A full-throated and provocative memoir in letters from the New York Times-bestselling author, "a da… read more
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- africa
- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"Remembering is the death of mercy."-Akwaeke Emezi, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
"It wasn't my first mutilation, but it was one of my best."-Akwaeke Emezi, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
"...if just this terrified you - the tip of a feather - how am I supposed to open up entire wings?"-Akwaeke Emezi, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
"What is love if not a shield thrown up around you when you are too injured to throw it up yourself?"-Akwaeke Emezi, Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
23. Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
By: Jedidiah Jenkins
4.03
Format: 221 pages, Hardcover
When his mother, Barbara, turns seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins is reminded of a sobering fact: Our pare… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"In my midthirties, I realized that my parents would die soon. Not like a terminal illness. I just mean in the flow of time. It hit me hardest when my mother turned seventy. I did a quick bit of math.…"-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
"I wondered about my friendship with my mom. Is it friendship? How can it be? Friendship is chosen. Friendship is discovered. But a mother and a son have a bond that is necessary. If the son exists, t…"-Jedidiah Jenkins, Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
24. Lakiriboto Chronicles: A History of Badly Behaved Women
By: Ayodele Olofintuade
3.94
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
The story is about three women, one of them has mental illness; they are just girls that were growi… read more
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- lesbian
- africa
- nigeria
- lgbt
- african literature
- queer
25. The Final Strife (Ending Fire, #1)
By: Saara El-Arifi
4.22
Format: 640 pages, Hardcover
Red is the blood of the elite, of magic, of control. Blue is the blood of the poor, of workers, o… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
26. The Skin and Its Girl
By: Sarah Cypher
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A young, queer Palestinian American woman pieces together her great aunt’s secrets in this sweeping… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"But I tell you, I recognize myself by death's mark, and for a time I imagined almost every day that it were different, that I could be anything other than impossibly blue."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"But what was death to me, when it was my first act in life? Death looked like the house of the body opening, returning to a wider place: that place of confusion and strange beauty."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"I had the first inkling that some kinds of splendor were invisible to others. Were not wrong. And the solitude of this knowledge was wide and comfortable, a sort of imaginary palace."-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
"Do you know what it's like to be bewitched? Your mind bends. Your entire life shrinks to the size of a small room. The imagination is a fever. You can't stand it. Nobody can stand it-that's the point…"-Sarah Cypher, The Skin and Its Girl
27. Broken Halves of a Milky Sun: Poems
By: Aaiún Nin
3.90
Format: 96 pages, Hardcover
With the emotional undertow of Ocean Vuong and the astute political observations of Natalie Diaz, a… read more
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- nonfiction
- lgbt
- queer
28. These Letters End in Tears
By: Musih Tedji Xaviere
4.03
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Set in a country where being gay is punishable by law, These Letters End in Tears is the heart-wren… read more
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- lesbian
- africa
- queer
- lgbt
29. Cuckoo
By: Gretchen Felker-Martin
3.65
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
Cuckoo is a searing new novel from Manhunt author Gretchen Felker-Martin, where a motley crew of ki… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
30. We'll Prescribe You a Cat
By: Syou Ishida
3.95
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A cat a day keeps the doctor away… Discover the award-winning, bestselling Japanese novel that has… read more
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31. She Called Me Woman
By: Azeenarh Mohammed
3.97
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
“We put together this collection of thirty narratives to correct the invisibility, the confusion, t… read more
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- africa
- nigeria
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- feminism
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