The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World (Real Heroes)
By: Eloisa Aquino
3.95
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Throughout history, many women and nonbinary people have defied society's expectations of feminine …
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1. Butch Geography
By: Stacey Waite
4.29
Format: None pages, Paperback
Poetry. LGBT Studies. In her Los Angeles Review of Books essay "Who Is Who: Pronouns, Gender, and M… read more
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- lesbian
- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
2. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
By: Sappho , Anne Carson
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
From poet and classicist Anne Carson comes this translation of the work of Sappho, together with th… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
3. Stone Butch Blues
By: Leslie Feinberg
4.43
Format: 230 pages, Hardcover
Woman or man? This internationally acclaimed novel looks at the world through the eyes of Jess Gold… read more
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- gender
- queer
- lgbt
4. Taproot
By: Keezy Young
1.33
Format: 397 pages, Paperback
Blue is having a hard time moving on. He's in love with his best friend. He's also dead. Luckily, H… read more
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5. Flamer
By: Mike Curato
4.32
Format: 366 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graph… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
- lgbt
6. Paradise Rot
By: Jenny Hval
3.55
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
A lyrical debut novel from a musician and artist renowned for her sharp sexual and political imager… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"I took a bite of a Bloody Ploughman. Even the flesh was red. 'Bloody,' Carral said. 'Nice colour,' I answered. 'It looks sinful. I bet that was the apple Eve ate, you know, in the Bible, the forbidde…"-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot
"I'll tell you the fairy tale of the apple. Eve ate the apple, and then Adam came and did so too. Afterwards the apple was forgotten, and it was assumed that it rolled away in the grass while Adam and…"-Jenny Hval, Paradise Rot
7. Pardalita
By: Joana Estrela
3.80
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
Quando Raquel nos começa a contar a sua história, Pardalita já entrou na sua vida. Não de rompante,… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
8. Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
By: Nora Krug
4.32
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
„Kaip žinoti, kas esi, jei nesupranti, iš kur ateini?“ – klausia iliustratorė ir rašytoja Nora Krug… read more
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- history
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- nonfiction
"Here was the evidence of our collective guilt."-Nora Krug, Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
"We struggled to understand the meaning of Heimat."-Nora Krug, Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
"Whenever I traveled abroad as a teenager, my guilt traveled with me."-Nora Krug, Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
"How do you know who you are, if you don't understand where you come from?"-Nora Krug, Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
9. Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
By: Da’Shaun Harrison
4.53
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Exploring anti-fatness and anti-Blackness at the intersections of race, police violence, gender ide… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"Ugly is political. It is the determiner for who does and does not work; who does and does not Love; who does and does not die; who does and does not eat."-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
"What is the utility of "body positivity" if it only seeks to provide one with a false sense of confidence rather than to liberate all from that which cages the body?"-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
"What would it mean for us to lean into Insecurity as a political tool in which we free ourselves from insisting that we perform "perfection" and total confidence in order to advocate for our collecti…"-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
"What I am really naming here is the complicatedness of feeling both affirmed and harmed by your assault because your body is never really your own when you're fat and Black, and the trauma you arrive…"-Da’Shaun Harrison, Belly of the Beast: The Politics of Anti-Fatness as Anti-Blackness
10. Displacement
By: Kiku Hughes
4.29
Format: 283 pages, Paperback
A teenager is pulled back in time to witness her grandmother's experiences in World War II-era Japa… read more
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- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- lgbt
"A memory is too powerful a weapon."-Kiku Hughes, Displacement
"But when a community comes together to demand more, when we do not let trauma stay obscured but bring it up to the surface and remember it together, we can make sure it is not repeated."-Kiku Hughes, Displacement
11. Basil and Oregano
By: Melissa Capriglione
3.86
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
Mix two parts The Great British Bake Off with one-part magical boarding school plus a generous dash… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
12. Burn
By: Patrick Ness
3.74
Format: 371 pages, Hardcover
On a cold Sunday evening in early 1957, Sarah Dewhurst waited with her father in the parking lot of… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Prophecy is slippery, dangerous, open to fatal misinterpretation."-Patrick Ness, Burn
"Sarah felt that any world that needed this many lessons must have something deeply wrong with it."-Patrick Ness, Burn
"Sometimes you just have to feel bad about a thing. Sometimes that's the only thing that makes you human."-Patrick Ness, Burn
"I'm just a girl." "It is tragic how well you have been taught to say that with sadness rather than triumph."-Patrick Ness, Burn
13. C'est comme ça que je disparais
By: Mirion Malle
4.32
Format: 206 pages, Paperback
« La première fois où j'ai eu le goût de mourir, j'avais genre euh 12 ans ? Mais ça compte pas, ça … read more
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- graphic novels comics
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- lgbt
"Je suis vide, je ne ressens rien, juste du vide. Avoir le cœur brisé me manque. Être triste me manque."-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais
"Je me sentais tellement vivante à ce moment-là, je crois. Maintenant, je ne me rappelle plus ce que ça fait d'être triste."-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais
"Il continue sa vie, sans embûches, sans répercussions. Il m'a détruite et il a le droit de vivre une vie heureuse. Et moi, je suis brisée à tout jamais."-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais
"J'aurais aimé... j'aurais tellement aimé profiter de ma vie. Profiter de ma vingtaine. Finir mon adolescence doucement. J'aurais voulu avoir ce droit-là."-Mirion Malle, C'est comme ça que je disparais
14. It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
By: Joe Vallese
4.18
Format: 298 pages, Paperback
Through the lens of horror—from "Halloween" to "Hereditary"—queer and trans writers consider the fi… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- anthologies
- lgbt
"Androgyny doesn't look a certain way, though gender is ingrained in society such that liberal readings are applied to everyone, sprinkling gender on everything from haircuts to careers to alcoholic b…"-Joe Vallese, It Came from the Closet: Queer Reflections on Horror
15. We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
By: Samra Habib
4.16
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
CANADA READS 2020 WINNER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 EDNA STAEBLER AWARD FOR CREATIVE NON-FICTION NA… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"Being surrounded by people who fuel you is intentional."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"For me, a wedding was an act of necessity, not a fairy tale."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"The joy of discovery is one of the biggest pleasures you'll ever know."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
"Closure, for me, would mean accepting my circumstances rather than trying to alter them to serve me best."-Samra Habib, We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
16. Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
By: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
4.55
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
In this collection of essays, Lambda Literary Award-winning writer and longtime activist and perfor… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"It [i.e. disability justice] means we are not left behind; we are beloved, kindred, needed."-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"To me, one quality of disability justice culture is that it is simultaneously beautiful and practical. Poetry and dance are as valuable as a blog post about access hacks - because they're equally imp…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"Disability Justice allowed me to understand that me writing from my sickbed wasn't me being week or uncool or not a real writer but a time-honoured crip creative practice. And that understanding allo…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
"One of the central loves of my life is coaching and supporting other writers. Specifically, writers who identify as BIPOC, sick/Mad/disabled, queer/trans, femme, working-class/poor, or some or all of…"-Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice
17. The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
By: Sonora Reyes
4.27
Format: 385 pages, Hardcover
A debut novel about a queer Mexican American girl navigating Catholic school, while falling in love… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"…any way you engage with your own culture is authentic, because it’s yours."-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
"Let's just say there's not a lot of melanin over there. I could probably pay my tuition selling sunscreen between classes."-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
"I know I can't take all that shame away from him. But I can start by showing him how much I'm not ashamed. Not only am I not ashamed, I'm proud. I can't make him love himself. The closest I can get i…"-Sonora Reyes, The Lesbiana's Guide to Catholic School
18. A Pirate's Life for Tea (Tomes & Tea Cozy Fantasies, #2)
By: Rebecca Thorne
4.30
Format: 444 pages, ebook
While searching for stolen dragon eggs, newly engaged couple Kianthe and Reyna find themselves smac… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
19. Stone Fruit
By: Lee Lai
4.06
Format: 231 pages, Hardcover
Bron and Ray are a queer couple who enjoy their role as the fun weirdo aunties to Ray’s niece, six-… read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
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- comics
- queer
20. Here We Go Again
By: Alison Cochrun
4.17
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
The author of Kiss Her Once for Me returns with a new queer rom-com following once childhood best f… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
21. Late Bloomer
By: Mazey Eddings
3.73
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
A sapphic opposites-attract romance with Mazey Edding's signature sparkling voice! Winning the l… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"Fuck anything and anyone that made you have to survive instead of live. You deserve a life so peaceful it feels deliciously boring. A life filled with flowers and sunny days and people who show you a…"-Mazey Eddings, Late Bloomer
22. Apsara Engine
By: Bishakh Kumar Som
3.84
Format: 250 pages, Paperback
In turns both fantastical and familiar, this graphic short story collection with South Asian roots … read more
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- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
23. Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
By: Nick Walker
4.37
Format: 196 pages, Paperback
The work of queer autistic scholar Nick Walker has played a key role in the evolving discourse on h… read more
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- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
"If you see anyone trying to narrow the definition of neuroqueer and trying to police who gets to use the tern, feel free to tell them that I said to stop acting like a fucking cop. The world needs mo…"-Nick Walker, Neuroqueer Heresies: Notes on the Neurodiversity Paradigm, Autistic Empowerment, and Postnormal Possibilities
24. Thirst
By: Marina Yuszczuk
3.58
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Across two different time periods, two women confront fear, loneliness, mortality, and a haunting y… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
25. The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
By: C.L. Clark
3.82
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Alternate Cover edition for ISBN 9780316542753 Touraine is a soldier. Stolen as a child and rai… read more
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- lesbian
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- lgbt
"What is war if not a complicated web of mathematics and charm? Luca thought."-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
"Who needs a god of oceans when I could drown inside your eyes? Who needs a god of grain when I could feast between your thighs?"-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
"As it whistles through the mountains, as it tickles blades of grass, as it pulls me from my bed, again, the wind, it cries your name."-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
"Then, still holding the cup, Touraine giggled. This broad-shouldered, muscle-bound ex-soldier, who spent most of her time either glowering or bowing at people, had smirked at her future queen, and no…"-C.L. Clark, The Unbroken (Magic of the Lost, #1)
26. Flung Out of Space: Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith
By: Grace Ellis
4.12
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing … read more
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- lesbian
- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- comics
- nonfiction
- queer
27. The Deep Dark
By: Molly Knox Ostertag
4.42
Format: 480 pages, Paperback
From Molly Knox Ostertag, writer-illustrator, comes a darkly beautiful story of identity, family, l… read more
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- graphic novels
- comics
- queer
- lgbt
28. The Stars Too Fondly
By: Emily Hamilton
3.80
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
In her breathtaking debut—part space odyssey, part sapphic rom-com—Emily Hamilton tells a tale of g… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
29. The Seventh Veil of Salome
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
4.05
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A young woman wins the role of a lifetime in a film about a legendary heroine — but the real drama … read more
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30. The Life & Times of Butch Dykes: Portraits of Artists, Leaders, and Dreamers Who Changed the World (Real Heroes)
By: Eloisa Aquino
3.95
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Throughout history, many women and nonbinary people have defied society's expectations of feminine … read more
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- lesbian
- history
- lgbt
- graphic novels comics
- graphic novels
- gender
- anthologies
- comics
- nonfiction
- queer
31. Make the Season Bright
By: Ashley Herring Blake
4.06
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Two exes find themselves stuck at the same house for Christmas in this holiday romance by Ashley He… read more
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