¡Cuéntamelo!: Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants
By: Juliana Delgado Lopera
4.44
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. Juliet Takes a Breath
By: Gabby Rivera
4.17
Format: 276 pages, Kindle Edition
Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to h… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Read because you’re tired of secrets."-Gabby Rivera, Juliet Takes a Breath
"But it was August and what does love mean at the end of a summer?"-Gabby Rivera, Juliet Takes a Breath
"I understood 'microaggressions' to mean 'little bullshit acts of racism."-Gabby Rivera, Juliet Takes a Breath
"How was I supposed to survive here? These Portlanders were an entirely different breed of white people."-Gabby Rivera, Juliet Takes a Breath
2. Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
By: Carmen Maria Machado
3.84
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders betwe… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"I'm having a crisis of function."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"None of us will make it to the end."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"What I say: “Why did you leave her with me?"-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"Everything is soft, like a fresh oil painting."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
3. Invisible Man
By: Ralph Ellison
3.91
Format: 581 pages, Paperback
First published in 1952 and immediately hailed as a masterpiece, Invisible Man is one of those rare… read more
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"When I discover who I am, I’ll be free."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"You're very insistent, but I'm very busy."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"They could laugh at him but they couldn't ignore him"-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
"I could hardly get to sleep for dreaming of revenge."-Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
4. Assata: An Autobiography
By: Angela Y. Davis , Assata Shakur , Lennox S. Hinds
4.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to deat… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
5. Lucy
By: Jamaica Kincaid
4.02
Format: None pages,
The coming-of-age story of one of Jamaica Kincaid's most admired creations--newly available in pape… read more
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6. The Savage Detectives
By: Roberto Bolaño , Natasha Wimmer
4.48
Format: 334 pages,
New Year's Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, founders of the visceral realist movement in p… read more
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7. Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
By: Armistead Maupin
4.00
Format: 371 pages, Paperback
San Francisco, 1976. A naïve young secretary, fresh out of Cleveland, tumbles headlong into a brave… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Small world, huh?"-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
"We’re gonna be … I mean people like you and me … we’re gonna be fifty-year-old libertines in a world full of twenty-year-old Calvinists."-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
"The thing that bugs me... is that you never really know what women are like... not for a long time, anyway. They only show you what they want you to see." Michael nodded. "So you fantasize over all t…"-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
"Nobody's happy. What's happy? Happiness is over when the lights come on." The older woman poured herself a glass of sangria. "Screw that," she said quietly. "What?" "Screw that. Wash your mouth out. …"-Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City (Tales of the City, #1)
8. The Great Divide
By: Cristina Henríquez
3.70
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
An epic novel of the construction of the Panama Canal, casting light on the unsung people who lived… read more
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"Ada had always believed that her mother, in rebuilding the house only three miles from where it had once been, had kept her world piteously small, but maybe what mattered, Ada thought as she gazed at…"-Cristina Henríquez, The Great Divide
9. Oração para desaparecer
By: Socorro Acioli
4.30
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Uma mulher nua, sem cabelos nem memória, é retirada da terra na pequena cidade de Almofala, frontei… read more
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"A vida é feita de palavras, elas explicam e fazem nascer e morrer. Se ninguém pronuncia um nome este ser está morto, mesmo que respire e leve um coração batendo no peito. Estar vivo é ser palavra na …"-Socorro Acioli, Oração para desaparecer
10. Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
By: Kit Heyam
4.30
Format: 343 pages, Hardcover
A groundbreaking global history of gender nonconformity Today’s narratives about trans people … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- queer
- lgbt
"It’s not as simple as saying that ‘while the terminology is new, the experiences are not.’ The advent of new terminology can genuinely shift how we think about gender, as well as what names we give t…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
"It's important that we, as historians or as queer people, don't treat gender and sexuality as two things that use to be entangled but have now been teased apart. There can be a tendency in white quee…"-Kit Heyam, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender
11. The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
By: Janelle Monáe
3.76
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion ico… read more
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- queer
- anthologies
- lgbt
"Dreams aren't memories. They are memories' voices."-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
"Some days Artis had to remind himself that his dad actually existed, that his mother was not a phantom. Remembering the dead was hard work."-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
"Hearing her name, she gathered herself within the span of normalcy, just barely escaping the extra beat that would have made it weird. "Hey," she said. "I'm good, good."-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
"Grandpapa and even Artis's friends believed that New Dawn was the most dangerous thing in their world. But Artis knew that wasn't true. Hope was. Having too much, having too little. Trying to work ou…"-Janelle Monáe, The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
12. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
By: Jenny Odell
3.68
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
When the technologies we use every day collapse our experiences into 24/7 availability, platforms f… read more
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- nonfiction
- essays
13. My Government Means to Kill Me
By: Rasheed Newson
4.25
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A fierce and riveting queer coming-of-age story following the personal and political awakening of a… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"So I loved my sister, but held that love loosely in my arms, anticipating its death and mourning it as it lived"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"...Generations of black men had been frequenting Mt. Morris since the Harlem Renaissance. Rumor had it that Countee Cullen ditched his wife after he and Harold Jackman made Mt. Morris their regular r…"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"Zee had only grinned at me when I was valuable to her. I'd go on to tangle with other bosses and authority figures, and that dynamic never changed. Affection never outlasted need. This was the first …"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
"The theory goes that governmental agencies don't accidentally make accessing information or resources difficult. They do this shit on purpose. The forms are confusing, and the record keeping is ass-b…"-Rasheed Newson, My Government Means to Kill Me
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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- lgbt
- anthologies
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"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. 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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- 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
16. Jonny Appleseed
By: Joshua Whitehead
3.95
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
(Alternate cover edition of ISBN 1551527251 / 9781551527253.) "You're gonna need a rock and a w… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"I am my own best medicine."-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"...leaving home always hurts--home isn't a space, it's a feeling. You have to feel home and to feel it, you have to sense it: smell it, taste it, hear it. And it isn't always comfortable--"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"Maybe we're more like dandelions. A weed that's a pest in the yard but pretty to look at. Yeah, an Indian home is like a dandelion, pretty, but disposable and imbued with a million little seeds that …"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
"The nurses were busybodies, I could hear them scurrying about in the rooms adjacent to ours. They were telling jokes and laughing. Their happiness pissed me off. Stop fucking laughing, I thought, my …"-Joshua Whitehead, Jonny Appleseed
17. Canto Contigo
By: Jonny Garza Villa
4.27
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
When a Mariachi star transfers schools, he expects to be handed his new group's lead vocalist spot—… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
18. Gordo
By: Jaime Cortez
4.25
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The first ever collection of short stories by Jaime Cortez, Gordo is set in a migrant workers camp … read more
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- queer
- lgbt
19. Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science
By: Jessica Hernandez
3.81
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn’t working–and off… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
20. The Stonewall Reader
By: New York Public Library
4.36
Format: 335 pages, Kindle Edition
For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fig… read more
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- history
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"Defend the fairies!"-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader
"This place was the “ART"-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader
"I just want you all to know,"-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader
"You can’t call us fags anymore, we’re gay."-New York Public Library, The Stonewall Reader
21. Fiebre Tropical
By: Juliana Delgado Lopera
3.82
Format: None pages, ebook
Lit by the hormonal neon glow of Miami, this heady, multilingual debut novel follows a Colombian te… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
22. Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism
By: Laura E. Gómez
4.17
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An NPR Best Book of the Year, exploring the impact of Latinos' new collective racial identity on th… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
23. Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China
By: Leta Hong Fincher
4.18
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
How the Feminist Five and the rise of China's feminist movement threatens China's authoritarian gov… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"if sons and daughters are treated equally, raised and educated in the same manner, then the responsibilities assumed by men and women would surely become equal. when that happens, the nouns 'man' and…"-Leta Hong Fincher, Betraying Big Brother: The Feminist Awakening in China
24. Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
By: Joshua Whitehead
4.18
Format: 120 pages, ebook
Love After the End is a new young adult anthology edited by Joshua Whitehead (Lambda Literary Award… read more
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- queer
- anthologies
- lgbt
"Humans aren’t animals. You’re meant for more than survival."-Joshua Whitehead, Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
"centuries ago, people were more likely to prepare for the end of the world than attempt to save it"-Joshua Whitehead, Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
25. Ander & Santi Were Here
By: Jonny Garza Villa
4.21
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Aristotle and Dante meets The Hate U Give meets The Sun Is Also A Star: A stunning YA contemporary … read more
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- queer
- lgbt
26. Catalina
By: Karla Cornejo Villavicencio
3.65
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A year in the life of the unforgettable Catalina Ituralde, a wickedly wry and heartbreakingly vulne… read more
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27. The Nightmare Before Kissmas (Royals and Romance, #1)
By: Sara Raasch
4.30
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Red, White & Royal Blue meets The Nightmare Before Christmas in a sexy, quirky romcom where the gol… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
28. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
4.68
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, a bold and inspiring vision … read more
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- nonfiction
29. Flamboyants: The Queer Harlem Renaissance I Wish I'd Known
By: George M. Johnson
4.44
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times–bestselling author of All Boys Aren’t Blue comes an empowering set of essay… read more
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- history
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
30. ¡Cuéntamelo!: Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants
By: Juliana Delgado Lopera
4.44
Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition
¡Cuéntamelo! Oral Histories by LGBT Latino Immigrants. ¡Cuéntamelo! began as a cover story for SF W… read more
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- lgbt
- anthologies
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
