A Fragile Union: New and Selected Writings
By: Joan Nestle
4.38
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
A Fragile Union is the long-awaited collection from feminist historian Joan Nestle. Nestle explores…
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1. My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home
By: Dorothy Allison , Amber L. Hollibaugh , None
4.20
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
Amber L. Hollibaugh is a lesbian sex radical, ex-hooker, incest survivor, gypsy child, poor-white-t… read more
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- lesbian
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
2. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
By: Malinda Lo
4.22
Format: 409 pages, Hardcover
A story of love and duty set in San Francisco's Chinatown during the Red Scare. “That book. It w… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"How am I supposed to know?"-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club
"As if summer had bloomed inside the club and wrapped her in its lazy heat"-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club
"She didn't understand the shrinking feeling inside her, as if she shouldn't be caught looking at those girls."-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club
"A few of them were already engaged to be married. When had everything changed? She felt as if it had been very sudden"-Malinda Lo, Last Night at the Telegraph Club
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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- feminism
- queer
- lgbt
4. Zami: A New Spelling of My Name
By: Audre Lorde
3.88
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author's vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming… read more
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5. Fair Play
By: Ali Smith , Tove Jansson , Thomas Teal
3.91
Format: None pages, Paperback
Winner of the 2009 Bernard Shaw Prize for Translation Fair Playis the type of love story that is ra… read more
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6. The Price of Salt, or Carol
By: Patricia Highsmith , Claire Morgan
4.02
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Patricia Highsmith's story of sexual obsession may be one of the most important, but still largely … read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"She hated cleaning up after making something."-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
"Love was supposed to be a kind of blissful insanity."-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
"It always gets late with you. - Is that a compliment?"-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
"What else mattered except being with Carol, anywhere, anyhow?"-Patricia Highsmith, The Price of Salt, or Carol
7. Camp Damascus
By: Chuck Tingle
3.94
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
A searing and earnest horror debut about the demons the queer community faces in America, the price… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"Then again, does it really matter if you're just evil, as opposed to over-the-top cartoonishly evil?"-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus
"That acknowledgement could arrive after several decades, or it could happen tonight, but the time will come. Eventually, I'll have to fully contend with this simple fact: the love I was promised was …"-Chuck Tingle, Camp Damascus
8. Penance
By: Eliza Clark
3.90
Format: 336 pages, ebook
Do you know what happened already? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did you li… read more
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"Do you know what happened to her already? Did you catch it in the papers? Are you local? Did you know her? Did you see it on the internet? Did some website the trawls local news for the worst details…"-Eliza Clark, Penance
9. Blutbuch
By: Kim de l'Horizon
3.89
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Die Erzählfigur in ›Blutbuch‹ identifiziert sich weder als Mann noch als Frau. Aufgewachsen in eine… read more
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- feminism
- queer
- lgbt
"Ich wollte kein Gegenstand sein, ich wollte ein Mensch sein und gross; und gross zu sein, bedeutete, ein Geschlecht zu haben, ein männliches. Als Frau drohte einem, ein Gegenstand zu bleiben oder ein…"-Kim de l'Horizon, Blutbuch
"Ich wollte dir meine konstante Angst vor meinem Körper erzählen: Mit dem schrecklichsten Monster unterm Bett unter einer Decke zu stecken. Nur ist das keine Decke, sondern meine Haut. Eine Angst, wie…"-Kim de l'Horizon, Blutbuch
"Und so ass ich meine erste koschere Zimtschnecke mit Dina, es war Anfang Sommer, die Sommerferienekstase der Kinder diffundierte in unsere trägen Glieder rüber, wir sassen vor der Bäckerei, und es wa…"-Kim de l'Horizon, Blutbuch
10. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
By: Jeremy Atherton Lin
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The New York … read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"Gay is the opium of the people."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
"It used to be: We are everywhere. Now it’s: We are everything."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
"We became a different kind of wallflower—not shrinking violets but judgmental pansies."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
"I was under the impression I was always late to the party, but in fact I may not have been invited."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
11. Mimosa: A Graphic Novel
By: Archie Bongiovanni
3.73
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
Archie Bongiovanni, the comics artist behind the award-winning hit A Quick and Easy Guide to They/T… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
12. Pageboy
By: Elliot Page
3.75
Format: 271 pages, None
Pageboy is a groundbreaking coming-of-age memoir from the Academy Award-nominated actor Elliot Page… read more
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- queer
- nonfiction
- memoir
- lgbt
"Her visibility meant the world to me. I think about this as I walk through the world now."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"How do people do it? How do they shut off the noise? And I don't mean "happy", they may not be happy, but they seem to be able to exist at least."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"In a world where queerness all too often alienates us from blood, I am grateful to Julia, and the family I have chosen. Without them, I wouldn't be here."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
"I could block myself out, I was a person I didn't know, I'd gaze into what felt like the universe, my eye a planet of its own. I must be somewhere in there, I'd think."-Elliot Page, Pageboy
13. In the Dream House
By: Carmen Maria Machado
4.42
Format: 251 pages, Hardcover
For years Carmen Maria Machado has struggled to articulate her experiences in an abusive same-sex r… read more
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- lesbian
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"But this story? This one's mine."-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
"I thought you died, but writing this, I'm not sure you did."-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
"Your heart launches itself against your rib cage like an animal."-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
"You tried to tell your story to people who didn't know how to listen."-Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dream House
14. True Biz
By: Sara Nović
4.08
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
TRUE BIZ (adj./exclamation; American Sign Language): really, seriously, definitely, real-talk Tr… read more
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- lgbt
"No one is comforted by salad."-Sara Nović, True Biz
"maybe standing for something wasn't always a choice"-Sara Nović, True Biz
"Reason is for people who still have something to fear."-Sara Nović, True Biz
"fewer things were more motivating than a fear of one's own extinction."-Sara Nović, True Biz
15. Nevada
By: Imogen Binnie
3.97
Format: 290 pages, Paperback
A beloved and blistering cult classic and finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fi… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"James does what anybody would do when they see somebody they'd like to know: he ignores the shit out of her."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"It's like I got drunk all the time not because I'm a total addict but because it was a coping mechanism to deal with being unhappy"-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Oh, Williamsburg. There was a point when you seemed like a scary, tough neighborhood, but now it's obvious that the graffiti on your walls gets put there by art students."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
"Eventually you can't help but figure out that, while gender is a construct, so is a traffic light, and if you ignore either of them, you get hit by cars. Which, also, are constructs."-Imogen Binnie, Nevada
16. Kink: Stories
By: R.O. Kwon
3.11
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Kink is a groundbreaking anthology of literary short fiction exploring love and desire, BDSM, and i… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"Mr. Harris kept glancing up and down Omar’s body, lingering around his chest and his groin. At first, Omar pretended not to notice. It was a compulsive kind of looking, one that cis people indulged i…"-R.O. Kwon, Kink: Stories
17. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
By: Emily R. Austin
3.86
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
In this “fun, page-turner of a novel” (Sarah Haywood, New York Times bestselling author) that’s per… read more
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- lesbian
- queer
- lgbt
"Think about it,"-Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
"My death, and the death of everyone I love, is inevitable. Pine again."-Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
"I wonder if anyone really identifies as the adult they've morphed into."-Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
"I am inside of an ecosystem I don't belong in... I feel like a foreign object inside a body, waiting to be rejected."-Emily R. Austin, Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
18. 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
- queer
- lgbt
19. Detransition, Baby
By: Torrey Peters
3.94
Format: 337 pages, Hardcover
A whipsmart debut about three women—transgender and cisgender—whose lives collide after an unexpect… read more
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- queer
- lgbt
"The moment elongates like pulled taffy."-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby
"All pain merits care, but not dogmatically egalitarian relativism."-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby
"The days I don't love you... I have to work hard to make those days happen."-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby
"She's the type to turn hardship into hardness, like a shield for people she loves."-Torrey Peters, Detransition, Baby
20. 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
- nonfiction
- queer
- lgbt
21. I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
By: Abbi Jacobson
3.81
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the co-creator and co-star of the hit series Broad City, a "poignant, funny, and beautifully u… read more
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- memoir
- lgbt
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
"Love revealed how covered up I was, but heartache broke me open."-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
"Real life is like a constant Yelp review, everyone has notes on how the experience could be improved."-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
"I thought about how pain is also a symptom of transformation. I thought about bouncing back. How we can start again. And again."-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
"From that poorly lit room on the top floor of a tiny mini mall in Sedona, a stranger told me exactly what I knew already. I guess that's what I was looking for, someone to see me and my fears and my …"-Abbi Jacobson, I Might Regret This: Essays, Drawings, Vulnerabilities, and Other Stuff
22. Parabolis Virtualis 2. Neue, queere Lyrik
By: Biba Nass
3.67
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Die Lyriksammlung Parabolis Virtualis wird fortgesetzt – der zweite Band bietet 14 frische, neue un… read more
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23. Power Bottom
By: Evan Tepest
3.91
Format: 165 pages, Hardcover
In sechs literarischen Essays und einem Gespräch mit Lynn Takeo Musiol untersucht Eva Tepest unser … read more
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- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
24. All Men Want to Know
By: Nina Bouraoui
3.73
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
'I wonder who among the crowd has just fallen in love, whose lover has just left them, who has just… read more
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- lesbian
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- nonfiction
- queer
"They're the same boys who insult my mother, expose themselves to her, lust after her. I share their violence, but I turn it against myself."-Nina Bouraoui, All Men Want to Know
"I watch unseen as she prays, kneeling on her prayer carpet, hands raised. Her fervour is palpable and I'm envious of it. She's part of a world I don't know, a world that seems kinder than mine."-Nina Bouraoui, All Men Want to Know
"The gay child is not lacking, she is difference, outside of the norm, inside a normality of her own; not until later will she come to understand that her normality marks her out from others, condemns…"-Nina Bouraoui, All Men Want to Know
25. Zugang verwehrt
By: Francis Seeck
3.93
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Eine bislang weitgehend ignorierte Diskriminierungsform prägt unsere Gesellschaft fundamental: Klas… read more
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- nonfiction
26. The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
By: Olga Tokarczuk
4.05
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors… read more
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- feminism
"mitologię, jako zbiór pouczających opowieści, które pomagają żyć"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Ojciec często powtarzał mu (...) że kobiety są z natury swojej zdradliwe i chwiejne. Rozmazane."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"To proste - myślał Mieczyś Wojnicz, łykając łzy, które mieszały się z krwią zwierzęcia w jego wątłym ciele - być mężczyzną to nauczyć się ignorować to, co sprawia kłopot. Oto cała tajemnica."-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
"Wojnicz już zauważył, że każda dyskusja, czy szło o demokrację, czy o piąty wymiar, czy o rolę religii socjalizm, Europę, wreszcie sztukę nowoczesną, wszystko w końcu sprowadzało się do kobiet"-Olga Tokarczuk, The Empusium: A Health Resort Horror Story
27. A Fragile Union: New and Selected Writings
By: Joan Nestle
4.38
Format: 230 pages, Paperback
A Fragile Union is the long-awaited collection from feminist historian Joan Nestle. Nestle explores… read more
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- lesbian
- memoir
- lgbt
- feminism
- butch femme
- nonfiction
- essays
- queer
28. Schwindel: Roman (German Edition)
By: Hengameh Yaghoobifarah
4.09
Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition
Der neue Roman von Hengameh Yaghoobifarah Freitagabend, ein Hochhaus, 15. Stock. Avas Date mit Rob… read more
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- queer
29. Permafrost
By: Eva Baltasar
3.85
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
El permafrost es esa capa de la tierra permanentemente congelada y es también la membrana que cubre… read more
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- lesbian
- feminism
- queer
- lgbt
"Do you remember that movie we saw when we were little?"-Eva Baltasar, Permafrost
"Al cap d’un temps acabes descobrint que el límit es deixa viure, vertical com mai, a frec del no-res, i que no només és possible habitar-hi sinó que també s’hi pot créixer de maneres diferents. Si de…"-Eva Baltasar, Permafrost
"«¿Recuerdas aquella película de cuando éramos pequeñas? —empiezo—. Se titulaba La gran evasión. La vimos con papá al menos siete u ocho veces. Iba de unos aviadores americanos reclusos en un campo de…"-Eva Baltasar, Permafrost
