Books That are Queer and Dear

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Venus, Vanishing

Rebecca Birrell

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The Disappearers

Marlon James

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Down to Earth

Julia Turshen

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Taiwan Travelogue

Yang Shuang-zi, Lin King

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Nymph

Sofia Montrone

“This will stay with readers.”
Publishers WeeklyReview excerpt

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Hijab Butch Blues

Lamya H

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Sourland

Ariel Delgado Dixon

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Long Island Girls

Gabrielle Korn

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Stitched

Eli McCann

A Utah quilting group welcomes two young gay men while preparing for a national competition and trying to beat its longtime rivals.

Synopsis

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The Lilac People

Milo Todd

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One of the Boys

Victoria Zeller

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Taiwan Travelogue

Yang Shuang-zi, Lin King

13 / 53

Open, Heaven

Seán Hewitt

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Stag Dance

Torrey Peters

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Waiting on a Friend

Natalie Adler

“A fun, sexy, heartbreaking, inventive whirl of a novel.”
Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Hello BeautifulPublished endorsement

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No God but Us

Bobuq Sayed

“No God but Us is a bold, tender novel about queer kinship and the fragile architectures of faith.”
Garrard Conley, New York Times bestselling author of Boy Erased and All the World BesidePublished endorsement

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Let Them Stare

Jonathan Van Ness, Julie Murphy

“This quirky, passionate, rebellious, and quick-witted novel brings aspects of modern queer culture into direct, literal conversation with elements of its past.”
Kirkus Reviews(starred review)Review excerpt

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The Lesbian Bar Chronicles

Rachel Karp

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A History of My Brief Body

Billy-Ray Belcourt

“A History of My Brief Body is a complex, nuanced, and stunningly written collection.”
Liam Anthony, Independent Book ReviewReview excerpt

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Lesbian Love Story

Amelia Possanza

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Saturn Returning

Kim Narby

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How It Works Out

Myriam LaCroix

“As kaleidoscopic as the queer experience, this is an introduction to a writer of great imagination.”
KIRKUS REVIEWS, Starred ReviewReview excerpt

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Big Swiss

Jen Beagin

“Beagin establishes her place among artfully eccentric writers like Nell Zink, Elif Batuman, and Jennifer Egan.”
Kirkus ReviewsReview excerpt

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Your Place or Mine?

Gilles Dauvé

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The Disappointment

Scott Broker

“The Disappointment is a bravura tragicomedy if ever there was one.”
Shelf Awareness(starred review)Review excerpt

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The Town of Babylon

Alejandro Varela

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If You Could Be Mine

Sara Farizan

“And her secondary storylines ring out memorably.”
The New York Times Book ReviewReview excerpt

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This Has Always Been a War

Lori Fox

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This Book Is a Knife

L E Fox

L. E. Fox’s essays examine climate change through a critique of capitalism and consider alternatives to existing economic and social arrangements.

Synopsis

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Open Throat

Henry Hoke

“Compassionate, fierce, and bittersweet, this is an unforgettable love letter to the wild.”
Kirkus ReviewsReview excerpt

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Gideon the Ninth

Tamsyn Muir

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The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions

Larry Mitchell, Ned Asta

In a declining empire, queer communities and their friends develop ways of living that resist the surrounding systems of capitalism and patriarchy.

Synopsis

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She Who Became the Sun

Shelley Parker-Chan

A queer historical fantasy that makes ambition exhilarating while asking what gets sacrificed in the pursuit of power.

Synopsis

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How To Write An Autobiographical Novel

Alexander Chee

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Why Fish Don't Exist

Lulu Miller

“A quirky wonder of a book.”
Kirkus ReviewsReview excerpt

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“[Carson] exposes with passionate force the mythic underlying the explosive everyday.”
The Village VoicePublished endorsement

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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

T Kira Madden

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The Death of Vivek Oji

Akwaeke Emezi

“A puzzle wrapped in beautiful language, raising questions of identity and loyalty that are as unanswerable as they are important.”
The New York Times Book ReviewReview excerpt

Cover of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

41 / 53

“An aching book, full of myths of Zhang’s making (including tigers that roam the Western hills) as well as joys, as well as sorrows.”
The New York TimesReview excerpt

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Cleanness

Garth Greenwell

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How We Fight for Our Lives

Saeed Jones

“[A] devastating memoir….Jones is fascinated by power (who has it, how and why we deploy it), but he seems equally interested in tenderness and frailty.”
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWReview excerpt

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“An exuberant, unapologetic memoir infused with a deep but cleareyed love for its subjects.”
The New York TimesReview excerpt

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“Cyril’s life story is extraordinary, tragic, and triumphant… Boyne dedicates his wise, beautiful 15th novel to John Irving.”
Library JournalReview excerpt

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