If you’re looking for a new and amazing LGBTQ+ book to read, you’ve come to the right place. These titles include everything from sex education to mental health guides to deep dives into the forgotten queer history. Happy reading!
Beyond Bananas and Condoms
Beyond Bananas and Condoms is a sex ed guide written to provide the sexual education that wasn’t given in schools. The guide, written by Dee Whitnell, includes sexual health for all people, no matter their gender expression or identity. Chapters within the book discuss gender, sexuality, hormones, sexual health, contraceptives, and consent.
The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys
Rahim Thawer’s book aids cis and trans queer men with the tools to help them navigate the different obstacles they may face throughout their lives. Thawer’s book, The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys, gives readers tools and exercises to help them cope with the effects discrimination has on their mental health.
The Wonderful Life of Connie Maguire
Domhnall O’Donoghue’s newest novel, The Wonderful Life of Connie Maguire, follows a single mother who struggles with her self-perception. When her small town goes into disarray at the reveal of her darkest secrets, she must learn how to live with her guilt and find out if she is really capable of redemption in the eyes of those around her.
Summer of Love
Summer of Love takes reality TV shows like Love Island and adds a fun queer twist. This Lily Easton novel follows Declan King and Oliver Wright, who inconveniently fall for each other on a reality show. The novel poses the question of how Decan and Oliver will deal with their budding feelings among the drama of the TV show and under the watchful eye of millions of viewers.
Queers at the Table
Queers at the Table is an anthology of various recipes, illustrations, and essays that demonstrate the interconnectedness of queerness and food. Detailing the queer experience with food through stories of the queer farming community, to how urban foraging demonstrates the queer community’s impacts on the local ecosystem, this book is a must-read for those who are foodies looking for an LGBTQ+ book.
Queers in History: The Complete Encyclopedia of Historical Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals
History buffs will love this LGBTQ+ book. Keith Stern’s Queers in History: The Complete Encyclopedia of Historical Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals details a wide range of hidden queer stories, from those about the founder of Buddhism who preached for men having relationships with men to Angelina Jolie’s relationship with Jenny Shimizu.
Queer Moderns: Max Ewing’s Jazz Age New York
Queer Moderns: Max Ewing’s Jazz Age New York is another historical book to add to your shelf. Alice T. Friedman follows Max Ewing and takes readers through the queer scene from the 1920s to the ’30s. Her book uncovers more about the history of modernism through the lens of queer and Black people.
The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide
Published by Lonely Planet, The LGBTQ+ Travel Guide offers in-depth, inclusive knowledge about which areas are the safest for queer people to travel to. Alicia Valenski provides readers with insider recommendations for queer-owned businesses, along with essential travel tips for each location.
The Brightest Star
Meg Grehan’s The Brightest Star is a children’s book filled with colourful illustrations that follows the story of Stevie, Andrew, and Chloe. It’s a follow-up to Grehan’s previous book, The Deepest Breath. Having just entered secondary school, the three children struggle with how their relationships with each other are changing.
The Power of Adrienne Rich: A Biography
This biography on Adrienne Rich, a well-known lesbian poet, focused on feminism and tearing down male-dominated literature, has just gotten a new paperback edition. Written by Hilary Holladay, the book uses unpublished material from Rich and interviews with those who knew her best to create a complete picture of the feminist author.
If you’re in need of new reading material, these amazing LGBTQ+ books could be a great addition to your shelf!
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