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Pride Month Reads 🏳️🌈
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items These are my favorite books by queer authors or containing queer characters. Representation is so important for all marginalized communities, and so I like to celebrate pride month by prioritizing books just like the ones listed below! Happy Pride Mo...
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Sapphic Reads
Achillean Reads
Trans Reads
Sapphic Reads
WLW books tend to be really hard to find. Especially ones that do not perpetuate negative stereotypes and bi erasure. These are some of my favorites, perfect for Pride Month!
I think about this book often. It is dark about vampires and the writing is amazing. The range of emotions I had reading this one was incredible!
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil (Hardcover)
YA read about a girls school stuck on an island in quarantine. A take on Lord of the Flies, but with girls who are just trying their best to survive
Wilder Girls
Women in NASA in the 80s, whose dreams have always been to be in space, but have to hide who they are to keep their jobs. Done so well, and it really pulls at your heart
Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Goodreads
Sapphic take on the crossroads demon and making deals with the devil. Soooo good
The Devil She Knows (Paperback)
I LOVED how this was written. A story of a woman living in poverty with her immigrant family and trying to balance living paycheck to paycheck in a bad neighborhood while dating a wealthy white woman. A must read!
Your Driver Is Waiting: A Novel
Comedy meets horror meets coming of age with this one. If you love a zombie story, you’ll love this one
This Delicious Death
Super sexy contemporary romance. Sapphic romances with a decent amount of spice are hard to find! If you love a best friends mom trope, this one is for you
Mistakes Were Made: A Novel
Achillean Reads
Unfortunately, a lot of the MLM books out there are full of fetishized characters and stereotypes, however I have found a few that I have really loved and have found added them here!
Turn of the century Coney Island meets the little mermaid but make it queer. This is my most recent 5 star read! YA and perfect if you are in the mood for a emotional read
When the Tides Held the Moon
Filled with war, turmoil, and two young boys who fell in love through it all. Absolutely devastatingly beautiful book. If you read anything from this list, it should be this one!
The Song of Achilles: A Novel
A very taboo 👀 read but I had to add it for the inner dialogue of both characters. I found the battle that happens within when you are scared of coming out to be super realistic. This one sadly does toe the line of perpetuating some harmful stereoty...
For the Fans: A Novel (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Iykyk, a gay icon
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde - Goodreads
Please, for the love of all the is good in the world, believe the title. But take a chance and read it anyway!
They Both Die at the End
Trans Reads
This is the hardest category to find books for Pride Month. Even though we owe Pride and ultimately the freedom to love who you want to a trans woman, there are not a lot of books with representation! I have only read a few, but I have added them her...
Written so well!
Light From Uncommon Stars
The main character and the main story is not about a trans person, however they befriend a trans woman and this book has some great representation of the horrors that can happen when society does not accept you
10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
Jodi Picoult is an excellent author who always does representation well. If you love a crime drama, you’ll love this one
Mad Honey (GMA Book Club Pick)