Hi friends, the long-awaited post is here. I'm ~finally~ sharing my
reading wrap-up for June (better late than never, right? 😅). Save for one
book, I read 20 books with LGBTQ+ representation mostly written by queer authors last
month. All Half with the help of audiobooks (yes,
audiobooks are real books).
Needless to say, June was a really good reading month and I wanted to share -
and recommend - some books that I read for anyone looking for more books to
add to their tbrs. (Evergreen reminder: support queer folks and books year-round)
Without further adieu, let's get to all the queer books! 😊
🕮
More Than Organs
by Kay Ulunday Barrett ★★★★
| Rep: queer transmasc Filipino (they/them), disabled/chronic illness
🕮
The Bone Way
by Holly J. Underhill ★★★★
| Rep: lesbian mc, sapphic li, f/f romance // TW: past death of parent,
terminal illness
🕮
Continuum
by Chella Man, Ashley Lukashevsky ★★★★| Rep: deaf transgender genderqueer pansexual biracial (Jewish, Chinese) //
TW: ableism, transphobia, homophobia
🕮
When the Chant Comes
by Kay Ulunday Barrett ★★★★
| Rep: queer transmasc Filipino (they/them), disabled/chronic illness
🎧
The Devourers
by Indra Das ★★★
| Rep: Indian folklore, Muslim, bisexual and genderfluid // TW: rape, gore,
graphic urination, body horror, homophobia
🕮 The Tangelroot Palace: Stories by Marjorie M. Liu ★★★★ |
Rep: Biracial (Chinese, Scottish) wlw, lesbian, gay // TW: violence, gore, death, miscarriage, murder, rape, suicide, dismemberment
🕮
More Than Enough
by Elizabeth Wambheim ★★★★
| Rep: asexual mlm // TW: acephobia, nonconsensual touch
🕮
Fin & Rye & Fireflies
by Harry Cook ★★★
| Rep: gay Black mc with anxiety, gay, trans Indian adoptee, pansexual //
TW: bullying, homophobia, transphobia, substance use, conversion therapy,
panic attacks
🕮
I Am Out With Lanterns
by Emily Gale ★★★★
| Rep: autistic, bisexual, lesbian // TW: bullying, sexual harassment,
substance abuse, domestic violence
🕮
Finding Nevo
by Nevo Zisin ★★★★
| Rep: nonbinary transmasc (they/them), Jewish, lesbian // TW: toxic
masculinity, homophobia, misogyny, bullying, transphobia, mention of suicide
🎧
Sorrowland
by Rivers Solomon ★★★★★
| Rep: Black albino intersex mc, trans Indigenous (Native American),
sapphic // TW: racism, ableism, homophobia, misogyny, forced
sterilization, body shaming, suicide, gore, gun violence, torture,
drowning, death of child, cult [see full tw list here]
🎧
All Our Hidden Gifts
by Caroline O'Donoghue ★★★
| Rep: nonbinary bisexual, lesbian, Filipino // TW: cult/religion,
bullying, homophobia, suicide, racism, adultery
🎧
Perfect On Paper
by Sophie Gonzales ★★★★
| Rep: bisexual mc, Vietnamese American lesbian, transgender, pansexual
nonbinary, bisexual // TW: biphobia, bullying, emotional parent abuse,
substance use, vomiting
🎧
Darling
by K. Ancrum ★★★★
| Rep: Black mc, bisexual li, lesbian, Black characters, bisexual multiracial
(Ojibwe, Irish), bisexual Ojibwe, disabled (hearing impared), Ojibwe, Korean
American // TW: violence, off-page murder, guns, blood, child abuse, police
brutality, abduction, manipulation, child abandonment
🎧
A Master Djinn
by P. Djèlí Clark ★★★★
| Rep: African (Egyptian) cast, lesbian mc, sapphic // TW: murder, violence,
gore, immolation, self-mutilation
🎧
Hani and Ishu's Guide to Fake Dating
by Adiba Jaigirdar ★★★★
| Rep: bisexual Bengladeshi-Irish Muslim, sapphic Bengali-Irish, f/f romance
// TW: racism, islamaphobia, biphobia, lesbophobia, homophobia, gaslighting,
parental abandonment
🎧
Black Water Sister
by Zen Cho ★★★★
| Rep: lesbian Chinese Malaysian, Chinese Malaysian, lesbian Indian American,
Indian Chinese Malaysian // TW: misogyny, racism, attempted rape, homophobia,
mention of cancer, mention of abuse
🕮
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes From the End of the World
by Kai Cheng Thom ★★ | Rep: trans Asian author // TW: co-opting aave words by non-black
people, discussions of sexual assault, self-harm, trauma, homophobia,
discrimination
🎧
Some Girls Do
by Jennifer Dugan ★★★
| Rep: lesbian, bisexual, sapphic, queer cast // TW: homophobia, abusive
parent, accidental outing, bullying, substance use,
🕮
The Lights of Prague
by Nicole Jarvis ★★
| Rep: bisexual, sapphic, Romani // TW: antisemitism, homophobia, death,
racism, suicide, gore, classism, misogyny
If any of the rep or tw's listed above are incorrect or not mentioned, please
feel free to let me know and I'll correct them.
There you have it! 20 books for Pride Month!
What were your favorite queer reads this year?
Read any of the listed above? Let me know in the comments!
🏳️🌈 Pride month has come and gone, but the opportunities to uplift, support and
amplify the LGBTQ+ community is ongoing year-round. One way to support is to
call on your lawmakers to ensure safety protections and equality for queer
folks, and another way to support is to donate to LGBTQ+ orgs if you can! ♥
Feel free to let me know of other LGBTQ+ orgs to add onto this list.
For U.S.,
use this call script from 5Calls.org to urge your reps to pass the
Equality Act of 2021, and take action and
get involved with Human Rights Campaign. Don't forget to continue to show up for LGBTQ+ rights and community
every day!
Stop Asian hate in the U.S. and around the world by contacting elected
officials,
donating, signing petitions,
volunteering, attending bystander intervention trainings, supporting Asian businesses/creators,
reporting anti-Asian hate crimes
near you, and more:
Stop AAPI Hate,
Stop Asian Hate carrd,
Anti-Asian Violence Resources carrd,
Asian American Commission,
Asian American Advocacy Fund,
Asian Mental Health Collective, and this comprehensive list of
Asian-led orgs and resources via NYMag. More resources in the sidebar as well. ➔
India is going through a devastating second wave of covid cases and are
in search of oxygen supplies and more, so please consider
donating to India Covid Emergency via CARE.org, UNICEF,
Mutual Aid India, Give India,
Global Giving,
Just Giving, trans Indian Covid Relief GoFundMe,
Queer relief via Pink List India, bid on
bookish auction goodies with Books For Hope, and utilize
this comprehensive resource of more ways to help.
Help raise awareness and free Palestine from apartheid and settler
colonization by protesting,
donating to Palestinian mutual aid and recovery funds, demanding your elected officials to cut ties with Israel and to
pass H.R. 2590
(for U.S.),
get involved in the BDS movement, and
educate yourself and family members via DecolonizePalestine. More ways to help on
palestinematters.carrd.co and
free-palestine.carrd.co
Resources + educational tools on what's going on around the world right
now and ways to help:
worldissues.carrd.co |
issuesintheworld.carrd.co
| getinformed.carrd.co |
currentinfo.carrd.co |
dotherightthing.carrd.co
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