Happy Pride! | My Recs + TBR + Wishlist

Hello Blogosphere! Christine here, bringing you the obligatory Pride Month post…with a bit of a twist.

Here’s the thing: I don’t talk about this stuff offline.

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Although a few close people know about my invisible sexuality, I’d still consider myself pretty closeted. As a cis woman married to a man, my identity as (some sort of) bi just doesn’t seem to matter most of the time. I have never felt fully part of the queer community, yet I’m drawn to it at the same time because I don’t really belong anywhere else. And yet, Pride Month is the time of year when I’m reminded to be proud of all the things that make me an outcast everywhere else.

So today, I’m talking about queer books that mean something to me, as well as sharing what’s on my reading list for this month.

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My Queer Recommendations: Books I’ve Read & Loved

Note: to see more queer books, check out my shelf on Goodreads!
💫= intersectional 🗣= queer author (that I’m aware of)

Gay

• The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg 💫🗣
• What If It’s Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera 💫🗣
• Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz 💫🗣
• Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green & David Levithan🗣

Lesbian

• Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera💫🗣
• Everything Leads to You by Nina LaCour🗣
• Pages for You by Silvia Brownrigg
• The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth🗣

Bisexual/Pansexual

• Like Water by Rebecca Podos💫
• Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert💫
• Not Otherwise Specified by Hannah Moskowitz💫🗣
• A Map of Home by Rhanda Jarrar💫
• The Melody of You and Me by M. Hollis🗣
• Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde💫🗣
• Noteworthy by Riley Redgate💫🗣
• Far From You by Tess Sharpe💫
• Aquamarine by Carol Anshaw

Transgender/Non-Binary + Intersex

• Nevada by Imogen Binnie🗣
• A Safe Girl to Love by Casey Plett🗣
• Orlando by Virginia Woolf
• Brooklyn, Burning by Steve Brezenoff
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides

Ace Spectrum

• Tash Hearts Tolstoy by Kathryn Ormsbee🗣

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My (Overly Ambitious) Pride Month TBR

This month, I’ve decided to attempt to read one book from every letter of the queer alphabet. I don’t know that I’ll be able to actually do it, but here are the books on my list for this month:

L – People in Trouble by Sarah Schulman🗣
G – You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman
B – Small Town Hearts by Lilli Vale
T – I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver🗣
Q – Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
I – Alex As Well by Alyssa Brugman
A – Radio Silence by Alice Oseman
P – Learning Curves by Ceillie Simkiss🗣

My Queer Wishlist

• Let’s Talk About Love by Claire Kann
• Style by Chelsea M. Cameron
• The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzie Lee
• My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Kabi Nagata
• Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
• This Is What It Feels Like by Rebecca Barrow

What’s on your TBR this June? Do you have a favorite queer book I haven’t mentioned here? Let’s chat in the comments! Until next time,