LGBT+ History Month reading suggestions
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Adult Fiction
Giovanni’s Room – James Baldwin
Nevada - Imogen Binnie
Queer – William S. Burroughs
Becoming Ted - Matt Cain
Rainbow Rainbow - Lydia Conklin
The New Life - Tom Crewe
Queen B – Juno Dawson
Bellies – Nicola Dinan
The Happy Couple - Naoise Dolan
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty - Akwaeke Emezi
Wild Things - Laura Kay
Biography of X – Catherine Lacey
The History of My Sexuality – Tobi Lakmaker
Arthur and Teddy Are Coming Out - Ryan Love
Evenings and Weekends - Oisín McKenna
Close to Home – Michael Magee
Wife – Charlotte Mendelson
Here Again Now - Okechukwu Nzelu
City of Night – John Rechy
Mamele - Gemma Reeves
Young Mungo - Douglas Stuart
Family Meal – Bryan Washington
In Memoriam – Alice Winn
Adult Non-Fiction
We Can Do Better Than This - Amelia Abraham
None of the Above: Reflections on Life Beyond the Binary - Travis Alabanza
Too Much - Tom Allen
Pride, Pop and Politics: Music, Theatre and LGBT Activism, 1970-2021 - Darryl Bullock
Karma - Boy George
Before We Were Trans - Kit Heyam
Front Lines: Trans Journalism 2007-2021 - Jacques Juliet
The LGBTQ+ History Book - Dorling Kindersley
Gay Bar: Why We Went Out - Jeremy Atherton Lin
Lesbian Love Story – Amelia Possanza
Teenage Fiction
The Black Flamingo – Dean Atta
This Wicked Fate - Kalynn Bayron
Lose You to Find Me - Erik J. Brown
Boy Like Me - Simon James Green
Broken Hearts and Zombie Parts - William Hussey
The Dos and Donuts of Love - Adiba Jaigirdar
Girls Like Girls - Hayley Kiyoko
Rhubarb Lemonade - Oskar Kroon
Boy Queen – George Lester
Pride and Prejudice and the City - Rachael Lippincott
Straight Expectations - Calum McSwiggan
Different For Boys - Patrick Ness
Heartstopper: Volume 5 - Alice Oseman
Not My Problem - Ciara Smyth
If You Still Recognise Me - Cynthia So
Afterglow - Phil Stamper
Darkhearts - James Sutter
Teenage Non-Fiction
Queer Up - Alexis Caught
What’s the T? - Juno Dawson
Coming Out Stories - Emma Goswell and Sam Walker
The Pride Guide - Jo Langford
The Awesome Autistic Guide for Trans Teens - Yenn Purkis and Sam Rose
She/He/They/Them: Understanding Gender Identity - Rebecca Stanborough
Picture Books
Love Makes a Family - Sophie Beer
We Are Family - Patricia Hegarty and Ryan Wheatcroft
Julian Is A Mermaid - Jessica Love
The Boys - Lauren Ace and Jenny Løvlie
My Daddies! - Gareth Peter
And Tango Makes Three - Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
My Shadow is Pink - Scott Stuart
Grandad’s Pride - Harry Woodgate
Children's Older Readers and non-fiction
ABC Pride – Elly Barnes, Louie Stowell and Amy Phelps
Uncle Bobby’s Wedding – Sarah S. Brannen
Me, My Dad and the End of the Rainbow - Benjamin Dean
Rick - Alex Gino
Proud of Me - Sarah Hagger-Holt
Just Like Everyone Else - Sarah Hagger-Holt
The Edge of the Ocean - L.D. Lapinski