Lgbtq book recommendations
Today on the site I&#;m delighted to welcome Rebecca Bendheim, storyteller of the upcoming lesbian Middle Grade When You&#;re Brave Enough, which releases April 7, from Viking Books for Young Readers! Here&#;s the story:
A heartfelt, gorgeously written debut middle grade novel about best friends, first crushes, and coming out—perfect for fans of Kyle Lukoff and Jake Maia Arlow.
Before she moved from Austin to Rhode Island, everybody knew Lacey as one half of an inseparable duo: Lacey-and-Grace, best friends since they were toddlers. Grace and her moms were practically family. But at school, being lumped together with overeager, worm-obsessed, crushes-on-everyone Grace meant Lacey never quite fit in—and that’s why at her fresh middle school, Lacey plans to reinvent herself. This time, she’s going to be cool. She’s going to be normal.
At first, everything seems to go as planned. Lacey makes new friends right away, she finds a rabbi to help her organize for the bat mitzvah that got deprioritized by her parents in the chaos of the move, and she even gets cast in the lead role of the eigh
A confession: I very nearly quit putting this list together.
Throughout the year I keep a running list, adding new names whenever I learn about an upcoming queer book—from Tweets, publicist pitches, endless NetGalley scrolls—and I usually begin writing the blurbs for each book a several months before the list is due. Let me also add that, because I am a novelist myself, someone who works very hard to deposit words on the page in a good-enough direct for someone to respond to them, I aim and read at least a little of each book featured. And here’s an incredible truth that’s both deeply satisfying and makes my job surprisingly difficult: there are more and more queer books published every year. There was a time when I could complete a list like this in an afternoon; I was lucky to find a dozen explicitly queer titles. Now there’s a beautiful solid chance I long for a good number of them.
In mid-December—at the half-way point, and a couple days after my birthday—I looked at the list, halfway done then, and thought, “There’s no way I can do this. There’s no way I can finish putting together this
60 LGBTQ+ Books That Reaaally Deserve a Spot on Your Shelf
This gender-flipped reboot of the iconic 's film Taxi Driver follows a rideshare driver who is barely holding it together on the hunt for love, dignity, and financial securityuntil she decides she's done waiting.
When magazine reporter Monique Grant is summoned by aging and reclusive Hollywood movie diva Evelyn Hugo, she's determined to utilize this opportunity to jump-start her career. Evelyn is finally ready to explain the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life, which includes tales of ruthless ambition, unexpected friendship, and a great love she's kept secret for decades. Monique begins to form a real connection to the legendary celebrity, but as her story nears a conclusion, it becomes shockingly clear why Evelyn chose her.
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The Excellent Believers weaves the stories of a Chicago art gallery assistant who loses his friend (and soon everything he knows) to the s AIDS epidemic and his friend’s sister, who grapples with her control loss 30 years later in Paris.
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