Happy Pride!
Adult Non-Fiction
"Pageboy: A Memoir" by Elliot Page
"The unraveling is painful, but it leads you to you."
"Untamed" by Glennon Doyle
“When a woman finally learns that pleasing the world is impossible, she becomes free to learn how to please herself.”
"We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir" by Samra Habib
“The joy of discovery is one of the biggest pleasures you'll ever know.”
"Making Love With The Land" by Joshua Whitehead
“I constantly ask myself if all writing is a form of mourning.”
"A History of My Brief Body: A Memoir" by Billy-Ray Belcourt
"With joy, we breach the haze of suffering that denies us creativity and literature. Joy is art is an ethics of resistance."
Adult Fiction
"Somewhere Beyond the Sea" by TJ Klune
"Because, if there is a chance someone will listen and learn from the past, then that’s a chance I need to take."
"Less" by Andrew Sean Greer
“So many people will do. But once you’ve actually been in love, you can’t live with “will do”; it’s worse than living with yourself.”
"This is How it Always Is" by Laurie Frankel
“I wish for my child, for all our children, a world where they can be who they are and become their most loved, blessed, appreciated selves.”
"Learned by Heart" by Emma Donoghue
“Can’t the past be a sort of present too, if I plunge into memory and swim like a fish? Since every moment is fleeting, gone as soon as noted, so perhaps past, present, and future are all thin slices of reality, all flickering, all equally (in some sense) true.”
"Butter Honey Pig Bread" by Francesca Ekwuyasi
“Life is an ambivalent lover. One moment, you are everything and life wants to consume you entirely. The next moment, you are an insignificant speck of nothing. Meaningless.”
Young Adult Non-Fiction
“When people ask me how I got into activism, I often say, “The first person you are ever an activist for is yourself.” If I wasn’t gonna fight for me, who else was?”
"Tomboy Survival Guide" by Ivan Coyote
“I am not trapped in the wrong body; I am trapped in a world that makes very little space for bodies like mine.”
"Homebody" by Theo Parish
“There is no one way to be transgender, just like there is no one way to be cisgender. We are all just trying to find a place to call our own. We are all deserving of comfort and safety, a place to call home.”
"Perfectly Queer: An Illustrated Introduction" by Victoria Barron
"Confusion and slip-ups are a common part of the learning process, which is why it's important to allow yourself (and others) the space to grow with support and forgiveness."
"From Here" by Luma Mufleh
“Because to be Progressive is to make progress.”
Young Adult Fiction
"The Inheritance Games" by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
“Sometimes things that appear very different on the surface are actually exactly the same at their core.”
The Heartstopper Series by Alice Oseman
"Sometimes people need more support than just one person can give."
"Firekeeper's Daughter" by Angeline Boulley
“We love imperfect people. We can love them and not condone their actions and beliefs.”
"They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
“You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.”
"Iron Widow" by Xiran Jay Zhao
“But I have no faith in love. Love cannot save me.. I choose vengeance.”
Junior Non-Fiction
"LGBTQ+ Families" by Jen Breach
"Queer Mythology: Epic Legends from Around the World" by Guido A. Sanchez
"Rainbow Allies: A True Story of Kids Who Stood Against Hate" by Nancy Churnin
Junior Fiction
"The Sun and The Star: A Nico Di Angelo Adventure" by Rick Riordian & Mark Oshiro
“There cannot be light without darkness, nor darkness without light. You must have the contrast for both to exist.”
"The Witch Boy" by Molly Knox Ostertag
“I regret what we did to Mikasi every day. It was not his magic that was wrong, but what we denied him. Don't do the same to Aster.”
"Snapdragon" by Kat Leyh
"Lotta folks saw us together as all kinds of wrong.. so we had to make the most of it."
"Lumberjanes" by ND Stevenson & Grace Ellis
“Someone tell me what's going on or I am going to freak out, no one else is freaking out the appropriate amount right now.”
"Gooseberry" by Robin Gow
“I wish people wouldn't assume what I'm feeling because sometimes, I'm just trying to figure out what I'm feeling.”
Junior Easy
"Free to be Fabulous" by David McMullin
"Cinderelliot: A Scrumptious Fairytale" by Mark Ceilley & Rachel Smoka-Richardson
"They, He, She.. Words for You & Me! A First Book of Pronouns" by Andy Passchier
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