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LGBT+ Book recommendations for Adults
In At The Deep End by Kate Davies
Until recently, Julia hadn't had sex in three years. But now: Book
a one-night stand is accusing her of breaking his penis; a eBook
sexually confident lesbian is making eyes at her over
confrontational modern art; and she's wondering whether
trimming her pubes makes her a bad feminist. Julia's about
to learn that she's been looking for love – and satisfaction
– in all the wrong places...
Proud by Juno Dawson
A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry eBook
by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their
unique responses to the broad theme of pride. Each story
has an illustration by an artist identifying as part of the
LGBTQ+ community. Compiled by Juno Dawson, author of
THIS BOOK IS GAY and CLEAN, Proud is a thought-
provoking, funny, emotional read.
The Pull of the Stars by Emma Donoghue
If you’re the type to find catharsis in stories that tap into eBook
the terror of a current catastrophe, then this novel might eAudiobook
be just the thing. Spanning three days in an Irish hospital
during the Great Flu of 1918, the story centres on three
women—a midwife, a doctor, and a wet-behind-the-ears
nurse—and portrays the vulnerability and resilience of
those fighting on the front lines of a pandemic. In the
darkness and intensity of the tiny ward, the three women
change each other's lives in unexpected ways.
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
For many years, Glennon Doyle - the beloved New York eBook
Times bestselling author, speaker and activist - denied her
discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she
looked at a woman across the room and fell instantly in
love. Three words flooded her mind: There. She. Is. At first,
Glennon assumed these words came to her from on high
but then she realised they had come to her from within.
This was the voice she had buried beneath decades of
numbing addictions and social conditioning. Soulful and
uproarious, forceful and tender, Untamed is both an
intimate memoir and a galvanising wake-up call.
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl by Andrea Lawlor
It's 1993 and Paul Polydoris tends bar at the only gay club Book
in a university town thrumming with politics and partying. eBook
He studies queer theory, has a lesbian best friend, makes
zines, and is a flâneur with a rich dating life. But Paul's also
got a secret: he's a shapeshifter. Oscillating wildly from
Riot Grrrl to leather cub, Women's Studies major to trade,
Paul transforms his body at will in a series of adventures
that take him from Iowa City to Boystown to Provincetown
and finally to San Francisco – a journey through the deep
queer archives of struggle and pleasure. This is a riotous,
razor-sharp bildungsroman whose hero/ine wends his way
through a world gutted by loss, pulsing with music, and
opening into an array of intimacy and connections.
In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
In the Dream House is an engrossing and wildly innovative eBook
account of a relationship gone bad. Tracing the full arc of a
harrowing experience with a charismatic but volatile
woman, this is a bold dissection of the mechanisms and
cultural representations of psychological abuse. Each
chapter views the relationship through a different lens, as
Machado holds events up to the light and examines. The
result is a powerful book that explodes our ideas about
what a memoir can do and be.Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuinston
What happens when America's First Son falls in love with Book
the Prince of Wales? When his mother became President, eBook
Alex Claremont-Diaz was promptly cast as the American
equivalent of a young royal. Handsome, charismatic,
genius - his image is pure millennial-marketing gold for the
White House. There's only one problem: Alex has a beef
with the actual prince, Henry, across the pond. And when
the tabloids get hold of a photo involving an Alex-Henry
altercation, U.S./British relations take a turn for the worse.
Diary of a Drag Queen by Crystal Rasmussen
Northern, working-class and shagging men three times her eBook
age, Crystal writes candidly about her search for ‘the one’. eAudiobook
Charting her day-to-day adventures over the course of a
year, we encounter tucks, twists and sucks, heinous
overspending and endless nights spent sprinting from
problem to problem in a full face of makeup. This is a place
where the previously unspeakable becomes the
commendable – a unique portrayal of the queer
experience.
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
Confronting her own mortality after an old acquaintance's eBook
fatal accident, Astrid Strick wants to drag the skeletons out
of the Strick clan's closet, including a few of her own:
namely, that for the past few years, Astrid, a widow in her
late sixties, has been dating her female hairdresser. But
that's not the only secret the members of this Hudson
Valley family hold, and Straub takes great care and delight
in unravelling them.
Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart
Winner of Booker Prize 2020, Stuart's heartrending debut eBook
follows mother-son duo Agnes and Shuggie Bain through eAudiobook
early-eighties Scotland as they search for shelter from the
many cruelties that befall them. Shuggie's deep affection
for his alcoholic mother as he attempts to save her from
her addiction is palpable on every page.Real Life by Brandon Taylor
This coming of age story centres on a Black biochemistry eBook
graduate student attempting to navigate life and love at a eAudiobook
predominantly white institution, balancing the rigors of
academia and a tempestuous affair with a supposedly
straight white man. Almost everything about Wallace is at
odds with the Midwestern university town where he is
studying. An introverted young man from Alabama, black
and queer, he has left behind his family and for reasons of
self-preservation, enforced a wary distance even within his
own circle of friends. But a series of confrontations with
colleagues and an unexpected encounter with an
ostensibly straight, white classmate, conspire to fracture
his defenses while exposing long-hidden currents of
hostility and desire within their community. Taylor deftly
portrays the burdens that befall young queer people of
colour and the forces that often hamper true connection in
this novel of startling intimacy, violence, and mercy among
friends in a university town.
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous is a letter from a son to a eAudiobook
mother who cannot read. Written when the speaker, Little
Dog, is in his late twenties, the letter unearths a family's
history that began before he was born – a history whose
epicentre is rooted in Vietnam – and serves as a doorway
into parts of his life his mother has never known, all
leading to an unforgettable revelation. At once a witness
to the fraught yet undeniable love between a single
mother and her son, it is also a brutally honest exploration
of race, class, and masculinity.You can also read
