…and a Roundup for Pride Month

Hey all! It’s ghost of Pride Past me writing a final scheduled post while I’m away, and I thought given I’ve brought up two different recommendations for Pride all month long—which is perhaps less than efficient—that I’d take a moment here to collect all the titles in one post here.

Here are the books I talked about this month:

All the hits…

Anthologies and Collections:
Stories to Sing in the Dark, by Matthew Bright
We Mostly Come Out at Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels, & Other Creatures, edited by Rob Costello
The Voyages of Cinrak the Dapper, by A.J. Fitzwater
Skin Deep Magic, by Craig Laurance Gidney
Lot: Stories, by Bryan Washington
Mercedes General, by Jerry L. Wheeler

Biography:
Crooked Letter i, edited by Connie Griffin
Judge Me, Judge Me Not, by James Merrick
That Boy Of Yours Wants Looking At, by Simon Smalley

Fantasy and Science Fiction:
Awakenings, by Claudie Arseneault
Baker Thief, by Claudie Arseneault
The Beast Without, by Christian Baines
Sacred Band, by Joseph D. Carriker Jr.
Hell’s Belle, by Marie Castle
Soul’s Blood, by Stephen Graham King
The Final Decree, by Jeffrey Ricker
One Verse Multi, by Sander Santiago
White Trash Warlock, by David R. Slayton
Better off Red, by Rebekah Weatherspoon
Pangs, by Jerry L. Wheeler
Spinning Tales, by Brey Willows

Graphic Novels:
New Mutants: Lethal Legion, by Charlie Jane Anders
You Brought Me the Ocean, by Alex Sanchez
Cheer Up! Love and Pompoms, by Crystal Frasier

Hi-Lo YA:
Cub, by Paul Coccia
Losing Hit Points, by Kristopher Mielke

Horror:
Skin, by Christian Baines

Literature & Fiction:
Proud Pink Sky, by Redfern Jon Barrett
The Firflake, by Anthony Cardno
At Swim, Two Boys, by Jamie O’Neill
The One That Got Away, by Carol Rosenfeld

Mystery, Thriller, or Caper:
Straight Lies, by Rob Byrnes
Bourbon Street Blues, by Greg Herren
Murder in the Rue Dauphine, by Greg Herren
A Calculated Risk, by Cari Hunter*
The Back Passage, by James Lear
Retirement Plan, by Martha Miller*
Stolen Ambitions, by Robyn Nyx
Death by the Riverside, by J.M. Redmann
24/7, by Yolanda Wallace
Trigger, by Jessica L. Webb*

Nonfiction:
Hi Honey, I’m Homo! by Matt Baume

Romance:
All I Want for Christmas, by Georgia Beers, Maggie Cummings, and Fiona Riley
Snowflakes and Song Lyrics, by Hank Edwards
Crimes of Passion, Jack Harbon*
Mangos and Mistletoe, by Adriana Herrera
Hard Sell, by Hudson Lin
Take Me Home, by Hudson Lin
A Convenient Arrangement, by Aurora Rey and Jaime Clevenger*
Femme Tales, Anne Shade
One and Done, by Frederick Smith
The Ghost Slept Over, by Marshall Thornton*
The Boss of Her, by M. Ullrich, Julie Canon, and Aurora Rey
Xeni, by Rebekah Weatherspoon*

TTRPG:
Freedom City, by Steve Kenson

YA:
Lily, by Michael Thomas Ford
Kiss & Tell, by Adib Khorram*
The Unwanted, by Jeffrey Ricker

* Denotes books I listened to as audiobooks.

Happy Pride! And remember, next month? Next month it’s wrath.