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The 2021 Pride Reading List: 75 New Books to Read Now
It's June, which means it's time to celebrate Pride month in honor of the LGBTQ+ community! This year, we wanted to highlight the hot-off-the-presses new queer books from both beloved authors and rising star debut writers alike. All of these books have been published in the U.S. from the beginning of the year through June and are ready to be added to your Want to Read shelf!
You'll see we divided these books into adult fiction, young adult fiction, and nonfiction categories. And within these categories you'll find a wealth of genres, topics, and voices to fit every reading mood. Scroll over the covers below to learn more about each book. Happy Pride!
Adult Fiction
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Young Adult Fiction
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![The [Un]Popular Vote](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1602265888l/55200704.jpg)
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Nonfiction
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Do you have a great Pride Month reading recommendation? Share it with your fellow readers in the comments below!
Check out more recent articles:
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C.L. Clark's Recommendations for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction
Casey McQuiston Welcomes Readers Aboard New Time-Slip Romance
Check out more recent articles:
Readers' Most Anticipated Books of June
C.L. Clark's Recommendations for LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction
Casey McQuiston Welcomes Readers Aboard New Time-Slip Romance
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I really enjoy Kaje Harper's paranormal and fantasy stories, and most recently she had a great addition to her gay werewolves series ("Undeniable Bonds"), but I got hooked on her when I read "Nor Iron Bars a Cage." I'm looking forward to the sequel to "The Fourth State of Matter" by D'Arcy Arden, and I just enjoyed "Up North" by Allison Temple.
Katie wrote: "This list sure has a distinct lack of asexual and aromantic representation. Not surprising, but it still hurts to see it. We're forgotten and ignored too often compared to the rest of the LGBTQIA+ ..." I'm asexual and didn't even think to look for stuff representing us. I mean it's obvious to me that gay and transgender people lead more interesting lives and face more struggles and discrimination, so of course there would be lots of books on the topics of being gay, lesbian or transgender.
Kelly wrote: "Katie wrote: "This list sure has a distinct lack of asexual and aromantic representation. Not surprising, but it still hurts to see it. We're forgotten and ignored too often compared to the rest of..."There are some list or reader-made shelfs on GR... Many overlap, but...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/7...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/6...
Also you can use these GR- (genre) tags for searching
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/asexual
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/ace
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/ace-rep
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/asex...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/ace-...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/demi...
https://www.goodreads.com/genres/aro
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/as...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/as...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/as...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/de...
https://www.goodreads.com/list/tag/ace
They are (mostly) made by or originate from readers or groups tagging or shelving the books, not GR...
It's definitely a problem. Are there some good ace and/or aro books you'd recommend or are looking forward to? I'd like to do more reading with a-spec protags (or even major side characters).
[Edit: and thank you to those who already linked!]