Queerness Books

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Stone Butch Blues Stone Butch Blues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 23 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.55 — 38,071 ratings — published 1993
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On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Hardcover)
by (shelved 18 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.00 — 425,698 ratings — published 2019
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Giovanni’s Room Giovanni’s Room (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.34 — 272,464 ratings — published 1956
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Swimming in the Dark Swimming in the Dark (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.25 — 82,658 ratings — published 2020
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The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (Hardcover)
by (shelved 16 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.39 — 4,245,849 ratings — published 2017
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Gender Queer: A Memoir Gender Queer: A Memoir (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.27 — 79,964 ratings — published 2019
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Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1) Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.41 — 904,070 ratings — published 2018
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The Argonauts The Argonauts (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.01 — 57,359 ratings — published 2015
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In the Dream House In the Dream House (Hardcover)
by (shelved 14 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.38 — 166,371 ratings — published 2019
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Hijab Butch Blues Hijab Butch Blues (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.46 — 20,416 ratings — published 2023
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Detransition, Baby Detransition, Baby (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as queerness)
avg rating 3.92 — 94,067 ratings — published 2021
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Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.34 — 20,020 ratings — published 2020
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The Song of Achilles The Song of Achilles (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.30 — 2,077,224 ratings — published 2011
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Red, White & Royal Blue Red, White & Royal Blue (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.05 — 1,253,021 ratings — published 2019
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Beyond the Gender Binary Beyond the Gender Binary (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.48 — 13,214 ratings — published 2020
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.07 — 205,583 ratings — published 2006
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Last Night at the Telegraph Club Last Night at the Telegraph Club (Hardcover)
by (shelved 10 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.19 — 122,952 ratings — published 2021
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.53 — 41,839 ratings — published 1984
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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1) Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (Aristotle and Dante, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.28 — 684,350 ratings — published 2012
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We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 10 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.16 — 19,732 ratings — published 2019
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One Last Stop One Last Stop (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as queerness)
avg rating 3.88 — 291,900 ratings — published 2021
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They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1) They Both Die at the End (They Both Die at the End, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as queerness)
avg rating 3.75 — 888,166 ratings — published 2017
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Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.04 — 20,051 ratings — published 1989
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Transgender History Transgender History (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.22 — 5,770 ratings — published 2008
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The Color Purple The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.28 — 762,638 ratings — published 1982
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Nevada Nevada (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as queerness)
avg rating 3.93 — 19,556 ratings — published 2013
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Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1) Call Me By Your Name (Call Me By Your Name, #1)
by (shelved 9 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.10 — 609,918 ratings — published 2007
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This Is How You Lose the Time War This Is How You Lose the Time War (ebook)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 3.83 — 356,124 ratings — published 2019
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Girl, Woman, Other Girl, Woman, Other (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.25 — 269,309 ratings — published 2019
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Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2) Heartstopper: Volume Two (Heartstopper, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.51 — 574,651 ratings — published 2019
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Her Body and Other Parties: Stories Her Body and Other Parties: Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 3.80 — 107,964 ratings — published 2017
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The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.48 — 8,053 ratings — published 1977
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I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl's Notes from the End of the World (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.40 — 2,830 ratings — published 2019
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Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity Cruising Utopia: The Then and There of Queer Futurity (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,949 ratings — published 2009
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Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.37 — 2,533 ratings — published 1999
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Juliet Takes a Breath Juliet Takes a Breath (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.15 — 17,204 ratings — published 2016
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Female Masculinity Female Masculinity (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.01 — 2,738 ratings — published 1998
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A Little Life A Little Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.27 — 967,082 ratings — published 2015
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Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1) Delilah Green Doesn't Care (Bright Falls, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.04 — 127,088 ratings — published 2022
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If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.42 — 22,236 ratings — published -550
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The Left Hand of Darkness The Left Hand of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.10 — 228,744 ratings — published 1969
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Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3) Heartstopper: Volume Three (Heartstopper, #3)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.54 — 503,775 ratings — published 2020
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What If It's Us (What If It's Us, #1) What If It's Us (What If It's Us, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 3.80 — 171,015 ratings — published 2018
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Carry On (Simon Snow, #1) Carry On (Simon Snow, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.16 — 336,433 ratings — published 2015
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Felix Ever After Felix Ever After (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.21 — 67,191 ratings — published 2020
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I'm Afraid of Men. I'm Afraid of Men. (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.20 — 12,786 ratings — published 2018
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Queer: A Graphic History (Graphic Guides) Queer: A Graphic History (Graphic Guides)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 3.92 — 7,401 ratings — published 2016
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Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1) Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Simonverse, #1)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.13 — 470,317 ratings — published 2015
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Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 3.73 — 95,240 ratings — published 1985
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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as queerness)
avg rating 4.27 — 9,180 ratings — published 2007
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Ben Appel
“Queerness," then, is not a sexual orientation, but rather a radical political project, and a form of revolutionary activism.”
Ben Appel, Cis White Gay: The Making of a Gender Heretic

“But when I think about ponds infested with gallon-big goldfish, I feel a kind of triumph. I see something that no one expected to live not just alive but impossibly flourishing, and no longer alone. I see a creature whose present existence must have come as a surprise even to itself. Imagine having the power to become resilient to all that is hostile to us. Confinement, solitude, our own toxic waste... Imagine the freedom of encountering space for the first time and taking it up... A dumped goldfish has no model for what a different and better life might look like, but it finds it anyway. I want to know what it feels like to be unthinkable too, to invent a future that no one expected of you.”
Sabrina Imbler, How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures

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