Description and Suggestions

[Anne]

This folder is for books that have LGBT subject matter or characters.

Please share your suggestions, or any resources you've used to help find your book for this category in this thread.

[Teresa]

I chose George by Alex Gino

[Amanda]

I am reading "Fingersmith" by Sarah Waters
Suggestions:
I'll Give you the Sun, Jandy Nelson
The Selfish Giant, Oscar Wilde
White Girls, Hilton Als
To the Lighthouse, Virginia Woolf
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, Becky Albertalli
The Color Purple, Alice Walker

[Frogli]

If I don't change my mind and decide I want a quicker read then I think I'll go for The Mercury Waltz

[Sam F]

Boy Meets Boy is a quick read in the Young Adult section. The other book I'm considering is Sing You Home.

[Valerie]

Victoria Laurie has characters in it that are gay. Very enjoyable. She even has a new one coming out, so that is what I will be using.

[Natália]

I'll be using Libba Bray's Lair of Dreams, that features a gay character or maybe another one of Nina LaCour's books.

[Tracy]

I recommend The Venus Vendetta by Rose Pry. It is a great book!

[Martha]

Under the Udala Trees This fits with Africa, too.

[Margo]

Laurie R. King
Ms. King has a "Kate Martinelli" series starring a female, gay, police officer. Her research on a particular topic is excellent. One of these books deals with the realities and politics of homelessness. (Sorry I do not remember the title).

[Margo]

A Single Man
When I was searching for a book published in 1946 (date of birth category) this came up as recommended.

[Katie]

I'm recommending "Tell the Wolves I'm Home".

[Martha]

Katie wrote: "I'm recommending "Tell the Wolves I'm Home"."

Yes, very good book!

[Ann-Marie]

I´ll read David Lagercrantz´s fourth book in the Millennium series featuring Lisbet Salander, Det som inte dödar oss

[Melissa]

I think I will read The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff. It is based on a true story, but is a fictional retelling, about one of the first people known to undergo gender reassignment surgery. It has gotten great reviews and there is now a movie to go with it. I'd like to read the book before I watch the movie.

[Thomas]

I can recommend Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley and Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson.

[Margo]

Perfect suggestion. We have that movie on our Netflix this.

[Teresa]

I have chosen Two Boys Kissing or Boy Meets Boy, both by David Levithan. I most likely will read both as I adore this author.

Will Grayson, Will Grayson, which he wrote with John Green will also meet the criteria and could also be counted as book with two authors or book with the name of a person in the title

[Katie]

Song of Achilles

[Frogli]

@Katie I love Song of Achilles, one of the best books I read last year, no idea why it took me so long to get around to it.

Can also recommend Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe to anyone who hasn't read it yet.

[Teresa]

@Frogli, I have Song of Achilles down as a possible for the History (loosely, I suppose) category. Nice to know you would recommend it.

[Teresa]

Damn the temperamental GR app on the iPhone

[Teresa]

@Frogli, ...and my Want to Read list keeps growing and growing.

[Frogli]

@Teresa Ha! Sorry, I keep waving both of those at everyone I know, well more Ari & Dante, I was one of the last to read Song of Achilles because I am a fool :p

[Margo]

The Danish Girl
Because it was suggested - see above. I am picking this or possibly "Becoming Nicole" - a best seller for 2015.
We will see the movie also on Netflix.

[Thomas]

How do you figure Their eyes were watching god is an LGBT book? It's a great book if you want to get into how the first black American town was founded and a great book from a feminist viewpoint, but LGBT? How?

[Margo]

Thomas wrote: "How do you figure Their eyes were watching god is an LGBT book? It's a great book if you want to get into how the first black American town was founded and a great book from a feminist viewpoint, b..."

So sorry - put this in the wrong category ! They were supposed to go in the challenged category. I'll delete the comment.

[[deleted user]]

I decided to read To the Lighthouse as I've been meaniing to get around to Woolf (thanks to Amanda!) for some time, but just finished A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon - it would fit comfortably into this category if anyone is still looking!

[Teresa]

@ Tony (To The Lighthouse). Hmmmm, this is a great potential entry for this category. I should make an effort to finish it myself. I think I started it at some point in the mid 90s and I was actually enjoying it quite a lot, but it disappeared during a house move and I never made a point of buying it again. It was the times before instant kindle gratification. :-)

[[deleted user]]

The prose is captivating but (unfortunately) also .... ummm tedious at times. I've been told to stick with it, so have big hopes for it.
Ahhh kindle, isn't it wonderful?

[Teresa]

Ahhhh! Kindle! To accommodate the need for bookcase space otherwise, I should live in a Victorian mansion that I would never afford, obviously. Still, sometimes I have nightmares that Amazon might go bust and all my virtual library would disappear. Wake up in cold sweat horror! Brrrrrrr!

[[deleted user]]

I built a library just before I was bought a kindle... now I have empty shelves! :o(

[Teresa]

Never! Empty shelves? I am soooooo ENVIOUS!

[Amy Beth]

Tony wrote: "I built a library just before I was bought a kindle... now I have empty shelves! :o("

I'm sorry, but what does that mean? Empty shelves? ;)

[[deleted user]]

Ah, they're not empty really, but there was plenty of room created for tangible things, not electronic...

[Mary Sue]

I read Orlando for this task. For me it was just "OK".

[Yana]

I just finished Habibi by Craig Thompson (a graphic novel) and am wondering if it would count for this topic. One of the main characters is a eunuch who is unclear about his/her identity (identifies as man than woman but later more asexual, has liaisons with woman and trans woman).