LGBTQ+ (September 2020)

[Mariah Roze]

Please suggest books for our group read in September. The topic/theme is LGBTQ+. You have till 8/14/20.

[Darci]

They Both Die at the End

[Adi Rocks Socks]

Something fun but also serious: Red, White & Royal Blue

Chances are, many people would have read that, so here's a book I've been waiting to read: I Wish You All the Best

[Mariah Roze]

This Book is Gay by Juno Dawson

Sex Changes by Christine Benvenuto

Naturally Tan by Tan France

All Boys Aren't Blue by George Johnson

[Michaela]

Maurice by E.M. Forster

The Price of Salt: A Norton Critical Edition by Patricia Highsmith

The Gods of Tango by Carolina De Robertis

Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz

Zami: A New Spelling of My Name by Audre Lorde

[Sarah]

Nice choices, Michaela! I just finished and really liked "The Price of Salt."

I also recommend the following:

Biography/memoir:

"Eleanor and Hick: The Love Affair That Shaped a First Lady" by Susan Quinn

"Not My Father's Son" by Alan Cumming

"Mississippi Sissy" by Kevin Sessums

Fiction:

" Under the Udala Trees" by Chinelo Okparanta

"Cereus Blooms at Night" by Shani Mootoo

"Trumpet" by Jackie Kay

"Trouble and Her Friends" by Melissa Scott

[Ray]

Loving so many of these recs! Here are some that have been on my tbr for ages. I look forward to this group read! :)

Bloom Bloom by Kevin Panetta
Let's Talk About Love Let's Talk about Love by Clair Kann
The Black Tides of Heaven The Black Tides of Heaven by J. Y. Yang

[Michaela]

I´ve got My Father´s Son as audibook, and wanted to read it for a while. The ones I nominated are those I can get at my library.

[Sylvia]

Seeing the forest through the trees By Sylvia stone

[Megan]

So many great recs! I’ll add Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender and Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller

[Mariah Roze]

Hey Everyone! Here is the poll: https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/2...

If you suggested a book and it isn't on here it's because we already read it :)