Queer Lit Book Club

Join us on a journey through contemporary queer literature! The Queer Lit Book Club meets on the last Wednesday of every month.

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Past reads include: 

High-Risk Homosexual: A Memoir By Edgar Gomez Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781593767051
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Soft Skull - January 11th, 2022

Finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography

An Honor Book for the 2023 Stonewall Book Award—Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Book Award


The Verifiers By Jane Pek Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780593313794
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Vintage - February 22nd, 2022

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S BEST MYSTERY BOOKS OF THE YEAR Introducing Claudia Lin: a sharp-witted amateur sleuth for the 21st century. This debut novel follows Claudia as she verifies people's online lives, and lies, for a dating detective agency in New York City. Until a client with an unusual request goes missing....


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The Song of Achilles: A Novel By Madeline Miller Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780062060624
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Ecco - August 28th, 2012

A New York Times Bestseller

“At once a scholar’s homage to The Iliad and startlingly original work of art….A book I could not put down.” —Ann Patchett, author of The Dutch House


Gender Queer: A Memoir By Maia Kobabe Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781549304002
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Oni Press - May 28th, 2019

2020 ALA Alex Award Winner
2020 Stonewall — Israel Fishman Non-fiction Award Honor Book

In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here.


Nevada: A Novel By Imogen Binnie Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780374606619
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: MCD x FSG Originals - June 7th, 2022

One of Vogue's Best Books of 2022 So Far, Buzzfeed's Summer Books You Won’t Be Able To Put Down, Book Riot's Best Summer Reads for 2022, and Dazed's Queer Books to Read in 2022


The Library of the Unwritten (A Novel from Hell's Library #1) By A. J. Hackwith Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781984806376
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Ace - October 1st, 2019

In the first book in a brilliant new fantasy series, books that aren't finished by their authors reside in the Library of the Unwritten in Hell, and it is up to the Librarian to track down any restless characters who emerge from those unfinished stories.


Virology: Essays for the Living, the Dead, and the Small Things in Between By Joseph Osmundson Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9780393881363
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - June 7th, 2022

Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction
Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by Literary Hub

A leading microbiologist tackles the scientific and sociopolitical impact of viruses in eleven striking essays.


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She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor Duology #1) By Shelley Parker-Chan Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250621818
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Tor Books - June 28th, 2022

Two-time British Fantasy Award Winner
Astounding Award Winner
Lambda Literary Award Finalist

Hugo Award Finalist
Locus Award Finalist
Otherwise Award Finalist

"Magnificent in every way."—Samantha Shannon, author of The Priory of the Orange Tree


I'm So (Not) Over You By Kosoko Jackson Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780593334447
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Berkley - February 22nd, 2022

"Shine[s] with a beautiful, blooming sense of wonder.”—New York Times Book Review

One of...
Entertainment Weekly's 10 Best LGBTQ+ Romance Novels of the Last Five Years
Essence's New Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2022
Oprah Daily’s Most Anticipated Romance Novels of 2022
Buzzfeed’s Highly Anticipated LGBTQ Romance Novels in 2022


Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic By Alison Bechdel Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9780618871711
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Mariner Books Classics - June 5th, 2007

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER 
Time Magazine #1 Book of the Year • National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist • 
Winner of the Stonewall Book Award •  Double finalist for the Lambda


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Sarahland By Sam Cohen Cover Image
$15.99
ISBN: 9781538735077
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Grand Central Publishing - March 8th, 2022

"Queer, dirty, insightful, and so funny" (Andrea Lawlor), this coyly revolutionary debut story collection imagines new origins and futures for its cast of unforgettable protagonists—almost all of whom are named Sarah.

NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021 BY THE MILLIONS * OPRAH MAGAZINE * LAMBDA LITERARY * ELECTRIC LITERATURE * REFINERY29 * COSMO * THE ADVOCATE * ALM


Winter's Orbit By Everina Maxwell Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781250758842
Availability: On our shelves now at one or more of our stores
Published: Tor Books - December 28th, 2021

A Sunday Times Bestseller!
A 2022 Alex Award Winner!

“Sparks fly” (NPR) in Everina Maxwell’s gut-wrenching and romantic space opera debut.