Reading: LGBTQ

When Garrard Conley was a nineteen-year-old college student, he was outed to his parents, and was forced to make a life-changing decision: either agree to attend a church-supported conversion therapy program that promised to 'cure' him of homosexuality; or risk losing family, friends, and the God he had prayed to every day of his life. This memoir is a testament to love that survives despite all odds. Nonfiction. 340 pages.

A sudden and powerful romance blossoms between an adolescent boy and a young man who is a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Fiction. 248 pages.

A queer American teacher describes a series of intimate encounters with lovers, friends, and students in and around Sofia, Bulgaria Fiction. 223 pages

A sapphic rivals-to-lovers rom com for fans of Ted Lasso and A League of Their Own, where two soccer teammates are at odds before falling in love as their team gears up for the World Cup A perfect blend of fun and steamy. Fiction. 328 pages.

After more than twenty years in prison, a black trans woman newly released on parole spends a whirlwind Fourth of July weekend in Brooklyn trying to reconcile with the family she left behind and find her way forward. Fiction. 311 pages.

School outsider Jesse, a lesbian, is having secret trysts with Emily, the popular student council vice president, who also has a boyfriend. Their relationship becomes more complicated when they find themselves on the opposite side of a major issue. Young Adult Fiction. 256 pages.

When popular high school senior Holland Jaeger meets "out and proud" lesbian Cece Goddard, an instant spark leads to flirtation, and Holland comes to realize that "the man of her dreams is a girl." Young Adult Fiction. 250 pages. Available as ebook

America in 1954 is not a safe place for two girls to fall in love, especially not in Chinatown. Red-Scare paranoia threatens everyone, including Chinese Americans like Lily. With deportation looming over her father--despite his hard-won citizenship--Lily and Kath risk everything to let their love see the light of day. Young Adult Fiction. 409 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook.

Fifteen-year-old Regan's life changes dramatically when her brother Liam decides to start the process of "transitioning" by first telling his family and friends that he is a girl who was born in a boy's body. Young Adult Fiction. 248 pages.

Written in the form of a letter from a Vietnamese American son to his illiterate mother, this devastatingly beautiful novel is a painful but extraordinary coming-of-age story. Fiction. 246 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook.

In this “brutally honest” memoir, the actor who earned stardom in the massively popular role of Juno recounts the process of his gender transition. Memoir. 271 pages. Available as audiobook.

Alex Claremont-Diaz, son of the President of the United States, finds himself drawn in a whirlwind romance with Prince Henry, heir to the British throne, which could derail his mother's re-election campaign and upend two nations. Young Adult Fiction. 421 pages. Available as audiobook.

Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands he is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity-- and that of his pen pal-- will be revealed. This fresh, funny novel won many awards. Young adult fiction. 303 pages. Available as ebook and audiobook

The Trojan War is the backdrop of this tragic romance between Patroclus, exiled prince of ancient Greece, and the famous warrior Achilles. Fiction. 378 pages. Available as audiobook

Woman or man? That question storms around Jess Goldberg. Growing up differently gendered in the 1950’s, coming out in the ’60s, passing as a man in the’70s, Jess learns the complexities of being transgendered in a world demanding simple explanation. Fiction. 301 pages.

Wallace Price, a ruthlessly efficient lawyer, dies and finds himself observing his own funeral before being whisked away by a charming ferryman to a tea shop that serves as a waystation for the dead, forcing him to confront his unlived life. This heartwarming and humorous tale explores themes of love, loss, and finding meaning in the unexpected. Fiction. 376 pages. Available as audiobook