Just because June is over doesn’t mean Pride is. We keep the good times going this month with tons of great reads, including books from Kelly J. Ford, Cheri Ritz and more!
Bio/Memoir
- Big Love: Reclaiming Myself, My People, My Country by Brooke Blurton, HarperCollins
- L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir by Lydia R Otero, Planet Earth Press
- A Place for Us: A Memoir by Brandon J. Wolf, Little a
Fiction
- Regiment of Women by Clemence Dane, Modern Library
- All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky, Catapault
- The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson, St. Martin’s Press
- Speech Team by Tim Murphy, Viking
- Loverbar Lizbette Ocasio-Russe, Flashpoint Publications
- The Beasts of Paris by Stef Penney, Pegasus Books
- Women of the Post by Joshunda Sanders, Park Row
- I, Caravaggio by Eugenio Volpe, Clash Books
LGBTQ Studies
- Red Closet: The Hidden History of Gay Oppression in the USSR by Rustam Alexander, Manchester University Press
- Sana, Sana: Latinx Pain and Radical Visions for Healing and Justice edited by David Luis Glisch-Sánchez and Nic Rodriguez-Villafañe
- Queer Approaches in Musical Theatre by Ryan Donovan, Methuen Drama
Romance
- The Only Purple House in Town by Ann Aguirre, Sourcebooks Casablanca
- Set in Stone by Stela Brinzeanu, Legend Press Us
- In the Case of Heartbreak by Courtney Kae, Kensington Publishing Corporation
- Wolfsong by Tj Klune, Tor Books
- Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia, Dell
- An Acquired Taste by Cheri Ritz, Bella Books
Mystery/Thriller
- Desert Deadline: A Dante & Jazz Mystery by Michael Craft, Questover Press
- A Man of Lies by Ben Crane, Pegasus Crime
- Prophet’s Lamentation by Robert Creekmore, Cinnabar Moth Publishing LLC
- The Hunt by Kelly J. Ford, Thomas & Mercer
- Here in the Night by Rebecca Turkewitz, Black Lawerence Press
Speculative Fiction
- Cruel Angels Past Sundown by Hailey Piper, Death’s Head Press
- The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella, Flatiron Books
- Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle, Tor Nightfire
- The Valkyrie’s Shadow by Tiana Warner, Entangled Publishing
- Paige Not Found by Jen Wilde, Scholastic Press
Young Adult Literature
- Rana Joon and the One and Only Now by Shideh Etaat, Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Dear Wendy by Ann Zhao, Feiwel & Friends
Children’s/Middle Grade Literature
Poetry
- Because You Were Mine by Brionne Janae, Haymarket Books
- Quiet Fires by andriniki mattis, Anamot Press
- Binded by H. Warren, Red Hen Press
- Dancehall by Tim Stobierski, Antrim House
